Truckers, lets see your rigs!

[Rig Wrench]

Originally Posted by jfaulkner

Negative, south Florida on an island away from everyone. Probably the Canadian that has the same truck with opposite paint scheme.

Looks like where ill be in a week....

[Smokinrebel]

Originally Posted by jfaulkner

Negative, south Florida on an island away from everyone. Probably the Canadian that has the same truck with opposite paint scheme.

Yep, i went back and looked at pic of your truck and see difference now.

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by Rig Wrench

Looks like where ill be in a week....

You the grand marshal for the Key West gay pride parade again?

[Rig Wrench]

Originally Posted by jfaulkner

You the grand marshal for the Key West gay pride parade again?

Never heard of it. That why you were down there?

[Rig Wrench]

Pic thread

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by Rig Wrench

Never heard of it. That why you were down there?

Uh huh, never met an ISX lover that didn’t have gay tendency’s.

[biggy238]

Long dog. 2019 Daycab with ARI? Box.


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[Rig Wrench]

Oops

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by Rig Wrench

Oops

No one up there have a wet line on their trucks? They know they can unload those dumps and belts without flipping them right?

[4x4dually]

How the hell did the trailer axles get like that? Apparently it didn't just sink and flop.....wth?

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by 4x4dually

How the hell did the trailer axles get like that? Apparently it didn't just sink and flop.....wth?

Steerable lift axles.Think he dumped this at road speed. Guys up east don’t have time to stop to unload.

You have to understand these are north easterners. They’re almost Canadian and they all look like the banjo kid from deliverance.

[4x4dually]

Originally Posted by jfaulkner

Steerable lifts and he dumped this at road speed. Guys up east don’t have time to stop to unload.

I'll be damned. Steerable lifts, huh? Never heard of them being steerable...but I ain't no end dumper either.

[chevota84]

Originally Posted by 4x4dually

I'll be damned. Steerable lifts, huh? Never heard of them being steerable...but I ain't no end dumper either.

They aren't "steerable" as much as they're self steer. They're pretty much a steer axle with the trail set so they follow, but will turn to take some side load off of stuff. They sound great but they tend to wear and then flail about and kill tires.



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[biggy238]

Are the reaction bar types any better than the ones with a tie rod?
I had a Watson and chalin (Hendrickson now) with the reaction rod that they kept turning with it down and beat the bushings out of it. Big warranty steaming pile.

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[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by biggy238

Are the reaction bar types any better than the ones with a tie rod?
I had a Watson and chalin (Hendrickson now) with the reaction rod that they kept turning with it down and beat the bushings out of it. Big warranty steaming pile.

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Nope pretty much all crap. To let you know how amazing they are, Ontario Canada and their dumbarse SPIF requirements made it so you can’t lift an axle to turn so everyone went with steerables. But that wasn’t stupid enough, they don’t even allow them to lift to back up so all the multi-axle trailers now have to have locks on the steerables to keep them from destroying themselves when you back up.

[chevota84]

Is the reaction bar just a torsion bar? I haven't seen those.

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[4x4dually]

Interesting. Looks like something that could fail and drive your trailer right off in the ditch. How do they "sense" the trailer is turning so that they sorta steer themselves? Do the "locks" actuate from the back-up signal wire?

[jfaulkner]

Originally Posted by 4x4dually

Interesting. Looks like something that could fail and drive your trailer right off in the ditch. How do they "sense" the trailer is turning so that they sorta steer themselves? Do the "locks" actuate from the back-up signal wire?

Only 3-4 axles of an 8 axle trailer steer so it can’t do anything other than shred tires. I don’t know if they use the backup wire or just sense off the abs.

[jfaulkner]

Beside me pumping fuel yesterday.

*edit he wasn’t pumping fuel he was tying up the pumps to send a fax. Perfectly reasonable.

[Rig Wrench]

Originally Posted by 4x4dually

Interesting. Looks like something that could fail and drive your trailer right off in the ditch. How do they "sense" the trailer is turning so that they sorta steer themselves? Do the "locks" actuate from the back-up signal wire?

If only the front axle on a 3 or 4 axle trailer is a steerable, they work ok. The tandem steerables are ok as long as everything is kept in good condition. Most companies though its too much to ask havin good kingpins, tie rod ends, stabilizers ect on it. I pulled a 40ft end dump with wore out dual steetables and numerous times it phucked up on me. The axles actually start going against each other and could potentially put you off the road. I used to have a 4 axle with only the leed axle steerable, with everything kept in good working order it was very nice.