Yeah, simple dry vans. Luckily my road test is just going to be in a standard cab-over with a 53' dry van. Supposedly going to learn all about the job from the guy I ride with for a short while. That's my best way of learning anyways.
Pulling Doubles for the first time. Advice?
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Don't pull doubles. It's unsafe and you'll die.
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Pulled both pups and turnpikes , as allready said double and triple check all your connections , not many people can back a set , if you want to try I recommend doing it on your break or coming in early so you are not rushed, it only took about 2" of snow on a tractor without a Pindle to learn how to back your dolley under the kit, it's not hard but pay attention, try doing that before you try backing the whole set.
allways carry a extra light cord in your cab as wellmnmover Thanks this. -
Thanks everyone for the comments. I'm thinking about a new job pulling doubles
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For those who pull doubles, if you have a scale in your yard, scale EVERY load. Never trust what's printed on paper to be correct. Trust scale readings instead.
If BOTH your dolly axle AND your rear trailer axle both individually scale heavier than your front trailer axle, your trailers are backwards, regardless of what's printed on any manifest.road_runner and brtecson Thank this. -
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I tried to pull into the exit gate once at a new terminal. Since the sensor was on the inside the gate didn't open. I had to break my set just to get it inside. Lucky for me I had enough room to keep it off the road.
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