So called "lean" in a newer Volvo truck?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Canadianhauler21, Sep 21, 2018.
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Yup, I got air ride front on my 389, took some getting used to but now I want nothing else!Canadianhauler21 Thanks this.
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Just hammer down.
Don't pay no attention to that pesky suggested speed limit sign. Just keep hammerin' down. Hmmm... Maybe that's why I see you doorslammers rolled over on ramps and hanging off bridges.Canadianhauler21 Thanks this. -
It's the trailer that will roll first and pull the tractor along with it. You might get lucky and hear squealing tires but not likely. Your but isn't sitting in the trailer so you can't really feel what it's doing. They start roll from the back end in a corner which is furthest from your butt.
You may feel it's ok, but if you knew how it felt from the back of the trailer you might think twice.KevinM816 Thanks this. -
I had the same thing coming off a 2016 Cascadia into the 2018/19 LT's and now into my 2019 VNL760. The Cascadia is a skate board and doesn't ride well being its so stiff. The Volvo and Internationals lean some, buy actually hold the road better, being they don't get unsettled by bumps or road surface issues. The 860 is also a big truck, so just gotta get used to it; that 77inch bunk must be nice tho!
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I miss the days of the old iron. The older Macks were really good at not leaning. You can get quite a bit out of them. Just remember, that final grumble ffrom your front end combined with a really stubborn steering column is your last warning before she really breaks loose and violently too.
Most tractor trailers have a center of grabity roughly 14 inches above the caro decking whatever the trailer it might be. If you can plasma weld say 35000 pounds of about 10 inch high steel plating high carbon and take off onto the Nuberingring. You should preferm relatively good.
Just don't go onto that track or road course with anything less than 3200 capacity Tach, you will need all of it. And get into your road gears one higher than you normally would all that hammering on the airride (Might as well ditch it) causes her to dance too much on the washboards And since they don't make Nitrogen shocks that fast that big there is hardly any point.Oldironfan Thanks this. -
I'd love to drive that German track.
Heck I'd love to try to break the world record Semi truck jump.
I only have a few screws loose.
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