According to the EPA, transportation produced 28% of the greenhouse gases released in the United States in 2022, and nearly a quarter of that came from heavy vehicles – more now than from passenger cars. Long-haul trucking is therefore a low-hanging fruit for efforts to mitigate climate change…

The article left me with more questions than answers but at least it is an attempt.

For one, is a single axel propelling the entire rig at that point?

  • thanksforallthefish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Most everything is designed to be pull-through for obvious reasons, but yes, I’ve seen them being backed up.

    I don’t know of any country outside of Oz that uses B Triples (3 trailers), but Canada also uses B doubles (two trailers).

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      I used to see them in the U.S. more, but it’s rare now. (Doubles) Never triples. Then again a lot of them I’d see were usually on 81, so they could have been heading north/south from shipments in and out of Canada