Empty trailers take longer to STOP

All I can say is these drivers will have to change to get the miles needed to go were I work. By the time a driver has the experienced to go where I was he or she must have a clean record and really know how to drive that truck. Thar's doesn't mean speeding everywhere it means he or she gets the product there everytime with no problems.That's why they pay over $30 dollars an hour and that's from when when you come through the gate and when you leave for the day.


Thank God the company only hires the best and we don't have problems with what the other driver should be doing. It's a great place and all the workers are friendly.

 

I read through all this and all I got out of it was a headache...

BTW, very few got this right. I'm surprised and disappointed at the older more experienced "know it all" crowd. You of all people should know that each circumstance will have a different outcome.

The answer isn't so simple and cut and dry as loaded versus empty! Anyone who thinks it is, hasn't been out here very long!

I must say that at some point in this thread my eyes started to roll back into my head so I may have missed a few posts. So I'm not picking on anyone, just so you all know.

 

If funny when a statement made like it always comes from someone with no real experience.

 

I disagree with it. Empty trailers do not take longer than Loaded trailers to stop. I know this for a fact from my everyday experiences.The thing I dont like about empty trailers is that it gets real uncomfortable in the truck because of the bouncing in the seat from the road even though im sitting on an air seat!

 

Get a better riding truck and trailer....

 

12 truck drivers 15 opinions All of them wrong

 

You got that right Gas. Wanna bbbbeee, Has 200-300 or less hours driving, and Knows the exact answer.

 

Not to join the argument, but to me it feels like an empty rig stops faster, but it may just be a perception thing. Either way, loaded or empty, I just can't seem to make myself feel comfortable tailgating other vehicles that are so much smaller than me, not that I've actually tried to, lol....

 

Lets try this. Driving in the Northwest, interstate, Icy Road, Windy, and that cloud of snow blowing across the road. The wind catches your truck, and starts the tractor to JACKKNIFE. Single axel Tractor Daycab. Empty/Loaded, 20K on the truck. Which is easier to pull out of it. Empty/Loaded?