van cheat sheets???

You hook to the end away from the doors







When you slide your axles put the mud flap bracket about even with the end of the freight and you should be close when load is real heavy. Don't let them load anything over 40,000 to the back doors you'll have problems scaling it. Read up on bridge laws (front of a new atlas) so your spread is ok for all your states for load.

Remember it is 13'6" I know a couple flat bedders that had costly reminders. Pick up some straps and a good broom.

Remember when backing into a spot that you will now have over hang that may strike something beyond the curb before your tires hit.

 

Oh yeah stay away from grocery warehouses!!! They are money sucking black holes that even bend time

 

Always pull the trolley valve while on the highway, make's vans move faster!

Sorry, Haven't been on the forums past few days had to poke some fun.

 

Watch that swing if your axles aren't all the way to the back ie 53'. You don't wanna explain to the driver next to you why there are now super cool, aerodynamic gouges in his sleeper from your door hinges.

Make sure the slider works when picking an empty. You don't wanna get to a shipper that makes you slide the tandems to the rear and your trailer won't.
That's about all I remember from my days with a box. Oh, don't say load it heavy to the rear anymore. Spreads make life so much easier.

 

Those are speed holes!

A lot of trailers have a quick bridge law guide near the rear tandems for the states that are crazy about what hole you sit in, but for the most part you should be left alone as long as you don't go past the 14th hole. Move the tandems TOWARD the problem and each hold should shove ~250-300lbs. At least that's what I've noticed was around 1100 pounds per 4 holes slid. Oh and closer you slide them toward your truck the less off tracking/better turning you'll get.

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I said the same thing on the "Backing" thread. Trailers are different, but I always tried to set my tandems in the 9th-13th hole from the front. There were very few loads I couldn't scale in that range. The advantage to this is, your pretty close to same tailswing all the time, plus when making right hand turns, your trailer will track close to the same as well.
I was never one to suck my tandems all the way forward, except in a certain unmentionable state. You get a huge tailswing like that. Not poking fun at NegativePositive, but depending on how bad the dogtracking, I'd prefer to have my tandems in the range I mentioned as a matter of consistency.
Your mileage may differ.