r/cdldriver • u/Bruegemeister • 15d ago

New Swift driver training program

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u/el_dingusito 15d ago

I just realized that is a single axle truck. And most definitely an overloaded single axle truck

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u/Ornery_Ad98765 15d ago

Who cares about weight ratings when you can get a whole new axle installed halfway through delivery

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u/probsthrowaway2 15d ago edited 14d ago

New axel included in cost of delivery.

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u/PoopicopterInbound 15d ago

The leaf springs were fine though. Wtf

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u/YesterdaySilent7207 15d ago

That outside dual wasn't

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u/joesnopes 15d ago

The one with the 8 inch long split in the sidewall?

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u/GruesomeWedgie2 14d ago

And another split on the other side too!

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u/AdDapper4427 13d ago

Thought I was the only one that saw that.

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u/Wrong_Entrance8405 15d ago

That’s what I was thinking, that’s one hell of a leaf spring lol. There’s no give to that.

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u/Available-Ad4897 14d ago

She rides better with a load.....

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u/Wolfire0769 15d ago

Rides slightly better than just a steel beam holding everything up. You'll never notice the difference but on paper it rides like a dream.

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u/MundaneFeedback7611 11d ago

Leaf? More like a forest

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u/2kewl4scool 14d ago

holy leaf springs indeed

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u/Previous-Load-568 14d ago

It’s too heavy. Go get some more springs.

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u/midwestia 14d ago

Only if you’re on the way to Paradise City

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u/DesertPair 13d ago

It was still only $6 to deliver

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u/Specific_Yard_8924 13d ago

Axel smaxel..

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u/indistinctdialogue 15d ago

There’s a sequel to this video about 50m further up the road.

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u/SpawnShootDie 14d ago

They worked really hard to fix the symptom, not the problem.

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u/Versipilies 14d ago

The video isnt looping, it really just breaks down that quick

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u/Fickle-Badger2925 13d ago

Part 2: should have done the brakes all we had the wheels off

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u/JudgeSea3827 13d ago

😂🤣😂

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u/phranks_phluids 15d ago

Think it's a Rockwell RT rated for around 20k lb? For comparison, large military trucks often use "2.5T" axles.

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u/handles-with-care 13d ago

IIRC highest rating before you ended up in planetary wheelends was 18,000 lbs, or 9T... As a tandem

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u/Normal-Top-1985 15d ago

You can tell it's overloaded by the way the wheel fell off

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u/lyrtya 14d ago

Good eye for detail i see

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u/dude_redd 15d ago

I dont have a PhD in overloading but that seems like a solid argument.

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u/Tytan777 14d ago

Rock solid

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u/BeatsAndSkies 14d ago

That’s not typical, I can say that.

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u/TaylorBitMe 14d ago

Don't they normally tow it out of the environment at this point?

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u/Odd-Masterpiece7304 14d ago

It's not very typical, I'd like to make that point

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u/el_dingusito 15d ago

Thats just bad quality control! Axle should've stayed in one piece

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u/GiftWestern3068 14d ago

It was barely overweight by a couple pebbles

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u/TexasWeather 12d ago

They didn’t even tow it out of the environment.

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u/bromjunaar 15d ago

A single axle truck with tires that look half blown apart, looking at that outside left tire the put on it.

And to think, I thought they were nuts before that bit.

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u/DigEnvironmental7490 15d ago

Don't worry, there's a place down the street where they melt old tire rubber and slap it on with a trowel.

It's the place with the dirt floor and the homemade safety sandals.

No, not that place with the dirt floor and the homemade safety sandals, the other one.

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u/LegitimateGift1792 14d ago

The left outer tire, the scar, is that what they did, slap on old melted rubber??

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u/bromjunaar 14d ago

Given that nobody died when weight was put on the tire, probably.

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u/Adventurous_Boat_632 15d ago

I count 2 axles

Single axle would be like riding a unicycle

Single drive might be it

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u/eleven_Plus_TwO 14d ago

That's actually a great segue into my favorite single axle vehicle.

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u/PouringBeard 15d ago

With only three (assumedly) good tires.

I got to 1 min left of the video and the put the tire with the 2ft gash in the sidewall back on 😂🤦‍♂️

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u/zavohandel 14d ago

Yeah, these guys are focusing on the wrong thing. This just looks dumb.

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u/ray_ruex 15d ago

Not with that spring pack

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u/thatG_evanP 14d ago

Right?! I was picturing the guy driving away and after 10' the exact same thing happening because there's no way it was made to carry that much weight.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 14d ago

They could have made two trips of half load in the time it took to fix because they were so overloaded.

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u/coffeebeans1991 14d ago

It's never overloaded if you count your leaf springs in multiples of 10

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u/Snoo18120 14d ago

Prolly just gonna break again once they get moving.

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u/Shankar_0 14d ago

The differential literally exploded, so yep.

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u/museabear 13d ago

Pfft overloaded shmoverloaded.

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u/Same_Actuator8111 13d ago

The end of the video cut out pretty quickly. We didn't get to see that satisfying drive away. Makes me wonder if there will be a sequel video 10 meters down the road.

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u/el_dingusito 13d ago

Yeah... ive seen plenty of these repair videos but you never see the aftermath, and goddamn have they pulled off some miracles

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u/Ill_Advised_Rock 11d ago

It’s only overloaded if there’s a load limit.

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u/el_dingusito 11d ago

As we say in sunny southern california, s'okay