artic and draw bar

I think I understand your language as ours is different here in the States. A Draw Bar has it's pivot point further back like a stinger IE: 10 car hauler set up? I know that if you are use to a standard 5th wheel tractor when you get into something with a different pivot point it reacts different then you're use to. Hopefully a California driver can help you better. They run different set ups out there pulling gravel.

 

well I am compleatly lost thanks

Artic?

draw bar?

Laurie? isn't a laurie a straight truck? Like vehicle with no trailer?

 

Lol I think artic means articulating ie: Tractor Trailer. Go to that you tube and look up lorrie and draw bar.

 

It's different with truck and trailers because they pivot in two places. Just like you say a CA truck hauling gravel it's more likely to be a truck and trailer than any other type of set up.

A truck and trailer is a tractor that is a power unit with a cargo box or tank permanently mounted to the frame. Then instead of a fifth wheel, a pintle hitch would be welded to the rear. That's where the drawbar would be hooked. A drawbar is permanently mounted to a trailer. You can have different combinations that alot of drives get confused and incorrectly indentify the units. Like a truck and trailers = doubles, a truck and trailer pulling a pup = triples and so on.

Getting back to the OP. I've never driven an articulate vehicle because in all my years that type of vehicle (to me) is like the city buses that bend in the middle. With drawbars that's something different.

A Drawbar will pivot in two places. That means that you would back the same way as you would with your car. Now the trick is to know how quick to maneuver your power unit. If the drawbar is long then you need to turn slower and let the trailer get under it and don't over compensate. A shorter drawbar will turn much quicker and can get away in a hurry. Either way it takes practice and the slower you go the better.