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<p>[QUOTE="truckguy391, post: 11087005, member: 192692"]some customers require tandems to be slid all the way back if dropping a trailer. You’ll see this a lot at paper mills but there’s others that do it too. They do it so there’s not as much bounce in the trailer for the forklift operator, and because there’s so much weight going into that trailer. It’s a safety thing. </p><p>Any other time, I only slide tandems when I need to. If it’s not a requirement at a customer, or required for weight distribution I won’t slide the tandems because there’s really not much of a reason to if your weights are good and your tandems are legal according to the bridge law[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="truckguy391, post: 11087005, member: 192692"]some customers require tandems to be slid all the way back if dropping a trailer. You’ll see this a lot at paper mills but there’s others that do it too. They do it so there’s not as much bounce in the trailer for the forklift operator, and because there’s so much weight going into that trailer. It’s a safety thing. Any other time, I only slide tandems when I need to. If it’s not a requirement at a customer, or required for weight distribution I won’t slide the tandems because there’s really not much of a reason to if your weights are good and your tandems are legal according to the bridge law[/QUOTE]
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