Flatbed or Tank

That reminds me.

In Lancaster PA Area when you are on a interchange ramp increasing your speed to match and merge with the faster US 30, you would try and "Dip" or deliberately allow your inside wheels to lean down into the shoulders which have a pronoucned tilt down and away from the pavement you are on.

This forces your rig to assume what railroaders call a Super elevated position and use the extra physics generated by leaning into the curve for the extra 15 or more mph you need to get into the traffic coming off the ramp at or beyond posted yellow speed.

It's a way to cheat physics and make it work for you. But you are to be warned now, as soon that angled shoulder gets flat again you better be sure you are no longer in a turn because it's gonna flip you.

Take a look at the cross bronx expressway where two lanes of traffic join with three lanes plus two other lanes coming in the other side off other bridges merging for Connecticut. Once in a while several times a week, a truck loses it and lays it down across the entire crossbronx totally and utterly causing that entire section of commerce to literally have a massive stroke and freeze until a rotator tow truck can get in there and lift that trucl upright again. The reason? Speed. Pure and simple.

 

Yea that sounds rough, haven't been to the n

Yea that sounds rough, haven't been to the north east myself, hope I never have to. Landed a gig with a small company running from so cal to Canada/montana so I'm happy for now.

 

I've done van, flats and tank and I wouldn't pull anything but a tanker. Just don't believe all you read on here about surge. Folks on here will have you believing it has mythical powers. You don't need to be an experienced driver either. Experienced drivers tend to drive faster with more confidence anyway. I trained many a rookie on tankers when I was with Schneider. Truly, it's not that big of a deal.

 

Yes.... That is the groove!

 

flatbedder, don't s'pose you work at M&M or Evans Trans, do you?

 

After doing everything from van,reefer,flatbed,car hauler,ect.....Tanker is what I should have went to 25 years ago.
Yea,It takes a little getting used to being my trailer is a smooth bore...no baffles but it is not that bad to learn.
Just shift smooth and brake easy and you will have it down in a matter of days at most.

The best part is no long waiting,no receivers that park you for hours,no brokers to deal with.
I pump my trailer empty and go home...