Truck Facts

Hey wiseone what ever happened to that post turbo had us working on, think it was a Frequently Asked Questions post? anything come of that yet

 

Umm.. This one heres the link to the post

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...40-members-we-need-your-help-3.html#post70854

 

Man, this forum is invaluable! Thanks!

 

That it is, Light Traveler. I'm glad I found it. I was looking at the link this thread mentioned. One of the facts stood out to me. "How long does it take to stop?" I've been told, "You guys have eighteen wheels. We only have four. You should be able to stop sooner."
Well, we have ten brake assemblies, to your four. Your little Ford Escort weighs about 1200# We weigh, on average 75000#. Do the math. Your brakes stop about 400# each. Ours stop about 7500# each. More than this, in some instances. So, don't play "chicken" with an "elephant".

 

Hell son, 100 years of trucking you could post for 10 years and just tell the basics. Hears one why don't a I.C.C athorty alow transporting household goods? Becasus it"s regulted by an athorty that became in affect befor power trucks. It regultied wagon teamsters that hauld personal property in the 19th century. The first I.C.C

 

you might want to check your definition of a tandem....from my exepirence you have defined there the term of duel tires....I was taught and its possible i could be wrong but a tandem was the complete set of two axel with 8 tires and wheel. think of sliding tandems to get axel weights for your wagon.

 

I'd go more by the number of axles. Not wheel sets. A "tandem" might have a set of super singles or wide base tires.

 

Again, if you want to split hairs, an "18 wheeler" can have more than 5 axles, if they have singles. Seems to be used more generically now, to just specify a big rig.

Trucks can have more choices for transmissions. Anywhere from 5-18 spds without an aux. transmission. 9, 10, and 13 are the most common. 9 or 10spds used mostly in fleet trucks.

Seen 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 18. There are various combinations to get the gearing as well. With or without a splitter/back box or aux. trans. Plus, you get to toss in the single vs 2spd rear axles on straight trucks and heavy haulers.