Tag axle for truck camper rigs
Tag axle article Code 13 Roll the Weight Police edit - quoted from the article: "In 2017, after several people showed interest in purchasing our unit, I decided to design a tag axle to sell....
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stevenal wrote:
Note that tandem axles are placed right next to each other, and the tire sizes are equivalent. These are widely separated from the rear axle and so small there's little flex in the rubber to allow the side movement.
You can see how tire flex helps here.
No they aren’t. Big truck tandem spacing is about 5 or 6 feet, and trailers often have over 10 foot tandem axle spacing, to take advantage of bridge law formulas.
A lot of tire scrubbing happens. It’s just cheaper and lighter and simpler than making them all articulate.
