Not so newbie question

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  1. Aug 17, 2008 #11
    doubledragon5

    doubledragon5 Road Train Member

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    More top heavy for sure..
     
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  3. Aug 18, 2008 #12
    CURTWAYNE

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    I usually pull a 48' reefer unit. Every now and then, I'll pull a 53'. Most states have their own rules about how far your tandems can be slid back. Usually, between the 7 and 10 hole in the slide is fine. Newer trailers usually have a decal on the side of the trailer where the release arm is located, that indicate which states prefer where they want them.
    I can't believe how many 53' trailers I've seen lately, running down the interstate with the tandems all the way back. I'm shocked the dot cops haven't jumped on them.
    Some shippers/receivers may want you to slide your tandems all the way to the back. So, they can't be fixed so they won't go all the way back. Otherwise, you may not get loaded/unloaded.
     
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  4. Aug 18, 2008 #13
    18wheeldumptrucker

    18wheeldumptrucker "Buckeye Bucket"

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    I found out today that the trailers tandems are not to be messed with. I will be pulling all of my loads out of one place and then delivering them to retailers. The company has set the trailers up the way they want them, so I don't even have to think about it. Which, is a good thing, because this was getting confusing!!:biggrin_25526:
     
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  5. Aug 18, 2008 #14
    formertaxidriver

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    Don't know where you will be backing into, but take a look around at the tractors that have a side faring from the back of the sleeper. Alot of them are bashed in, pushed in folded up in some sort of way...If you have to make a sharp uturn, a 45 degree back or somthing of that nature keep the back of the sleeper in your mirrors and make sure that the trailer doesn't fold into them. Crunch. $700 or so they say. I evoke the 5th amendment here....
     
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  7. Aug 18, 2008 #15
    18wheeldumptrucker

    18wheeldumptrucker "Buckeye Bucket"

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    That's the other good thing about it, she's a daycab. The truck that I've been driving for the last 3 years is a former otr truck and has a small sleeper with fairings. The drivers side fairing is broken, not bad but noticable. The truck came out of S. Carolina from a company named Almost Air. I'd never even heard of them before I read the name on the door, so I don't know to much about their drivers.
     
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