When getting a hopper bottom loaded or when unloading do I drop the air bags for my tractor and trailer ? Or only for certain products ?? Or for all products ?
And on most air gauges what will they read when empty- ball park range ? I know they want be on zero when trailer is empty ??
Loading and unloading Hopper bottom ??
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by iamfargo, Mar 21, 2019.
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I dump my air to unload.
If your gonna use the guage to load you gotta leave the suspension up and the trailer brake released truck running so it can make air.
They all read different my current trailer is 60 I move to the back at 20. I have heard 70 thrown out alot too4mer trucker, motocross25 and iamfargo Thank this. -
Man I never seen a tractor you can drop bags on. Like wore out said leave brakes released on trailer when loading, and remember a slight curve where your loading can throw off cab gauge/s and trailer gauge.
If you don't go with in cab digital, at least mount trailer gauge where you can see it in mirror if needed; some places don't let you get out.iamfargo Thanks this. -
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I roughly checked and adjusted if needed at every scale; in and out. May not be like a love's etc, but you'll get used to them and realize if they need adjustment, or a pull into truck stop.
At the end before I went to pulling tanker with no set up for trailer connect, oh maybe once a month at a truck stop, depended on points.iamfargo Thanks this. -
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#### want to drop tanker outfit and pick up the hopper again after this trend.
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On a slope, dump trailer air and lock trailer brakes when loading the front. When loading the back, dump tractor air bags and lock tractor brakes. This is where you will need to know what psi your air gauges should be reading or have your digital scales calibrated very well.
Whenever you can, load the front first when on a slope.RockinChair and iamfargo Thank this. -
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