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Hey just ask Tractor Man! I'm full off technical terms! "Thingies" and "spin" and "what-cha-ma-call-it" All sorts of technical here!
Hey just ask Tractor Man! I'm full off technical terms! "Thingies" and "spin" and "what-cha-ma-call-it" All sorts of technical here!
Adding to the list: doomafloppy, whaziz (plural: whazeez), and thingamabob.
Before you get to the dock, be sure to move your whazeez to the back. Latch the thingies to the sides of the trailer to keep the doors open. And that orange thingamabob goes between the wheels to keep them from rolling. Then disconnect the red doomafloppy hooked to the trailer. When the whatchamacallit turns from red to green again, you can pull out. Don't forget to get out that thingamabob and put the doomafloppy back or you can't move the trailer.
Now you all know what I was talking about, don't you! Yup, technical terms.
The funny part wasn't the technical terms. The funny part is that I mentally translated and did indeed know exactly what you were talking about!
The funny part wasn't the technical terms. The funny part is that I mentally translated and did indeed know exactly what you were talking about!
Love it, so did I 
Hmm, I was going to say, in gate 3, pull up across the scales, out gate 1, back in to gate 3, down the hill. Hug left as far as I could, turn around and line up with the dock for as straight of a back as I could.
Hmm, I was going to say, in gate 3, pull up across the scales, out gate 1, back in to gate 3, down the hill. Hug left as far as I could, turn around and line up with the dock for as straight of a back as I could.
That would work. Add long as you can get your tandems in the right spot, and the trailer aimed right, you're good.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Haven't read all the responses, but if I am understanding the setup correctly, this is fairly easy. You can't roll onto the scale from gate 1 due to not enough room for wheel alignment on the scales, but I see no reason why you can't leave by gate 1. In fact, based on the site setup, I suspect that the scale is oriented for exiting by gate 1, if it is a scale capable of reading independent axles.
Enter by Gate 2 or 3, roll up to scale, get scale readings, and roll out Gate 1 onto the road.
Roll back to Gate 3, pull past, hit the docks with a offset backing maneuver or maybe a straight back if there's enough room.
Roll back to scales, and leave by Gate 1
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Remember, there is no one "right" answer, as long as you get to the dock safely.
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Chiefmac suggests:
This is in the country around Newnan. Chief went exactly the way I did it. The best way to the scales is gate 3, then high the poster fence to pull directly into the scale, heading towards to top of the picture.
Back out gate 1, left into gate 2, then between the buildings. You could probably "spin" either way. (Love that technical term, ChickieMonster!) I went right/ clockwise to get my tandems & trailer set up for a sight side backup. Leaving back through the scales was fall-off-a-log easy.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.