This is what scares me about doubles

I run doubles and triples every night from canada down to the states. Honestly, only had that happen once, and I was driving way too fast for the conditions. Drive for the roads, slow down. I use to care about getting there on time, not anymore. I drive single axle only, they are a whole different animal than a tandem. With triples, you have almost no chance of recovery. If you read the company name on the back box, it's too late. I have to call b.s. on the quote in the original post about reading the company name on both sides of the unit.... you have to use common sense with doubles and triples. I drive for the same company, so please don't think it's something personal. I see lots of idiots driving for our company.

 

At Con-way linehaul is paid by the mile. But I guess it doesn't matter since our trucks only do 62 anyways haha

 

Line haul is paid by the mile? Yuck! That sucks.

 

Some are paid by percentage

 

Doesn't a "near miss" = collision? As in, he nearly missed that minivan?

 

I pull commodity hopper doubles which is different from the box doubles UPS and FedEx pull, but they still get squirly on the slick roads. This is my setup: 40' lead and a 20' pup

 

Interesting but I have never hauled them in the white stuff

 

Slow down, slow down, slow down. Watch your mirrors constantly. tap the brakes if necessary like an eggshell. I just ran into the worst storm off my driving career over donner this weekend. I ran my jakes on second stage and I was fine. Ive had my back box almost sideways the other night. All you can do is try to get a little speed to get it straight. But like I said earlier, just slow it down.

I got stuck coming up the summit as I had a 7k lead and an empty kite. I had some momentum but stupid cars cut me off and I had to stop.. #### near impossible to get rolling again.