What Do You Do When...
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Drop the air suspension on the tractor.
Did not drop far enough to allow the trailer to slide over the fifth wheel.
Can you have the shipper move the load to the back of the trailer to raise the nose of the trailer?
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
OK I drive flatbed so I have no experience with this type of situation... Is there a reason you can't just get alongside and crank the landing gear up in low gear?
OK I drive flatbed so I have no experience with this type of situation... Is there a reason you can't just get alongside and crank the landing gear up in low gear?
What?! And actually have a driver do something like real work? You sir are mean to think someone would actually want to break a sweat and do 5 minutes of manual labor. Lol
Two immediate solutions spring to mind:
First choice, flag down a spotter and have him get under it and lift the trailer so you can extend the landing gear further. Better still, have him pull it onto level ground first.
Second choice, as was previously suggested, crank the landing gear up in low gear. Tedious and tiring, especially with a heavy trailer on a hot day, but you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.
I agree with the persian and fatsquatch raise the trailer with the handle in low would be the first thing i would try. if that didnt work i would hop on TT and get some advise...
Just slam into the trailer..shell hook.
Just slam into the trailer..shell hook.
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Well that explains why so many trailers have dented aprons.
1: drop your suspension on tractor.
2: lift the landing gear in low gear just enough so that it clears your frame but not your fifth wheel.
3: back under the trailer so that just your frame is under it. At this point the trailer isn't high enough to be coupled.
4: raise air suspension on tractor and that'll lift the trailer a few good inches off the ground.
5: raise landing gear then unhook from trailer and hook back to it. At this point it'll be tall enough to clear fifth wheel.
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Got a quiz for the new and future drivers, so you experienced guys, please hold off on your answers until we get a few answers. Your doing a drop and hook , the trailer your hooking is docked on an incline dock, and it's loaded, about 37000, it's early morning. As you back up to it your truck frame hits the nose, and you discover that it's about 5 inches to low. Now what do you do to get your load. Questions are welcome, and I have "my" solution to this problem, may not be right, but it works.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.