Sliding tandems

This us what i always used to figure where tandems needed to be. (See link to android app store below) It was never off more than 100 pounds once I set it all up. Took the guess work clean out of it.


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.solutions4semis.truckersSlideCalc

 

I use a piece of chalk. Mark where you are sitting and where you want to go.

 

What's wrong with getting in and out of the truck fifty times? Driving 600 miles a shift, I'm sure the exercise is only beneficial.

 

I understand wanting to work efficiently...but Whom would you be holding up??

 

Don't they have stop bars anymore on sliders? I haven't pulled on since I sold my reefer in 94, but they used to have a bar that went through both rails that you could place where you wanted to stop and nudge up against it.

 

The guy waiting to back into the dock he’s sitting in front of….
Nothing is more frustrating than a guy that slides his tandems, or looks at his map, or does his log book while blocking the dock as you are waiting for him to move so you can back in.

 

Guess that cost extra.
ones I pulled didn’t have it.