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Jeff wrote:

Congrats G-Town, I start school next week and I do have a question on something you mentioned earlier in this thread. I realize that the regulations and laws vary from state to state, so do they give you this info in school and or orientation, or is up to the driver to find this out on their own? It seems to me that it would be smart to have all that info on a laptop, rolodex, or even in a notebook.

Thanks Jeff.

In addition to what Old School wrote (which is the best answer cause RM updates this information annually), many of the larger carriers have legal tandem settings listed on a small decal found on the trailer drivers side, near the 41' mark for the tandems. When I went to Swift's orientation, they issued a small flip-chart of information, several pages covered length laws, kingpin to axle spacing, etc.

Good luck with School.

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".

Jeff B.'s Comment
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Thanks, G-town.
Turtle's Comment
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Congrats G-Town!!

That's awesome news. I'm still waiting for my son to give me a grandchild.......still waiting......
G-Town's Comment
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Congrats G-Town!!

That's awesome news. I'm still waiting for my son to give me a grandchild.......still waiting......

Hey thanks Rich! Appreciate that.

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