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Semi Truck Pictures Official Thread

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I freaking love seeing cabovers out doing work. giant middle finger to the dotgov! :flipoff: :lmao:
 
Question for truckers. Is the biggest reason they don’t like cabovers is they are the first one to the accident? My HEMTT is basically a cab over and I love the ability to see when I pull up to a stop sign. I would think truckers would value this more than I.

Second unrelated question. Does a flat bed semi not have to pull into weigh stations if it is empty?
 
WaterH said:
Question for truckers. Is the biggest reason they don’t like cabovers is they are the first one to the accident? My HEMTT is basically a cab over and I love the ability to see when I pull up to a stop sign. I would think truckers would value this more than I.

Second unrelated question. Does a flat bed semi not have to pull into weigh stations if it is empty?
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The cab overs ride like crap and are a pain to get in and out compared to a conventional cab.


If it's a commercial vehicle, you have to go through all scales, whether you are loaded or not.
 
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bradp674 said:
The cab overs ride like crap and are a pain to get in and out compared to a conventional cab.


If it's a commercial vehicle, you have to go through all scales, whether you are loaded or not.
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With air ride on everything now a days, I thought they all would be the same for ride.

On my last trip to Mississippi and I, I watched a flatbed skip a weigh station. It was empty and the station was open. Didn’t see any cops go after him. I was thinking he could be hauling flat sheets of lead and be over weight. (Maybe)
 
WaterH said:
With air ride on everything now a days, I thought they all would be the same for ride.

On my last trip to Mississippi and I, I watched a flatbed skip a weigh station. It was empty and the station was open. Didn’t see any cops go after him. I was thinking he could be hauling flat sheets of lead and be over weight. (Maybe)
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A lot of scales have weigh in motion, and they have all your info before you even exit. If you have a fast pass in the truck, it will let you know if you have to exit or skip the scales. Here in Washington they have reader boards before the exit that tell you to exit or skip the scales.
 
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bradp674 said:
A lot of scales have way in motion, and they have all your info before you even exit. If you have a fast pass in the truck, it will let you know if you have to exit or skip the scales. Here in Washington they have reader boards before the exit that tell you to exit or skip the scales.
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Here is one you truckers may know about, Indiana has sensors imbedded in the road before the scale or ramp to the scale that indicates a low or flat tire that triggers an inspection.
 
bradp674 said:
The cab overs ride like crap and are a pain to get in and out compared to a conventional cab.


If it's a commercial vehicle, you have to go through all scales, whether you are loaded or not.
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Log trucks in WA are exempt at most scales if the trailer is bunked.
 
WaterH said:
With air ride on everything now a days, I thought they all would be the same for ride.

On my last trip to Mississippi and I, I watched a flatbed skip a weigh station. It was empty and the station was open. Didn’t see any cops go after him. I was thinking he could be hauling flat sheets of lead and be over weight. (Maybe)
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The longer the wheelbase, the better the ride.

Additionally, you don't have to secure every personal item inside the cab just to check under the hood of a conventional truck.

Finally, have you seen some of the fat asses driving trucks these days? They'd never be able to get into a cabover.
 
That’s wild. I guess the guy can control it from the cab. I don’t understand how it accounts for the change in length as it turns.
 
WaterH said:
That’s wild. I guess the guy can control it from the cab. I don’t understand how it accounts for the change in length as it turns.
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The end of the reach attached to the truck is called a compensator, it telescopes freely to handle the length change. The logs themselves are what pull the trailer, the stinger and reach are just to steer it and give you a place to hang wiring and air lines. Being a pole truck that's just a longer version of a normal PNW log truck/trailer setup.
 
TrikeKid said:
The end of the reach attached to the truck is called a compensator, it telescopes freely to handle the length change. The logs themselves are what pull the trailer, the stinger and reach are just to steer it and give you a place to hang wiring and air lines. Being a pole truck that's just a longer version of a normal PNW log truck/trailer setup.
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And when the compensator binds up going around a switchback it turns into a banana quickly, had to cut one out years ago in the bush so the guy could get to the mill he just loosened one of the locks on the extendable reach to make up for the compensator being locked.
 
Tacodriver said:
And when the compensator binds up going around a switchback it turns into a banana quickly, had to cut one out years ago in the bush so the guy could get to the mill he just loosened one of the locks on the extendable reach to make up for the compensator being locked.
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Or when the guy has to mash the brakes. Old **** didn't have a compensator, the reach just slid in the trailer body, flappy head fat trucks are still that way.
 
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