The Most Dangerous Vehicle on the Highways...Pass Fast or Don't Pass at All: It is Called a Bobtail Tractor

Most Truck Drivers Have Been Mislead, Confused or Mis-Educated by The Commercial Vehicle Tire Industry

If you are wondering if there is a need for education about proper tire pressure and an example "little education can be dangerous", check out this exchange on a trucking blog website. Click on the link below for the entire forum of brainstorming truckers.

This link still works after all these years:

Bobtail Safe Driving Tips

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Okay guys,,,, this may be one of my "stupid attacks",, but here goes. On a long bobtail trip like this, what would be wrong with letting a bunch of air outta the tires, especially the drives? 

Mark

MARK IS ON THE MARK, BUT HE HAS NEVER SEEN A LOAD TO INFLATION CHART TO FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT PRESSURE. DEPENDING ON LOAD PRESSURE COULD BE 30-110 PSI. MOST BOBTAILS SHOULD BE 30 PSI, NOT 95!

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Mark,while that may smooth the ride somewhat, the resulting heat build-up would most likely result in,at best, tire failure, or at worst, tire fire.Not a good trade-off,in this humble opinion.

David Boudrie

DAVID DOESN'T UNDERSTAND LOAD TO INFLATION, BUT HE HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO OVER INFLATION GOOD, UNDER INFLATION BAD. A TIRE WITH A LOW LOAD DOESN'T NEED THE SAME PSI AS ONE CARRYING 40,000 POUNDS, PLEASE READ ON!

This is my favorite:

You might look at finding a concrete plant and buy one of those large blocks (around 2000#) and chain it on top the fifth wheel. Place a 4X4 under the front and back of the fifth wheel to hold it level. Then you won't get your brains beat out.

THIS GUY WANTS TO TAKE A RUB GOLDBERG APPROACH. AGAIN SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED TO ALWAYS RUN MAX PSI, SO ADD BACK LOAD?

A NEW APP MIGHT JUST BE THE ANSWER, YOU'RE WELCOME WORLD...

Apple Gets A Trademark: There’s An App For That?

“There’s an app for that” is the “Where’s the beef?” or “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” of our generation: an advertising slogan so ubiquitous and memorable that it is referenced constantly in popular culture. Lazy joke writers love it, while Don Draper himself would admire it’s almost crystalline beauty.

That got me to thinking about Apps in the trucking industry, current and future. Why is there an app to "Weight My Truck"? https://weighmytruck.com/

Short answer is not to get over weight tickets at the truck scales. This is to prevent bridge and highway damage, but it could be used in a tire app to apply the correct PSI to tires. Tire pressure is wrong on most commercial vehicles (CMV) 90% of the time.

Another app that is tire related is for balancing CMV tires: https://www.counteractbalancing.com/applications/

It is a good example of how to use specific tire data in an app.

Here is a chart that basically ask for inputs of load per axle, which by coincidence the "Weight My Truck" app can provide. The next input is tire size tire configuration that results in the correct PSI for the current weight/load of the truck.

So here is my mastermind idea I am sharing with my LinkedIn connections. Why not have an app that produces the correct truck PSI based on the concept of this chart. I say concept because once one digs into this they would want to add the inputs of tire manufacturer and specific tire model.

A sweet addition would integrate "Weight My Truck" app so that data is loaded automatically. Another addition would be tire balancing specs and solutions.

The following chart provided by AIR CTI

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