High wind bobtailing

Yes, you can reduce your speed and don't over react. Keep your hands and shoulder somewhat relaxed. If you raise your shoulders and white knuckle the steering wheel, you will get sore and tired very quickly. Good luck

 

Fuel = weight

it all helps

 

Reduce speed is good of course keep both hands on the wheel if you still have trouble keeping it on the road then park it till the wind subsides and make sure to tell your dispatcher.

 

Once you get into the intermountain area and out of the down-slope region, you should not have a lot of wind issues to speak of but regardless, bobtailing in high winds is not really a serious or difficult issue that sensible driving and speeds can't help.

 

Have you ever seen a bobtail blown over? I have never even heard of one. I have gone through Wyoming with 60+ gusts. Hardest part is sticking to your lane. It can be done but it does push you around. Oh, ran that section at 70+ and never felt the truck was going to tip.

Now I must say that my truck refuses to lean away from the wind. Guys running Volvo's have to put a pillow under one cheek to sit level.

When I got caught behind two tractors blown over within three miles of each other I was hearing on the radio how this never happened when the trailers were 48' and under.

Ten feet of can and sleeper it not much area to flip 20k now you add 15k and 53 feet you have 6 times the surface area but less than twice the weight.