I've been driving smoothbore tankers for the part 8-9 years. I feel the liquid slosh is easy to deal with and their aerodynamic profile make them a breeze to drive in the wind. However, much of my luck trying to find a fuel tanker position seems to be going sour.
At the same time though, I've been offered and summarily chickened out of taking Linehaul jobs pulling pups. Apart from some other issues that'll make me sound like a broken record, I was always iffy on how these things respond to weather conditions. I mean are they actually more prone to getting blown over by a hard gust if I had to take one of those jobs with a route going through the "wind tunnel of Wyoming"?
I just aspire to get a little more out of this line of work in terms of pay. And these LTL/Linehaul outfits seem to be topped by no other. Just don't want to get myself into some sort of jam either.
Are driving doubles/triples as terrifying as many make it?
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by bentstrider83, Mar 16, 2021.
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Pulling doubles is easy.
LTL isn’t paying you high wages because it’s super challenging, they’re doing it because it’s graveyards work and they wouldn’t find people to do it with any level of stability or retention that they need.LtlAnonymous, Trucker61016, WannaGoTrucks2016 and 7 others Thank this. -
Probably not. couple weeks ago in Indiana YRC pulling triples passed me at 73 while eating a banana, can’t be that scary.
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What happens if you encounter snow storm and have to park somewhere ASAP? I was always curious about those things.bentstrider83 Thanks this. -
When I'd haul one of the double tankers sets we had, I learned pretty quick not to try and correct what the back trailer felt like it was doing. By the time my correction got back there, it had already corrected itself and my action now made it worse in the other direction.
By kind of ignoring it a little and just driving the tractor, it made the drive much better. The second trailer never failed to follow the first trailer (both were same size), so there's that.Trucker61016, Mattflat362 and bentstrider83 Thank this. -
i don't think the wind problem is exclusively a doubles/triples problem; It would affect 53' vans as well. i think it's more dependent on how much weight you have in the trailers?
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Park at truck stop and get a cab on company dime.Trucker61016 Thanks this. -
That extra pivot point makes moving one of those rigs around a hell of a lot more easier than you’d think it would be.WannaGoTrucks2016, Texas_hwy_287, Trucker61016 and 2 others Thank this. -
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