Sliding front/rear tandem axles

Do you run Canada? I don't see much point of having the sliding axle if you don't. I suppose there may be the occasional circumstance where you may be able to slide the axle to get into some tight area more easily, but I've never done it on any of the sliding axles my company runs. We have them for running into Canada, and since I don't go there, I don't slide them.

 

One is probably CA legal where the other isn't.

 

If you mean California legal, both should be legal here, provided they are really 48 footers.

 

I can't say that I've ever seen a sliding axle on a 48' trailer. Not saying they don't exist, but I've only seen them on 51' & 53' trailers.

 

We run them on 45 and 48 foot trailers, not the whole fleet but we have enough to run freight out of Canada since Canada, or at least the Western Provinces, would be my understanding, don't recognize spread axles. Ours all slide to the back.

 

Being from Canada, I'd prefer a tridem.