sliding tandems
 

Can you slide your tandems on a hill?

Yes it is possible. The steeper the hill though the harder your truck is going to have to work.

Not if the truck is going down hill. Duh! :P

Could depend on which way you are needing to "slide" and whether that is uphill or down.

I've slid tandems on a "ridge" coming out of a downhill dock, where the two axles are on different levels. Always have a can of WD40 on hand!!

If at all possible, slide your tandems to a position CLOSE to what you think you will need WHILE THE TRAILER IS EMPTY!!

Yeah... I've HEARD that!! Will do, someday!

And to clarify.... don't just spray the silicone on the holes where the PINS are!! Spray the whole rail on both sides of the truck.... concentrating on the open holes in the outer rail!

And AGAIN.... if you think the rails are rusty, spray them and slide them WHILE THE TRAILER IS EMPTY!!!

DON'T wait until you have been loaded with 40k lbs of produce!! (or whatever.)

PROACTION beats REACTION every time!!

Adjusting your tandems when empty doesn't always work - especially when the shipper tells you to slide the tandems all the way to the rear before they'll load you.

I had a place do that a few weeks ago. Tandems slid back fine when empty, but once loaded they wouldn't slide forward. Turns out one of the pins in the trailer wasn't pulling out all the way. It took almost 2 hours at a T/A and moving the trailer ever so slowly 1 pin at a time with a mechanic under the trailer beating on the pin the entire time.

Thanks, I was at a dock that was on a hill and I pulled forward a bit to slide my tandems forward since they were all they way back ,this was in the underground road in Kansas city, and I wanted to beable to turn it better I was told you cant do it on a hill, since I am new I said ok thanks and had heck of a time getting the truck out of the dock.

when you slide your tandems at a dock. leave the pin out. put your parking brakes on, chock the wheels, it wont go anywhere, then you can pull out and easily slide them back to where you want them after you load/unload

Seems we've been to some of the SAME shippers! :lol:

I hear what you are saying, but my point (though not clearly made) was that one should spray the rails, and then slide the tandems while the trailer is empty..... TO LOOSEN UP THE RAILS! To "spread" the silicone to the areas between the holes! This way, once it is loaded and heavy, they will slide much easier!