Double/triple tractor trailer

You drop the rear trailer or trailers and dock them one at a time.

 

No, and you don't

 

I much prefer doubles to 53 foot trailers. Making a right turn is so much easier. I live in fear when assigned a 53' thinking that I might forget and make a doubles right turn instead of a 53'.

Biggest problem is driving on slick roads with a light rear box and high wind. They do blow over in the wind.

 

Doubles use less room on a corner than a 53. I can turn a set of triples in the same space a 53 will use. On avoiding pulling a set on snow, we do not just park as soon as snow appears. We keep moving, through bad weather, slower than most, but doubles keep moving. It takes chains where a single trailer with twin screw drive axles will make it without chains, but doubles keep moving as best as possible.

 

Old triples line haul driver once said. Don't look in your mirrors. If you get to your destination and your missing the back box it's somewhere between where you started and where you are. Copy.

 

You don't actually have to drop your rear box first with a train. With some experience you can drop any of them. Make sure you have alot of room to recouple your combination.