Slide the tandems

[Stenleh44]

I recently saw a real video on how to slide the tandems. Never knew that was a thing….but the a gain why would I , I’m not a truck driver.

Yesterday I’m ATS I was buying a trailer because I have $100 million to burn. Anyhow, I noticed there are trailer axels with a tandem slide setup.

Is this something that can actually be done in the game? If so can you shed light on the process? Is it just a key bind?

I also noticed trailers axels that steer. Is this new to game? I Never noticed before.

[Buttonbasher]

See my post 'tandem axles'

Funny how we were both thinking the same thing!

[Robinicus]

You can adjust the trailer bogies using F7...but in yet another realism miss by SCS, you can only adjust an empty trailer which is the opposite of when you would usually adjust them IRL. There are times when you would adjust an empty IRL, like setting up a 53 to run bridge law compliant etc but typically you would only be adjusting the bogies after you scale your load to get the axle weights right.

IRL, sliding bogies are standard equipment on vans, reefers and container chassis...some decks can be ordered with them but not as common. Almost all speciality trailers (bulk, gravel, tankers etc) have fixed axles but there are a few that have either sliding bogies or a sliding single axle to run certain oddball jurisdictions.

[Stenleh44]

In real life is there a scale in cab that tells you how much to move the tandems? Or do you just base it on where the load is in the trailer?

This whole trucker thing is fascinating me lately!

[Stenleh44]

Originally posted by Buttonbasher:

See my post 'tandem axles'

Funny how we were both thinking the same thing!

yup..basically the same thing!

[Rookie-31st]

In real life there are gauges on the axles you can use to check and adjust the load. But don't expect SCS to implement it any time soon. Things like these usually take years. Think how long it took them to finally implement an articulated trailer and add single and tri-axles. They have different priorities.

[blackedz26]

Originally posted by Stenleh44:

In real life is there a scale in cab that tells you how much to move the tandems? Or do you just base it on where the load is in the trailer?

This whole trucker thing is fascinating me lately!

Irl:

If your steer or drive axles are heavy, you slide the tandems forward. Puts more of the trailer over the tandems thus taking weight off the front but at the same time adding weight to the tenders. Whenever youre passing a box trailer next time your out look above the tandems, each peg hole is roughly worth 500lbs.

Now to really boggle your mind, just about every semi has a sliding fifth wheel to even further balance out a load for legality.

[Robinicus]

The gauges will only give you an approximation and won't tell you the steer axle weight....and many trucks (especially fleet spec trucks) don't even have them. You do the axle weights at a mechanical scale (like the CAT scales you see) and adjust from there....some larger shippers have scales on site as well.

[Rookie-31st]

Yeah, we might get this functionality in 2024 if we are lucky

[Stenleh44]

Interesting. Thanks for the info.
I took a look at in game the F7 procedure. All these hours....i never really noticed that option.

[Ayahuasca]

Most Trucks and trailers sold today have a gauge that gives a rough idea of how much weight is on your suspension and If you know what your doing they are reliable enough to hit a scale with confidence you wont be getting a ticket

[Justicar]

Another oddity in trucksim is you can only set them all the way forward, or all the way back.

Both of which aren't great outside of certain situations. And you have to be at or under 40ft mark while in Cali.

[Stenleh44]

I guess in game its better than nothing, But still pretty lame. Though I did think backing was a bit easier (more reactive) while in the forward position.

[MeanJim]

Originally posted by Ayahuasca:

Most Trucks and trailers sold today have a gauge that gives a rough idea of how much weight is on your suspension and If you know what your doing they are reliable enough to hit a scale with confidence you wont be getting a ticket

The W900 in ATS has this gauge, and it works.

[Stenleh44]

Originally posted by MeanJim:

Originally posted by Ayahuasca:

Most Trucks and trailers sold today have a gauge that gives a rough idea of how much weight is on your suspension and If you know what your doing they are reliable enough to hit a scale with confidence you wont be getting a ticket

The W900 in ATS has this gauge, and it works.

If you can only move tandems with no load...whats the use???