Why is it better to have the tandems slid forward when alleydocking?

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  1. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    I rest my case.

    It's how you save the trailer from tipping over when you're going in the ditch. You glide the axle on the lip of the asphalt until you can pull the trailer up and out of the ditch.
     
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  3. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Don't think so? I've never heard that.
     
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  4. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Yeah, I mean if you COMPLETELY miss your axle glide. But who's THAT awful at driving? Hahaha I hear SWIFT is hiring am I rite guise
     
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  5. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    I don't need to know about axle glide. I stay out of the ditch in the first place
     
  6. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Sometimes that isn't an option.
     
  7. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    It is an option for people who know how to drive like myself.
     
  8. N00bLaLoosh

    N00bLaLoosh Road Train Member

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    Really? Going back to your OP...were you really planning on backing in without GOAL'ing? That's a good way to lose tires or a door.
     
  9. rockeee

    rockeee Medium Load Member

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    First time I ever heard that term. Wish I could say I was a new breed but then I wouldn't be retired lol.
     
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  10. N00bLaLoosh

    N00bLaLoosh Road Train Member

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    Forget it, he's rollin'.
     
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  11. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Oh, I'm one of the resident #######es. This is called "####ing with OP." Hi. Lol
     
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