Hooking up doubles

[Shreck]

My first time pulling doubles the boss called me on the radio and said there is two there do you think you can hook them up? (if not they would send another truck)
I said, I'll give it a try.
Hey boss, I got them hooked up.
Do you think you can bring them both back?
I'll give it a try.
Another driver that was experienced with doubles said on the radio, Just fold in your mirrors and don't look back.

I got them near the yard and the boss says, do you think you can back them into the yard?
Nope! I don't think I can do that.
Ok, just drop them on the side street.
OH, thank God! whweew.

@Rigjockey As a kid on the farm we would hook two hay wagon,wagons not trailers together and practice backing them into the top floor of the barn.

 

[BlackBart]

I'd like to pull turnpike doubles just for the experience though.

Try a reverse rocky

“Bart, whats that”

Loaded pup with a empty long box behind. Never done it but I hear its the most non-turningest setup in the world

 

[BlackBart]

In the video she shows a trailer dropped a bit high. It was probably dropped a bit high because it was backed in as a set. the dolly fifth wheel sits a bit higher than a truck fifth wheel would.

When I used to run doubles for a switch I would get back in the wee hours of the morning. No one was around so I would back the pup into a dock as a set. it took a while at first but, you get better the more you do it. No one was around so I had all the time in the world, and no one was there to laugh at me.

Depends what kinda setup you’re running

You guys up north got them B-trains that got 2 pintle hook connections on the back of the lead. That eliminates 1 pivot point and makes a big difference backin up

Now if somebody claims to be able to back in a C train which is the conventional setup we got down here, that I’d hafta see done to believe it

 

[GAnthony]

You'd have a fit dealing with any trailers with hydraulics.

well...........i never dealt with that shit, i don't deal with that shit...i won't deal with that shit.........

 

[GAnthony]

I'd like to pull turnpike doubles just for the experience though.

those dollies are longer, heavier, and a good practice with NEMF was to carry a chain, and padlock, and lock up the one you were using, as not too many were in good shape, let alone great shape.

then also take along a HD bolt cutter, so you can cut the lock off a dolly someone else locked up.....cuz that IS a good dolly for you to take.

also up here in New England, the guys pulling those needed a NY state doubles endorsement...check with PA's laws on that.........

 

[BlackBart]

those dollies are longer, heavier, and a good practice with NEMF was to carry a chain, and padlock, and lock up the one you were using, as not too many were in good shape, let alone great shape.

then also take along a HD bolt cutter, so you can cut the lock off a dolly someone else locked up.....cuz that IS a good dolly for you to take.

also up here in New England, the guys pulling those needed a NY state doubles endorsement...check with PA's laws on that.........

I dont think turnpike doubles are legal in PA

 

[GAnthony]

I dont think turnpike doubles are legal in PA

yeah, i cannot say either..the reason why our NEMF drivers as well as other companies drivers needed that NY state endorsement was of course, they'd be running on the NY state highways from drop yard to drop yard......(usually located at the toll plazas) , if they had to get off the highway system in cases of snow storms, and take like for instance Rte 20 in MA, they had to drop the rear trailer at a rest area (service plaza) then go back for it later......made for an incredibly LOOOONG night.....

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

Depends what kinda setup you’re running

You guys up north got them B-trains that got 2 pintle hook connections on the back of the lead. That eliminates 1 pivot point and makes a big difference backin up

Now if somebody claims to be able to back in a C train which is the conventional setup we got down here, that I’d hafta see done to believe it

Point of contention B trains don't use pintles at all. Lead has a fifth wheel so there's only two articulation points on the whole rig and they follow very nicely.

 

[BlackBart]

Point of contention B trains don't use pintles at all. Lead has a fifth wheel so there's only two articulation points on the whole rig and they follow very nicely.

They dont go together with these?

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

They dont go together with these?

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Not at all. What you're thinking of is a C train. I've heard of it but never seen it in person. B trains are quite common here though. Hell I've even pulled them before.

Flat Deck - SUPER B TRAIN - Raja Trailer

rajatrailer.com

 

[389 Hood]

Nice looking set up. But I've never seen anything like that here. Just pups hooked by a dolly and turnpike doubles. Then there is the 'cow and calf', set up that they use in Kommiefornia. They are just like that picture of the tankers that @Fageol posted a while back of that Alaskan outfit looking for operators.

 

[BlackBart]

Not at all. What you're thinking of is a C train. I've heard of it but never seen it in person. B trains are quite common here though. Hell I've even pulled them before.

Flat Deck - SUPER B TRAIN - Raja Trailer

rajatrailer.com

Ah, I get it. So the lead trailer got that extension on the back with the fifth wheel attached to that

I must be thinkin of the old school way then

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

Nice looking set up. But I've never seen anything like that here. Just pups hooked by a dolly and turnpike doubles. Then there is the 'cow and calf', set up that they use in Kommiefornia. They are just like that picture of the tankers that @Fageol posted a while back of that Alaskan outfit looking for operators.

Yeah I think there are only a few border states that allow B trains and you have to have extra axles to run them in the US