What is it called when your trailer trails you to either your left or right side if there is a word that describes it, you know when you gotta fight the trailer your whole trip either making sure your not going over the doted yellow line or the white strip onto the shoulder?? Anyways my question is to all u tanker yankers, do tankers do this as well like some 53' box trailers out there?? Was just wonderin, not a big concern but I been thinkin bout going into tankers and I started wondering if they do this or not?? Lemme kno thanks.

 

It is called tracking, a trailer should track about four or five inches to the off side as you drive down the road, this is to save fuel as it is not always trying to ride the center line, most two lane highways slope from the middle out. when taking right hand bends the trailer is less likely to cross over the centre line on two lane highways.
no a tanker is no worse than a dry box, it is called wheel alinement and should be wrote up on a pretrip

 

Ahhh, thanku for the info!!!!

 

Typically a 53' doesn't sway that much while driving. The situation that could cause worry is when you're pulling a B-train or A-train. In those situations the trailer takes a life of its own :? :shock:

 

What have you been smokin ?

Some tanker trailers are sloshing All over the road...

A body job tanker / tri axle "wiggle" wagon is the worst.

Just don't look back :shock:

 

yea your right. I only pulled baffled gas tankers, never had the nuts to pull straight bores.

 

Tankers usually don't off track, generally because most have fixed axles instead of having sliding tandems like 53's. Straight bore tankers really aren't much worse than baffled tankers. The only time you feel the product moving is when your accelerating from a dead stop and just as you come to a complete stop. If you feel it moving while making turns or negotiating curves your more than likely driving to fast anyways.

 

that's correct, except you forgot one thing, you damn well better learn how to shift smoothly, and leave more stopping distance

 

Ther's a whole of truth to that

 

Hey guys I been tryin to get all the info I can about tankers cuz I wanna get into driving tanker instead of dry van, anyways how exactly do u clean the tankers after u unload? Anyone got any video on it or can explain it so I get some sort of picture, would appreciate it thanks !!!