Tips for the new guys on highwind driving

Ah yes, nothing like driving with the steering wheel turned 3 inches to the left just so you can drive straight...lol

 

Our safety director told us that sliding the tandems all the way back would help. We've thought it through and don't quite understand the why. Seems like the main thing that would do is shift the weight to your drives.

Is it just putting the support at the corners?

 

it will put support on all the corners but you think it would be a little more tippy in wind that way but if it works use it.

 

all of the trailer hanging over the rear tandems gains a cantilever mechanical advantage with the trailer tandems acting as a fulcrum.

With the tandems slid back there is no cantilever and you equalize the fulcrums (front drive and rear tandems).

You're still in the wind and will feel the torque of the wind pushing you but it won't be multiplied across the rear tandems.

or I could be full of crap??? lol

either way... slow down a bit if the wind is really blowing that hard.

 

i wanna thank this guy for brining this point up.
i think the forum needs a face lift, i no when i first started reading this back in the first half of 07 i found a lot of great 411 on here, and over the past 2 years i have seen all the SAME things being asked, and people answer them, rather then directing them to the proper page where the q/a are already at.
this is the real information that needs to be addessd here, not
" swift is a good company " and the countless pages of " whos hiring now" and " is this a good time to start " or, i just graduated, now what??
i think we should focus on the driving aspect of the forum, and how to drive a truck, and explain all we can new AND the vet drivers getting back into it.
maybe im wrong,
but iv gotten kinda board of reading all the same stuff page after page
dont anyone get me wrong or anything, i enjoy all the post on how everyone is doing, and giving advise of my own, and taking the advise from the seasond drivers, but i think we have gotten off track quit a bit here.

people need to take just 1 hour and snoop around on here and find all the information they/we/i need, THEN if you dont see your question after and hour or so, then post. even if its 100 pages back, bring that page back to life. it will save time, and space on this forum.
all the question being asked are great question, but i think they should be posted in the right spot..
anyone els agree?

again, thank you to the guy that posted this trick. it could save some1s life, and save a company lots of money. and i think states should allow this to be done on highways, and once the drive hits the off ramp he/she would have to slide them to be legal.

 

In high wind situations I tell my wife that I have to lean in the direction the wind is blowing from to keep from tipping over. She always laughs at me, because I only weigh about 135 to begin with. LOL

 

Sliding the tandems is a good trick, used it a couple times in the Dakota's and western Minnesota. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do tho, remember it only takes a wind gust of 30 mph to knock over a FULLY loaded semi. I remember seeing alot of trucks knocked over in Wyoming and Nebraska last year. It seems people forgot that little fact.
The argument to them driving was they had to get to the appointment. maybe they shoulda waited. Hindsight is 20 20

 

It shifts some weight to the drives but gives you a longer wheelbase on the ground. Instead of having the overhang off the back of your trl. it puts the wheels under the end of your trl. to give you alittle more control over the overall mass of the whole rig. Hope I worder that right. If not, let me know and I will try another way...

 

Dont get outta the truck you'll be blown aaawwwwaaaaayyyyyyy lol