The wrong way driver was reportedly traveling at speeds of around 100 m.p.h.

[389 Hood]

Follow just means "be behind" Mr Super Trucker Man.

Why the hate chicken? I never claimed to be super trucker. This state has more junk on the roads than Mexico does. I don't want to be anywhere around some POS that has parts falling off of it.

I've seen frames split in half when a dip in the road was hit. Trailers split in half, entire wheel assemblies come off, brake drums that shatter in a normal stop. Some drums vibrate so loud on braking you know they are long past their usable limits.

Sorry, sir. I'm not following behind any truck. To each their own.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Why the hate chicken? I never claimed to be super trucker. This state has more junk on the roads than Mexico does. I don't want to be anywhere around some POS that has parts falling off of it.

I've seen frames split in half when a dip in the road was hit. Trailers split in half, entire wheel assemblies come off, brake drums that shatter in a normal stop. Some drums vibrate so loud on braking you know they are long past their usable limits.

Sorry, sir. I'm not following behind any truck. To each their own.

Again it means be behind, not ride their ass.

Since you still don't get it. The opposite of follow would be lead. Lead means you're in front of them. You're not going to see them wiggle when you're in front, but you will if you're behind.

If you can see him in your windshield, you're following. If you see him in your mirrors, you're leading.

Duh.

 

[389 Hood]

 

[Rigjockey]

All you gotta do is follow a set and you can see how twitchy they are.

Ya just fold in the mirrors and never look back.

Seriously though, the more you look back the more you try to correct and that makes them wiggle more.

 

[389 Hood]

I hauled one of my classic cars on a small 2 axle car hauler. The man that loaned it to me asked if I had ever used one. He knew what I did for a living. After we loaded the car and strapped it down, I went to leave and he said, 'One last thing...don't look at the car in the mirrors, just drive'.

Me being me, I had to look after a while. This car was bouncing all over and I found myself slowing to correct the opposite action. Hit the switch to move the mirrors out a little more and never looked at the car again.

End result was the remainder of the trip was fine. A doubles puller told me the same thing. Just watch them in a turn and lane change and you'll never know there is more than one trailer back there.

 

[Duck]

Seriously though, the more you look back the more you try to correct and that makes them wiggle more.

It's called "crack the whip effect"

When you crack a whip, the input movement from your hand creates a wave that gets amplified as it travels down the length of the whip, until the far end of the whip breaks the speed of sound, causing the loud snap sound.

The same physics apply to a line of trailers. More noticeable with triples.

If the tractor swerves 6 inches and the driver jerks it back to center, the rear trailer will move about 2 feet and back.

You can observe this when you get stuck behind them on the Indiana turnpike.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I hauled one of my classic cars on a small 2 axle car hauler. The man that loaned it to me asked if I had ever used one. He knew what I did for a living. After we loaded the car and strapped it down, I went to leave and he said, 'One last thing...don't look at the car in the mirrors, just drive'.

Me being me, I had to look after a while. This car was bouncing all over and I found myself slowing to correct the opposite action. Hit the switch to move the mirrors out a little more and never looked at the car again.

End result was the remainder of the trip was fine. A doubles puller told me the same thing. Just watch them in a turn and lane change and you'll never know there is more than one trailer back there.

You couldn't pull a little car hauler straight without ignoring the mirrors?

 

[Electric Chicken]

You can observe this when you get stuck behind them on the Indiana turnpike.

Lol this is why I said about following. Then this dumb thing about "oh I don't follow."

My only point was follow 'em a bit and you can see how they are without personally driving them.

 

[Rigjockey]

It's called "crack the whip effect"

When you crack a whip, the input movement from your hand creates a wave that gets amplified as it travels down the length of the whip, until the far end of the whip breaks the speed of sound, causing the loud snap sound.

The same physics apply to a line of trailers. More noticeable with triples.

If the tractor swerves 6 inches and the driver jerks it back to center, the rear trailer will move about 2 feet and back.

You can observe this when you get stuck behind them on the Indiana turnpike.

Before I got into trucking I worked at the airport. We used to pull a string of 6 baggage carts. That's a lot of pivot points and a lot of whip.

 

[Duck]

Lol this is why I said about following. Then this dumb thing about "oh I don't follow."

My only point was follow 'em a bit and you can see how they are without personally driving them.

He probably thought you meant tailgating.

 

[Electric Chicken]

He probably thought you meant tailgating.

Yeah even though I specifically said I didn't mean tailgating.

 

[Duck]

Before I got into trucking I worked at the airport. We used to pull a string of 6 baggage carts. That's a lot of pivot points and a lot of whip.

So even at low speeds?

Makes me wonder how they do it in Australia.

Maybe it's the length of each trailer. Shorter trailers vs longer ones.

 

[ironpony]

Before I got into trucking I worked at the airport. We used to pull a string of 6 baggage carts. That's a lot of pivot points and a lot of whip.

 

[Rigjockey]

So even at low speeds?

Makes me wonder how they do it in Australia.

Maybe it's the length of each trailer. Shorter trailers vs longer ones.

I would say the shorter the trailer the bigger the whip.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I would say the shorter the trailer the bigger the whip.

For the same reasons it's harder to dock a pup than a 53. Smaller wheel input does more the shorter the trailer.

 

[Electric Chicken]

It's also why a big long wheelbase is straight as an arrow compared to a shorty day cab. You don't have to be as dead solid holding the wheel because your dinky little movements won't do much of anything.

 

[389 Hood]

He probably thought you meant tailgating.

Finally, someone with a brain.

I should have known trying to converse intelligently with a Pumpkin. At 62 mph that's all he ever sees is the ass of another driver.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Finally, someone with a brain.

I should have known trying to converse intelligently with a Pumpkin. At 62 mph that's all he ever sees is the ass of another driver.

62? I wish!