Pulling doubles first time

if you have a duel drive axle truck, remove your mudflap hangers. (or bungie them pulling forward) In many cases the landing gear is to close to the kingpin and thus will take out your flaps. Also slide 5th all the way back. Other then that its the same...aside from the fact you can't back up...need to make wider turns...and you have 2 5th wheels and a pital hook to check.

 

Wiggle wagons? Rocky Mountain doubles?

 

Just don't watch your mirrors......

 

You'll be fine.

Don't park in fuel islands behind knuckle draggers, you won't be able to back up to get out after fuelling - while they're still in the restaurant.

 

1. Make sure the heavy pup is up front.
2. You don't have to swing as wide with them as you do a 53'.
3. Keep in mind , they are very hard to back. If you get into a situation where you have to back, you will probably have to disconnect and move each separately.
4. When hooking up, put your inverter dolly in front of the rear trailer, hook the front trailer to the dolly and back the dolly up under the back trailer.
5. Don't forget to open your air ####pits on the front pup and close them on the back(Where the airlines hook)
6. Close the air ####pits on the front pup when you get ready to unhook after you've dropped the back pup.
7. As already stated, Watch the clearance between your tractor mudflaps and the front pup landing gear.
8. When dropping them, drop the last pup first if you have to split them up.
9. Once you drop the last pup, pull the converter out from under it, close the air off and drop it, then drop the front pup.
10. Always make sure the Safety latch is engaged on the Pindle Hooks.
11. Going down the road, do not let the pups wiggle a lot, if one drops off the pavement, you will probably lose them.
12. Do not spend a lot of time looking in your mirror at them. you can tell if they are wiggling just by the way your tractor acts(sways)
13. They will actually ride better than a 53' van.
14. If you blow a tire or get on ice, they will be a lot more squirrely than a 53' van.
15. Keep in mind that you will be pulling about 61' worth of trailer instead of 53'

A lot of this you will be taught, some you wont.

 

Thanks justa driver. That pretty much covers it.

 

Heavy trailer always hooked first in the set. Turns are easier pulling a set, after hooking the set don't forget to turn the air valve on the dolly to the on position, visually check to make sure fifth wheel jaws are locked after pull test, carry an extra pigtail with you in case the one with the dolly malfunctions so you are not stuck with no lights on rear trailer...these are a few things that come to mind after pulling doubles for 5 years of my career

 

Oh and Make Sure your Safety Chains are hooked.