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Janet Wilder[_4_]

On 6/29/2014 9:59 PM, wrote:
> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 7:39:08 PM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 6/29/2014 8:51 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>
>>
>>> K. Not familar with bob-tails.
>>
>> Bob-tailing is driving the rig without a trailer attached.
>>
>
> At the risk of being boring:
>
> While driving without a trailer, the tractor
> rocks front and back. (Pitch, if it was an airplane.) In my experience,
> cabovers bobtail more than standard cabs, because the mass of the cab
> is spread over a shorter distance.
>
> A trailer holds down the back of the tractor, thus limiting the amount of
> bobbing.
>

AFAIK, bobtailing, as a verb, means driving the tractor (cab) without a
trailer. It has absolutely nothing to do with the motion of the tractor.

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Janet Wilder
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