Tandems all the way forward illegal???

Wow.. looked like a dog or something in the back seat..
Then the truck just speeds up... crazy ride for the occupants of that car...

 

That's a good one, I wonder if he ever got caught?

 

What is this "professional" you speak of?

 

Police Chase

 

Their position seems to be that a "professional" would know how to keep all the conflicting regulations straight....

 

That's what you call hook and pull

 

First this information is published in the Rand Mcnally "truckers" atlas. However in my case I don't ever remember not having a page put in my permit book that had this information in it. One more thing. It is not like this changes all the time. It don't. Most every OTR driver out there that has driven for any time knows the big one's like Bridge law. This information is also available online. This chart is one that I have gave out the link many times. The information is out there and it is not hard to find and keep.

 

Swift had a simplified chart like the link you posted. Whenever trip planning I looked for the minimum axle length along my route and scaled accordingly. If running through high broadside winds, like in Wyoming, I would set the tandems all the way to the back to increase stability by reducing wind force behind the axles.

An interesting route to take is US-95 from Lewiston, ID to Boise. It requires a permit. On the permit it tells you that you need to stop and change your axle position a few times along the way, allowing you to be overweight on the trailer tandems when your axles are short. The route includes tight turns in small towns and tight turns on narrow two lane highways. The overweight part of the permit is there because about the only game in the town of Lewiston is a paper mill. Heavy loads.

 

What's an atlas?