Re: OT trucks, often big is deceiving

Posted by Hugh Mackay on February 05, 2007 at 08:59:10 from (209.226.247.151):

In Reply to: Re: OT trucks, often big is deceiving posted by little john on February 05, 2007 at 08:30:44:

john: Your getting into a hornets nest now, about 20 years ago every state and every province were going to standardize this. I wouldn't want to say that is all they did, as they have made improvments, but still have a way to go.

It's generally accepted now you can go 85' total length on multi lane highways. No one wants to do city or county road deliveries with 85' rigs. The problem on deliveries in not the long trailer but the long tractor. A lot of companies today do the long haul with long tractors, depot to depot, then deliver with short day cabs. Technically the way a lot of these companies are operating today are using those trailers as warehouses. The long haul guy pulls them to a lot on the outskirts, then day cabs deliver when it suits. That might involve just backing them to a dock.

Generally speaking the standard single trailer today is 53', trains usually involve two 30' to 36' trailers. Length of tractor does get close on those trains. However when you split them in the city and use single axle tractors for delivery, they are very manuverable and agile. I once had a guy ask how I got by some construction with s/a tractor and 36' trailer. My responce, " This rig is close to a Honda civic around town."

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