Schneider chat room - Closed see new thread linked in the last post

Your trainer should go over it with you. Sliding the tandems allows you to shift the weight of the load so that your weight on each set of axles is legal. Anything under 25k and you can put them anywhere you want, it won't be overweight anywhere. Beyond that you have to take a guess and weigh it to see if you are right. I've found that a properly loaded trailer with a 40-45k load should scale out in the 10th or 11th hole on the tandems. If it's loaded nose heavy you have to move them up. If loaded heavy on the tail, you slide them back. If one set of axles is heavy you slide the tandems towards the heavy set. The limits are 12k on steers, 34k on drives, and 34k on tandems. Some places will allow a little more on drives or tandems, but those weights are 48 state legal.

 

LOL my T.E. was pissed at one of his students before. He weighed close to 400 lbs......and my TE was telling me he got nothing but heavy loads that whole week....and his student kept putting him over on the axles LOL He eventually had to sacrifice how much fuel he had to put in......all because of his student LOL.....at least he knows the top bunk can hold that weight LOL

 

That's good info to know. Due to lack of data, they cleared me for 3 months. So I will be heading to orientation Mon as planned. I have been using the machine for the past 4 nights. It is getting easier to use and I will be using it every night now.

Are you saying unplug the card every day while in the truck?

 

I will run right up to 12k on the steers in this crappy snowy/icy weather... Keep as much weight up front as you can...

 

So get this... OC manager sends his entire crew a message that there's an issue with the TempSensors and idling with all the cold weather... Said the exhaust was giving the sensor (located back near the tandems and exhaust) false readings..... DOH!

Here's the rub. I'm here in Laredo, and looked at weather.com. Current temp is 75 degrees. My sensor is reading a solid 90.

Isn't anyone up in Green Bay smart enough to test these out for a full year to anticipate issues like this???

No heat in the winter, and idling at 75 in the spring/summer/fall really shows the ineptitude of whoever led this project...

 

I know the newer cascadia's have their exhaust point at the ground by the drives.......putting the temp sensor there is completely idiotic. I never had issues with idling in the proper temps, both my trucks had the traditional exhaust setup too. Just saying, maybe the few that hasn't had issues chime in?

 

Yep, newer Cascadias have the exhaust firing down at the ground. It runs right down the right side frame rail and dumps just behind the cab. There's a difusser built into the end of the pipe that should help spread the exhaust out.

The temperature sensor is right above the left rear air bag on the back of the tractor. It is ziptied to the airline for that airbag as well as an electrical line. The problem is that it is encased in a thick plastic so there's no way it can get an accurate reading of the outside air temperature.

 

They're just NOW figuring this out?

Oh...I forgot...input from mere drivers doesn't count for anything. Silly me.

 

Zip tied?? like you can relocate it if you cut the zip ties? lol

 

We iz jus a buncha stoopid truckers.

Sure you could, but you better put that thing back, I'd be willing to bet they'd terminate you for tampering with equipment.