After almost 2 years of driving I finally seen triples

[ohiomohawk]

I-75 in Ohio is my stomping ground, I drive 400 miles a day on I-75 The other day as I passed over I-80, I-90 (Ohio turnpike) I looked down and seen triples on the turnpike headed East!!

Believe it or not I never seen triples before!! I have been on the Ohio Turnpike only once before.

You know I always have some question to ask :P

Why are triples only allowed on turnpikes??

[belpre122]

Hey Mohawk! I've been up all night and you'll have to excuse me. When I first saw the title of the thread, I thought that it read "After almost 2 years of driving I finally seen nipples."

I was ready to congratulate you, and ask if I could come over to the Buckeye for a ride-along next week to try and help up your success rate.

[coastie]

Just seen triples, have you seen 2 53' doubles?

[Drew10]

Just seen triples, have you seen 2 53' doubles?

Correct me if Im wrong....but I dont think 53' doubles is what you saw. I thought the max length for them was 48', "turnpike doubles". You see those on the New York thruway alot.

Not sure why triples are restricted to turnpikes...except maybe because they cannot be "broken down" on conventional interstates.
Turnpikes have the breakdown lots at the exits.

[ohiomohawk]

Hey Mohawk! I've been up all night and you'll have to excuse me. When I first saw the title of the thread, I thought that it read "After almost 2 years of driving I finally seen nipples."

I was ready to congratulate you, and ask if I could come over to the Buckeye for a ride-along next week to try and help up your success rate.

LOL....

I will be on the lookout for nipples also, seen some but more will never hurt :twisted:

[Rev.Vassago]

Just seen triples, have you seen 2 53' doubles?

Correct me if Im wrong....but I dont think 53' doubles is what you saw. I thought the max length for them was 48', "turnpike doubles". You see those on the New York thruway alot.

I believe Michigan doubles are 53', aren't they? I know they have a helluva lot of axles underneath them.

I remember back about 10 years ago or so, JB Hunt was using 58' trailers in Illinois that were designed to be put on rail cars. I think they were testing a new regulation or something, because I saw them for a few months, then they were gone.

[Drew10]

I believe Michigan doubles are 53', aren't they? I know they have a helluva lot of axles underneath them.

I remember back about 10 years ago or so, JB Hunt was using 58' trailers in Illinois that were designed to be put on rail cars. I think they were testing a new regulation or something, because I saw them for a few months, then they were gone.

Not sure about Michigan....They "march to a different drummer" up there. Maybe Roadhog can help with that. I doubt they are 53', though.
And....yeah...they sure do have alot of axles...like Big Caterpillars (no pun intended) going down the highway

Not sure about JB using 58'. I know we have some 57', but they are restricted to a few states out west.

[Bumper]

Hey Belpre, I didnt know you were an old Signal Corps guy... I may have to raise my opinon of you now....being a really old Signal Corps guy myself...

[coastie]

Just seen triples, have you seen 2 53' doubles?

Correct me if Im wrong....but I dont think 53' doubles is what you saw. I thought the max length for them was 48', "turnpike doubles". You see those on the New York thruway alot.

Not sure why triples are restricted to turnpikes...except maybe because they cannot be "broken down" on conventional interstates.
Turnpikes have the breakdown lots at the exits.

Yes it was 2 53 foot trailers up on the NY Turnpike. They were 2 WalMart trailers

[Roadhog]

I believe Michigan doubles are 53', aren't they? I know they have a helluva lot of axles underneath them.

I don't know for sure. We do have a lot of heavy haulers here, with steel rigs running Ontario, Quebec, through Michigan.
Some logging trucks might be 53'. Most B-Trains are 48' 11 axle about 160,000+.
Most of the time I'm hauling a 42' covered wagon. I've never paid much attention to the B-Trains here. You got me curious now. :P

[Jumbo]

According to MDOT maximum legal length of a michigan B train from nose of first trailer to end of second trailer is 65'. Maximum of 11 axles and max gross weight of 164,500 pounds.

[belpre122]

Hey Belpre, I didnt know you were an old Signal Corps guy...

Who'd a thought, Tom?

I was a primarily a Radio Teletype Operator, and held a few other Signal positions in my 12 year active duty/National Guard stint. To include high speed Morse code and tactical satellite operations. I sure am aging myself with the Morse code reference. :P

I should remind all of the young whippersnappers out there that Morse code was indeed, the first form of digital communications! :idea:

Just a guess, Tom. Were you a member of the 'smoke signal' platoon? Or am I aging you toooo much? :wink:

[Uturn2001]

Turnpikes are deemed safer for LCVs (triples, turnpike doubles) because the road has a limited amount of entrances and exits and those that they do have are controlled (as compared to "standard" interstate).

While I have never pulled triples I have yanked around doubles and turnpike doubles.

With the turnpike variety it is quite interesting. They are not really any harder than pulling a 53 foot with the tandems all the way back, it is just that they seem to go on forever when looking out your mirrors.

[Phantom433a]

Oregon, Idaho and Nevada allow triples, also Lost Wages (Las Vegas) allows gravel trains to pull double 48s in town

[Lunker]

I see triples every day here on the west coast. I've also seen double 53's in Kansas running the interstates. What's the big deal anyway?

[ohiomohawk]

I see triples every day here on the west coast. I've also seen double 53's in Kansas running the interstates. What's the big deal anyway?

Why bump the thread if it means nothing to you. Do you do that to all threads that arent a big deal?

[belpre122]

I see triples every day here on the west coast. I've also seen double 53's in Kansas running the interstates. What's the big deal anyway?

Hey Lunker! He's a local driver! Quit picking on him! We must not have this type of flaming here!!!!!

[Snowman7]

I think you guys are seeing double 48's (turnpike doubles). I didnt think double 53's were legal anywhere in the states?

[Lunker]

Flaming? Not really. Just not used to someone getting all excited about something I see everyday. Besides that, I think someone needs to shoot that cat. And NO, they were 53ft trailers, said so right on the side.

[ohiomohawk]

Flaming? Not really. Just not used to someone getting all excited about something I see everyday. Besides that, I think someone needs to shoot that cat. And NO, they were 53ft trailers, said so right on the side.

How could I forget that the world revolves around Lunker?

The cat has 9 lives. :twisted:


Thanks for the answer to my original question Uturn2001 and everyone else with usefull info.