Subsim Truckers - Page 14

Wolferz · 05-23-14, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

I got to the house this morning after a quickie trip up to New Liskeard, ON with 51,800 lbs in a tank train designed for 101,400 lbs. Talk about slop and slosh, all the way there. This is my last weekend home until October.

What's it like pulling wiggle wagons with slop and slosh? Is that some new kind of asphalt tar?

swamprat69er · 05-23-14, 04:46 PM

Half a load. Each wagon is only half full. Just don't plan on stopping too quickly. The wheels will stop, the whole thing will stop.......until the slosh catches up to the front of the tank, then you get a real hard smack in the backside.

Wolferz · 05-24-14, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Half a load. Each wagon is only half full. Just don't plan on stopping too quickly. The wheels will stop, the whole thing will stop.......until the slosh catches up to the front of the tank, then you get a real hard smack in the backside.

Don't stop too close to the railroad tracks then.

Inertia can be a biotch.

swamprat69er · 05-24-14, 06:35 AM

Unlike in the U.S. we don't have to stop at RR tracks with hazmat/placarded loads unless the lights are going or the gates are down or there is a train there.

Wolferz · 05-24-14, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Unlike in the U.S. we don't have to stop at RR tracks with hazmat/placarded loads unless the lights are going or the gates are down or there is a train there.

Can you park near fires and run through tunnels too.

swamprat69er · 05-24-14, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Can you park near fires and run through tunnels too.

Where I run there aint no tunnels, I try to avoid forest fires.

swamprat69er · 06-30-14, 12:39 PM

I am currently sitting in a truck stop. I did my 36 hour reset and ran for 5 hours to get here. I will sit until tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon and then go and load, I am 15 minutes away from the terminal. I'll load tomorrow and then back to the T/S for supper and a nap until midnight. It is a 6.5 to 7 hour trip to where I unload, I'll do that through the night. I find that I make better time running at night when I only have to put up with the Moose. Moose are way smarter than people. They (Moose) hear the bark of my straight pipes and run for the bush.

swamprat69er · 06-30-14, 01:24 PM

I expect I will be in that neck of the woods later this summer.

Kapitan · 06-30-14, 02:10 PM

what I would give to live in the USA and drive your trucks I have to make do with a german built Cab over (M.A.N) 440 donkeys (half of which have been flogged) and the rest struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding.

Seriously though it must be a nice life over there and governed at 60mph? atleast your going places my truck is 56mph restricted some of us are as slow as 50mph !

swamprat69er · 06-30-14, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

what I would give to live in the USA and drive your trucks I have to make do with a german built Cab over (M.A.N) 440 donkeys (half of which have been flogged) and the rest struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding.

Seriously though it must be a nice life over there and governed at 60mph? atleast your going places my truck is 56mph restricted some of us are as slow as 50mph !

The grass is not always greener on the other side of the road.
My truck may have a C15 Cat 475 horsepower and do 65 mph on the flat....75 mph down hills, but you do not want to follow me up those same hills! With a 18 spd gearbox I am often in 5 gear going up the hills.

Jimbuna · 06-30-14, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

The grass is not always greener on the other side of the road.
My truck may have a C15 Cat 475 horsepower and do 65 mph on the flat....75 mph down hills, but you do not want to follow me up those same hills! With a 18 spd gearbox I am often in 5 gear going up the hills.

Rgr that

Kapitan · 06-30-14, 04:42 PM

with a 22ton kabota digger on the back of my low loader up hill 5th gear is a dream im crawling in 1st 2nd if im lucky at no more than 7mph

swamprat69er · 06-30-14, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

with a 22ton kabota digger on the back of my low loader up hill 5th gear is a dream im crawling in 1st 2nd if im lucky at no more than 7mph

At that rate you certainly do not want to pull the loads I do. 63,500 kgs gross minus tare of 21,250 or in 'merican terms
139,900lbs gross - 46,800lbs=46,300lbs payload

Kapitan · 06-30-14, 05:03 PM

I used to drive a 380hp truck with low loader capable of pulling 65 ton which is around the same weight as you describe spent most of my time in the special crawler gear, until the engine decided it had had enough and blew up one evening.

my truck the current one has been all over Europe from ice roads of Norway to the mont blanc and even up the pireneese love the sights just not guts in the thing.

swamprat69er · 06-30-14, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

I used to drive a 380hp truck with low loader capable of pulling 65 ton which is around the same weight as you describe spent most of my time in the special crawler gear, until the engine decided it had had enough and blew up one evening.

my truck the current one has been all over Europe from ice roads of Norway to the mont blanc and even up the pireneese love the sights just not guts in the thing.

I heard that, I did. Down in the basement is not my favourite place to be in the tranny.

05-23-14, 04:46 PM	#197
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Half a load. Each wagon is only half full. Just don't plan on stopping too quickly. The wheels will stop, the whole thing will stop.......until the slosh catches up to the front of the tank, then you get a real hard smack in the backside. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

05-24-14, 06:35 AM	#199
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Unlike in the U.S. we don't have to stop at RR tracks with hazmat/placarded loads unless the lights are going or the gates are down or there is a train there. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

06-30-14, 12:39 PM	#202
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I am currently sitting in a truck stop. I did my 36 hour reset and ran for 5 hours to get here. I will sit until tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon and then go and load, I am 15 minutes away from the terminal. I'll load tomorrow and then back to the T/S for supper and a nap until midnight. It is a 6.5 to 7 hour trip to where I unload, I'll do that through the night. I find that I make better time running at night when I only have to put up with the Moose. Moose are way smarter than people. They (Moose) hear the bark of my straight pipes and run for the bush. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

06-30-14, 01:24 PM	#203
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I expect I will be in that neck of the woods later this summer. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

06-30-14, 02:10 PM	#204
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,090 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 7	what I would give to live in the USA and drive your trucks I have to make do with a german built Cab over (M.A.N) 440 donkeys (half of which have been flogged) and the rest struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding. Seriously though it must be a nice life over there and governed at 60mph? atleast your going places my truck is 56mph restricted some of us are as slow as 50mph ! __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

06-30-14, 04:42 PM	#207
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,090 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 7	with a 22ton kabota digger on the back of my low loader up hill 5th gear is a dream im crawling in 1st 2nd if im lucky at no more than 7mph __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

06-30-14, 05:03 PM	#209
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,090 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 7	I used to drive a 380hp truck with low loader capable of pulling 65 ton which is around the same weight as you describe spent most of my time in the special crawler gear, until the engine decided it had had enough and blew up one evening. my truck the current one has been all over Europe from ice roads of Norway to the mont blanc and even up the pireneese love the sights just not guts in the thing. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/