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I used to lower till I heard the hiss then dumped my air. I would pull out slow. I picked up a fully load 53 of beer one time. I could have beat the driver or spotter that dropped it with a few inches on each side. Trailers side by side. The nice touch was that it was about 6 inches lower than the back of my tractor. I looked like a flatbedder with this simple drop and hook.
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Burky got it right. Always lower the pads to the ground and don't drop the trailer. Loaded or not.


If loaded its a good idea to deflate the bags if you can. Many of the cheap company truck speced trucks do not have a suspension control in the cab.
That's what I do as well, but I regularly drive a spring ride truck, so I have to keep cranking a little to make getting out from under it easier.
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