I sure thought you were doing this longer than 3 years. Not trying to be a smart-ass in any way but do you have the post about when you tore the tandems off the trailer? Not trying to be funny at all but I think that is something that the raw rookies could learn from. Just to let you know when I pull into those really tight truck stops to fuel, I often think of your experience making sure the trailer is good to go to the aisle... and I've been doing this for 8 months so solo and after my initial boo boo clipping a guy at a truck stop I take nothing for granted.
GOOD!!! That is why I post this stuff... learn from me and don't make my mistakes. lol
I thought I had the tandem accident in an article... but didn't see it. I will keep looking.
Here's one where I almost flipped the trailer while parked lol. It wasn't funny at the time, but it is now. The point is, things happen. You learn and push on.
I had a very rocky road as a newbie, but that is all behind me now.
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".
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
GOOD!!! That is why I post this stuff... learn from me and don't make my mistakes. lol
I thought I had the tandem accident in an article... but didn't see it. I will keep looking.
Here's one where I almost flipped the trailer while parked lol. It wasn't funny at the time, but it is now. The point is, things happen. You learn and push on.
I had a very rocky road as a newbie, but that is all behind me now.
Nervous Anout Going Solo? You Are Not Alone!
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".
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.