Moving Truck Question
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Army, I’ve never seen anything like that before. I wonder what the deal is ?
Well I think since they have like 3 people on the moving truck, I am sure that is why the sleeper is triple the length...but I am not sure...The sleeper is huge lol
His fifth wheel is in the very last (rearward setting) available. In addition house goods trailers (bedbug haulers) have a KingPin setback of 24” as opposed to the trailers we run with a setback of 36”.
The reason for this; moving trailers are often pulled by single axle tractors with a shorter wheelbase/distance from the fifth-wheel to the cab.
Even so, these things are a handful to park and maneuver in thigh quarters.
One correction...not all household goods trailers have the 24” setting. That said to me, it appears as if the trailer in the photo has tge 24” setting.
As another data-point, the 28’ pup trailers that our LTL freight drivers pull also have the 24” KingPin setback.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
G-Town,
I wish I had gotten the entire truck and trailer in the picture. When you reference the single axle, what do you mean, as we can see the double axle drives....? The Tandems were spread, and appear to be set, as they had "tool" boxes or something in between them. Lastly, you mention the different king pin setting, is that done to shorten the overall length, to keep him legal?
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".
Single axle is a single drive axle, not two axles. See these on lots of LTL and day cab configuration, not many OTR trucks.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
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.
Single axle is a single drive axle, not two axles. See these on lots of LTL and day cab configuration, not many OTR trucks.
Thanks. Single screw is what I meant to say, aka single drive and a steer axle.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
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.
G-Town,
I wish I had gotten the entire truck and trailer in the picture. When you reference the single axle, what do you mean, as we can see the double axle drives....? The Tandems were spread, and appear to be set, as they had "tool" boxes or something in between them. Lastly, you mention the different king pin setting, is that done to shorten the overall length, to keep him legal?
The kp setback of 24” increases clearance beteeen the front of the trailer and the rear of the cab. I’ll give more detail later.
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".
Could still alley dock that. just dont go over 95 degrees
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Question, how much does the space between this guys sleeper and the trailer limit his ability to turn? This was parked at my building today....kinda made me feel like I was back on a Army Base lol.....