Rough ride

I currently pull one, Spring ride tractor too.

I can only imagine the person’s face when they drive behind my company walking beam float with a large excavator on it going up and and down over uneven roads.

Trailer goes up and down about 6 inches or so I think. Hard to see as I’m going up and down in my air seat too.

 

All of Schlumberger's straight trucks were walking beam. Holy #### especially when empty. I usually don't have any air in the seat, except for that Lol. Couldn't imagine back then with just a seat bolted to the floor

 

We do have one walking beam only cement truck. Tires seems to be the only suspension component.

Truck does have a air ride seat though.

Rides decent loaded, jiggles and wiggles when empty.

 

I have bought new a 16 Wilson with hutch spring ride.

Lots of van fleets going back to spring.

 

Is there a reason for this?

The suspension shop I was at recently said they hardly do springs anymore.

 

Yea, for me my hopper is pretty short haul and spring is 400lbs lighter than air.

Next is a audible air leak is csa points. Less air, less points. Fleets do not give one sheet about you. You die tonight, a new guy will fill that position by Monday.

Third studies have found, no improved quality of freight transportation on general products with air ride.

Yes some things do need to be on air. But not most things.


Just remember, do you need that push to start on your car?

 

Jamespmack: those are all valid reasons to use springs.

They do make sense.

For Ontario, the ministry seems to be pushing for load equalized suspensions, steering lift axles which all use air.

I barely see any spring ride tridems these days. Our last flatbed trailer, a spring tridem with two lift axles was scrapped 3 years ago.

 

Ontario is the California of Canada. And I can say that cuz I live there. Just remember, 60000 on a tridem spring ride is the same ground pressure as 60000 on a tridem air ride. This whole SPIF thing in Ontario is absurd. No different than putting the lifts down on a set of Michigan btrains 7 axles in Ontario, and you’re suddenly over length?? Let’s get this straight mr MTO officer......two more axles on the ground to distribute the weight and the extra braking power is a bad thing??

 

That’s exactly what my boss said to me when we were talking about the 6th axle that our b-train has.

Seems the government wants easy excuses to increase revenue.

They really don’t care about the safety part.