Trucking Lesson 11 - Alley dock spread/Split axle

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[divineuniversalunderstandi]

If you’re fully loaded, you cannot jackknife a spread axle while in reverse, the trailer will first start to rock from side to side as if the 5th wheel is a fulcrum. If you continue to back at too much of an angle the trailer will flip over. You have to use as much space as possible to eliminate the angles.

[johnathancrawford]

This may work if you are empty but with 50000 pounds you jack knife a spread axle you going to be putting tires on the wheels

[jonathancubano]

I just started to drive a 53' flatbed, axles are like the one in the video. The problem is when the trailer is fully loaded, if you jacknife, it wont pivot, it jerks the tractor.

[TheRoadhammer]

22 yrs so far pulling a spread axle flatbed, this vid is close but yet so far off. 10-2 spreads turn so slow while fighting the drag of the front spread. Add in a 46k pound load and it gets worse. I can't put it to words exactly but I can tell you that the wall in your vid would have created a serious issue in the real world. You are moving backwards, and you realize that the trailer is gradually making this long exaggerated turning arc, much slower than what you are expecting. Great vid, neither of us are right or wrong, I do my backing different than you simulate, but I am going to try this example out and who knows, you may have simplified my life.

[mikekeierleber]

Thanks for the video, was very helpful

[Arizona_rider]

I’m driving a spread axle 48 ft flatbed with a stretched tractor. I had to back at the shippper but I see that I was cutting to early

[supernut]

In reality its rather hard to do with a fully loaded flatbed spread. The way you are talking about how to do this it will tear your 1st axle tires.

[AzconaxZ]

Hey mr how you doing can you do a 90 degrees alley but with the new instruction formats it I’ll be real helpful thanx you for your time.

[MG-ksqg]

Dump axles are awesome. It's the easiest thing in the world to back. It's like sliding your tandems with the push of a button.

Dump the back to jacknife. Dump the front to get under it.

[sweetness]

Can you do flatbed backing demonstration on the app also?

[Its_Melv]

You said it right at the very beginning of the video you’ve never pulled a spread. So you should not be on here giving advice on how to pull one. You cannot jack knife a spread it will tear up the tires and twist the axles if you don’t flip it over first. The best way to back a spread is to use as little angle as possible. Or just install a air dump kit on your axles and you can dump the air and instead of trying to slide your front axle across the parking lot with all that weight on it you can dump the air and take the weight off of it. Or the same for the rear axle it makes it so much easier to back in and it’s so much easier on equipment. A spread axle is far superior to a close tandem if you have dump/lift axles and you know how to use them and how to work the trailer around.

[quatrucking]

How could I get this split axle trailer on the app ?

[VanuOfMILF]

You do not jackknife a spread axle. If you're loaded you'll be rocking the trailer at best, blowing tires most likely, worst case you flip the trailer.