Are there special backing rules for a heavy haul lowboy?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by TomCougar, Sep 23, 2019.

  1. TomCougar

    TomCougar Light Load Member

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    my first heavy haul in American Truck Simulator: total fail

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    I should probably used the "no traffic" command in the game's developer console next time. These stupid AI vehicles get in the way and won't back up when I get in a jam. In the real world of heavy haul, there would be special permits, escort vehicles and police to control traffic so this big dog can swing super wide at intersections. Many heavy haul moves can only be made during daylight hours to boot. The stupid lamp post on the corner is in the way of inside tracking for the trailer.

    I'm not even sure if backing one of these articulated lowboys has the same rules as backing a normal trailer: cut the steer wheels the opposite way you want the trailer's behind to go. At least I have my regulatory banners displayed for the Oversize Load. Are beacon lights also needed for the cab top of the tractor?

    To continue this game, I will have to Teleport out of this mess.

    I had to post this here. I can now really appreciate how tough heavy haul real is for any heavy-haulers here. The lowboy has a logging harvester on board. I was trying to get from Astoria, OR to Tacoma, WA with this thing.
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    In that photo, you didn't swing wide or wide enough. You're fired!
     
  4. TomCougar

    TomCougar Light Load Member

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    The #### traffic got in the way. No police traffic control or escort vehicles. I set the game traffic to zero level and did get her there although I I got hit for $7K on the $13K job for being late. No more traffic on roads while doing heavy haul from now on. I now have a logging harvester going from Oregon to SoCal for the opulent rates of $31K. I don't even have to back the #### thing into the parking spot in the customer's yard to deliver it. Forward driving only (hopefully) and drop and take cash.
     
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  5. Gumboslef9384

    Gumboslef9384 Light Load Member

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    You wont have a no traffic command in real life and there are lots of ######## who wont back up for you. You need to go out farther into the intersection then make the turn
     
  6. Tb0n3

    Tb0n3 Road Train Member

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    Not to mention in the real world he'd likely have destroyed a curb with his trailer like that.
     
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  7. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    it's called..."button-hook", and when i was on tight streets, i'd take all that i WANTED, not just what i NEEDED. even if it meant taking up the lane next to me.

    i could care less what others thought, or how i inconvenienced them.
     
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  8. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    9 camera views and still can't make it around a corner. How's those cameras working for you?
     
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  9. Gumboslef9384

    Gumboslef9384 Light Load Member

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    I didnt think hed know the term buttonhook, I was just describing it simple as possible
     
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  10. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    that is a lost art..the button hook, and if private CDL schools or mega-carrier fleets are not teaching how to do it, they are at fault, for not properly doing the JOB of teaching.
     
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  11. Gumboslef9384

    Gumboslef9384 Light Load Member

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    What do to they do besides buttonhook?
     
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