On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:23:12 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/28/2014 10:11 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-06-28 20:11, wrote:
>>> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 4:26:09 PM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used to drive trucks. In fact, my main trucks for a number of years
>>>> were dual stick 5x4 transmissions. When bobtailing I could start in 3rd
>>>> gear high range.
>>>
>>> Were they cabovers? Those really bob without a trailer, as I recall.
>>
>> Some of the electrical crew trucks were cabovers. The tractor trucks I
>> drover were conventional cabs. They are pretty rough riding when bob
>> tailing.
>
>LOL I wonder how many other people here know what bob tailing means.
> I do, because we had to add a special sub-category to the liability
>software for one of the clients.

AKA jack-knifing?