DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
In Utah?
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- Thread starter bshaw
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In Utah?
DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
Yeah, this is Wolf Creek Utah. Not quite as bad as Wolf Creek in Colorado but it's still enough to get your attention. I drive it almost every day...usually only empty which is good.
- Location
- Columbus, In
Pulling 2 tanker trailers, don't see that much out this way!
- Location
- Michigan
Yep, they'll fold like a taco!
I'd DD it.Yep, they'll fold like a taco!
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
I have had a CDL since before there were called a CDL, I have driven most every type of vehicle allowed in this State.
You my friend have my utmost respect!
No way in HELL would I pull that rig, even on the straight and flat IL interstates....
I would be as nervous as a whore in church......
DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
LOL. I don't know why everyone is so scared of these things. They pull smooth, flat and don't wiggle. Well....icy roads in Wyoming can get a little spooky but otherwise they are a piece of cake.
Jeepm@n
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- Location
- Northern, WI
The ones I fear are the logging trucks in the UP of Michigan. Seen it on more than one occasion where the tire blew out on the steering axle of the back trailer. It is a mess and with the weights they haul any other vehicle doesn't stand a chance.
DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
Even single trailer logging trucks around here scare me.
w_howey
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- Location
- The Mudwest
Too many folks are used to watching the POS doubles and trips they run here in the midwest. Back trailers are all over the place when they aren't loaded correctly or the equipment is the normal beat up freight company crap.
The video was pretty cool. The trailers look different lengths in the video, are they or is that an effect of the camera placement?
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DrMoab
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- The Utah Backwater
No it happens here too. The doubles and triples with short dollies are the issue. The way ours are set up they handle a lot better. I'm 105 ft. Long. About the same as a normal set of triple trailers.
I always make it a point to pass doubles and triples in a hurry.
Ryan's junk looks way better maintained than any doubles setup I've seen around here.
They always look super sketchy and the back trailer is always all over the road.
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
If I drove that, the trailer brake linings would be replaced 3 to 1 over the tractor's!
The sissy bar would have notches in it from my grip.
I have seen it when the trailer passes the tractor, add propane in to the mix, No way, I will drive the bucket truck and pull 60 foot light poles.
The sissy bar would have notches in it from my grip.
I have seen it when the trailer passes the tractor, add propane in to the mix, No way, I will drive the bucket truck and pull 60 foot light poles.
DrMoab
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- Location
- The Utah Backwater
You make me laugh Sean.
Before I got this job I'd never pulled doubles before. This thing pulls just as good as a single trailer. In fact it's easy to forget its back there.
We have a 53 ft four axle trailer and I'd pull doubles any day of the week over that thing. I can actually get these around corners easier.
Like I said, the ONLY time it gets a bit sketchy is on ice. Even across the salt flats in 70 mph crosswinds these don't even wiggle. I think a lot has to do with the shape.
The tanks are incredibly strong too. These photos are of one if our guys who took a 40 mph turn at over 70mph. He slid 400 ft, through a guard rail, up a hill and then literally up a pine tree.
We put new fenders and axles under the tanks and are still using them. Ya, they are that tough.
Oh yeah. The dude lived. Ruptured his spleen. That's it. Of course this guy is the luckiest (or unluckiest) guy I know. His face is totally deformed after a buddy of his accidentally shot him in the face from point blank range with a 30-06.
Before I got this job I'd never pulled doubles before. This thing pulls just as good as a single trailer. In fact it's easy to forget its back there.
We have a 53 ft four axle trailer and I'd pull doubles any day of the week over that thing. I can actually get these around corners easier.
Like I said, the ONLY time it gets a bit sketchy is on ice. Even across the salt flats in 70 mph crosswinds these don't even wiggle. I think a lot has to do with the shape.
The tanks are incredibly strong too. These photos are of one if our guys who took a 40 mph turn at over 70mph. He slid 400 ft, through a guard rail, up a hill and then literally up a pine tree.
We put new fenders and axles under the tanks and are still using them. Ya, they are that tough.
Oh yeah. The dude lived. Ruptured his spleen. That's it. Of course this guy is the luckiest (or unluckiest) guy I know. His face is totally deformed after a buddy of his accidentally shot him in the face from point blank range with a 30-06.
There was another shooting in the milwaukee suburbs. A 6'1" 270# black guy seen chasing women in and out of a spa. Close to ten people in the hospital. I have had three friends who are girls text me and ask about how to go about getting a concealled carry permit and if I would be willing to teach them about guns.
96'the suburbs are more dangerous then the city'2door
96'the suburbs are more dangerous then the city'2door
- Location
- Columbus, In
Finally washed the jeep off from Redbird. Now to find all the damage I got following Hobag. One of the funnest wheeling trips I've been on. Look for my brother to be making a lot more events. He had a blast.
Jeepm@n
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- Location
- Northern, WI
Seriously?! Front page of CNN, headline: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/21/us/wisconsin-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
terrehautian
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- Location
- Terre Haute
Borrowed my dads truck (01 1500 Quad cab with the 5.2) to bring my moms stuff home from the Covered Bridge Festival. While up there, got some fried cheese curds from a stand.
They were good.
They were good.
