How would y'all handle this...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ben Wah 79, Apr 12, 2017.

  1. Thull

    Thull Medium Load Member

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    True that!:p
     
  2. MACK E-6

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    I'd love to know where this driver learned of running around with the axles all the way back on a 53' being not only legal but even the slightest bit prudent.
     
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    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    I have no pity on this driver. He chose to take an otr sleeper truck pulling a 53' trailer through a residential zone with skinny 1 way streets.

    The way i would have handed it? It would have never happened cause i would have never been there. My philosophy is be proactive and don't put myself in bad situations.
     
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    I blame the telephone poles! Can we as drivers prove they aren't moving late at night while we sleep?
    Its gotta be a conspiracy! I have never met a driver that didn't know karate/x navy seal,and Gods gift
    to the steering wheel! :D
    Yall know this driver got robbed!! Poor fellur:(
     
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    When i start i'm going to use google live maps with street view before i get into town. Sometimes the street view is not available but you can zoom in pretty close to see the streets. Bet it would have saved this guy a lot of headache.
     
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    Alrighty then...I did go back and look at his tandems,and this driver needs a cow pasture to make that work!
    I remember when I first started.I almost cleaned out a few monuments in Jefferson Ga. all because I was too lazy to slide em forward.
    You gotta put them flip flops on,and pull them pajama bottoms on,and get out and do something!
    (that's a joke...I'm not that driver!)
     
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    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    But it rides better slid back.
     
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    I pull them back when I'm under gross in Wyoming, because otherwise... I'm saaaaiiiiillliiiinnngg awaaaaaay.
     
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    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Probably had to have them set all the way back at the dock, and either forgot, or was too lazy to move them.:rolleyes:
     
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    That can be so solved in one easy trailer purchase spec. One pair of rigid 10 foot spread axles.
     
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