Spread axels?

Yeah, the trailer doesn't bounce much on bumps or dips.

 

Ha I didn't even realize I quoted the wrong post. I'm have really bad sinus trouble right now so I guess I was seeing cross-eyed!

With all of truck drivers here some are bound to fit in with the YB crowd! I have to get in a whole different frame of mind just go to any other forums after being on YB for so long!

 

one thing not mentioned is that they weigh less than the same trailer with a slider. they can be harder on tires , turning and all that. the alignment needs to be spot on and the tire scrubbing while going down the road is eliminated. some say better fuel mileage with a close tandem , but if the alignment is really good , no difference. hope this helps, johnny

 

Plumb the dump valve to dump into a extra air tank and that way It's very hard to hear what your doing.

 

Sneaky. I like it

 

I feel that this statement isn't necessarily true, the fact that it is the drivers responsibility to know how to load his trailer to make him legal. Yes I pull spreads on our steps and flats but i have also scaled the same loads that we pull on our step and flats on our rgn's. It just takes some convincing on the drivers part to the shipper on where to place stuff.

 

I had a fixed tandem flatbed early on with a fairly heavy truck. Light weight was 31,000 and it was a constant struggle to balance loads. Most loads put me within 500lbs of 80,000.

 

Me too...ain't much you can say here and get away with like you can over there. I have to restrain myself.lol

 

A spread rides easier & backs harder. As another poster correctly pointed out, flatbeds don't back in to a lot of 60 year old grocery docks. Us curtain van guys do it all the time & it sucks.

A spread is way easier to load, just like a truck & trailer. They also make you look cooler.

 

I've NEVER had a shipper refuse to place a load where I wanted it on a trailer. In fact, they ask "where u want it set at" just about 99.9% of the time