Fueling when heavy, will it add weight to the drives?

When is the last time they checked your axle tag? And if they did, did they know what they were looking at?

 

No one asked how many miles the load is.

I would calculate how many gallons you need and fuel up often.

 

He mentioned that his trailer tandems were slid all the way forward. I missed it, too.

 

The best method, in my experience, is completely different for trailer versus fifth wheel. Neither require any strain on the clutch/drivetrain.

 

Okay, that makes sense. It sure seems like the continuation of the "dumbing down" of drivers though. I think we'll keep our sliders.

I didn't know so many people had fixed fifth wheels. Maybe I need to get off the west coast once in awhile.

 

I know, it just doesn't make sense to take away a very handy tool. Different perspective I suppose.

 

Those slides are either going to move easily or they are not. I don't care how good you are with doing it, doing it with stuck slides is going to involve using some muscle from the drivetrain. I don't care how good you are, you can not change the basic physics of this.

 

We aint talkin about running with 120,000 pounds here. Any truck that can handle 80,000 lbs can handle an additional 10%. In Texas you can pay a couple grand and get a 10% over permit.

Its for max aerodynamics for fuel savings. Too big of a gap creates a lot of drag. This is assuming the truck has the side fairings behind the sleeper.

 

Nope, not necessary. Use the weight to your advantage. It's a shame so many never learn this.

 

I know a guy that used to let his drivers move 5th wheels. He doesn't anymore. I can't show you the photograph I have that he posted on Facebook, however, one of his drivers had the 5th wheel up close to the tractor and did a 180 turn and the reefer popped off a fairing and did some other damage.