FedEx Ground Linehaul with JohnBoy

We are going to see more and more fires consuming vehicles simply because of all the electronics that we find on the vehicles. Poor maintenance, trucks or cars today are not being serviced as they once were and the mechanics or I should say technicians(lol) have no idea what they are looking at. Never have I seen so many trucks sitting on the shoulders because some malfunction in the electrical systems.

 

@JohnBoy If you want, the next time I get on my computer I could take a pic of the Troutdale, OR (Portland 972) depot on google maps and label the areas for ya.

 

And with an in house Dennys no less. Your a lucky duck!

 

In the car parking lot.....Oh, so you're the one....

 

Here you go, only thing I didn't really mark was bobtail parking which is over by linehaul.

 

So I’m following this thread and of course learning a lot about a different area of Trucking.

First: Thanks everyone

Second: explain to this steering wheel holder, generically and in layman’s terms, just how does one “set up” or “build” the Doubles/Triples.

It’s been referenced a couple times but probably using lingo that I'm unfamiliar with.

I just envision, and incorrectly so, backing up a pup with the cart (?) attached and snaking all over the Dam Place… LOL

(I know “cart” isn’t the right lingo but the correct name escapes me)

Need not be detail as I’ll never do it myself but I am curious.

And do any of you ever try to back up a D/T or is that a major No No? My dad used to tell a story about having to back up a Double into a shop door but I never knew if he was full of it or not. LOL

Again thanks to all for the insights into this aspect of Trucking.

 

OK...the "cart" is called a "dolly" or "gear." The proper way to do it is to position the dolly in front of the second trailer with your tractor. Then back the lead trailer up slowly until you hear/feel a bump. Then hook the dolly to the lead and run it back until the hook is made.

There are folks who try to hook it the way you describe, with varying degrees of success. It depends on the driver, experience, and how jacked up the dolly is--some back straight as an arrow, but most are so tweaked they've got as much chance of going straight as RuPaul.

Same for backing up a set; one of the guys at Flagstaff yard bet he could back a set into the dock...and he did it! It was totally Z-shaped, but dang if that back trailer wasn't square in the dock.

 

Talking about backing a dolly straight. I was at one of my customers the other day and they use 26’ flat doubles for moving parts and products around their facility. They may even go out to local suppliers.

anyway their dollies had two tongues with Ringfeder style hitches. That effectively made their A train into a B train