Thanks to all those who replied. I occasionally do some switching of
vehicles on the layout and it occurred to me that trucking practices, as
well as, railroad practices are interesting and have their reasons for
"being". I can pretty much the RR rules, but visual trucking practices
are unknown to me. Thanks to the vast and unpaid research department!
Bob Werre
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On 4/30/12 6:59 PM, Roy Meissner wrote:
It is correct to have a single axle tractor pulling tandem axle
trailer. Back in the 50's to 70's when I was driving truck, it was
common to see single axle trctors with tandem axle trailers. you are
modeling. If you are pulling double bottoms, you only need a single
axle tractor because you don't have that much weight on the tractor
axle. The weight is spread out between the trailer and dolly axles.
The only time you would see a tandem axle tractor pull a single axle
trailer is it the trucking comnpany didn't have a single axle tractor
on hand. Sorry I got carried away with my answer.
Roy J Meissner
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Bob Werre <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, April 30, 2012 9:24 AM
*Subject:* Re: {S-Scale List} trucks
Roy, I've got a question for a 'truck' guy. In a truck/trailer
situation, if the tractor only has one rear axle are they ever
seen pulling double axle trailers? And of course, what about the
opposite situation.
Bob Werre
cows got off of the tracks. We all thought that would be some
"lean beef".
Roy J Meissner
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