Bad Weather Trucking Co's...?

How is it inaccurate I own a a train

 

Because I have the overweight tickets to prove it.

 

I remember this from a year or two ago. Michigan, I think. Wasn't there multiple deaths in that accident?

 

Lol Ok I've never pulled double as in fed ex type double but I have a 32 foot tandem flat pulling a 32 foot 2 axle pup. I've pulled 32 and 28 super b a 40 and 24 flat a 36 and 24 hopper so on and so forth. I've pulled lots of doubles at 105,500 and it's simple math and physics you are trying to drag more with more resistance while packing a smaller percentage of the weight on your vehicles drive axles compared to a common tractor trailer configuration.

 

That's my worst nightmare.

 

Yeah, about the only time I can see an advantage of a single screw would be in slush or standing water, where the extra footprint weight would better keep the tire on the ground.

 

I'm not an expert but that pup is not taking any weight off your drives. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your saying.

 

Ya that's very true you might do better especially if you had a locker.

 

Ok let's look at it like this say typical common swift truck 3 axle tractor 53 foot trailer 12k on the steer 34k on drives 34k on trailer tandems grossed out at 80k so essentially in that combination and rounding numbers not being exact but 40% of your gross weight is on your tandems and 40% is on your trailer. Now take a common fed ex 3 axle tractor with single axle lead trailer and common fed ex pup. Grossed out at 80k. While I get that it can happen it's not very likely your gonna see 34k on your tandems let's say just for example the truck and lead trailer together weigh weigh 50k and the pup is 30k. The 30k pup is nothing but dead weight your trying to drag and in most cases your not gonna be 34k on your tractor drives in that setup

 

I'm no expert either and I'm not saying I'm right and your wrong by any means. I'm saying my experience is that doubles pull much hard then a typical tractor trailer and are much easier to spin out whether it on snow or just plain dirt in summer coming out of a field. I could be way off base and completely wrong