Yesterday I Did Something I Hadn't Done In Over A Year.
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I definitely like having a rear window, I can easily see the 5th wheel is at the right hight and watch it do it's thing.
I definitely like having a rear window, I can easily see the 5th wheel is at the right hight and watch it do it's thing.
So true. Our trucks and trailers stay married to each other usually. We have a trailer in the shop because the tandems broke and need to be welded. The other tractor is now in the shop with a long list of problems.
Our stuff gets beat to hell on the railroad yards.
Most people don't get railroad spikes in their tires, we do.
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".
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I had to pick up one of our tractors from the shop and swap it with the one that was attached to the trailer. Cranking the landing gear down was fun because the handle is wonky. By the way the trailer was loaded with 6800 gallons of diesel. My coworker disconnected the lines and I pulled the pin release. He pulled the old one out and I backed the new one in. I was backing slowly using my mirrors, then I remembered that I have a rear window, so I turned to look out that. Backing a day cab when you can look out the back is cool. Mission accomplished.
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.