Dock workers touching your trailer air lines

Well I guess I just have to be the outlier. I have to basically agree with the OP. It seems to me the point is should a shipper/ receiver have carte blanche to jump up on your truck and unhook an airline without first advising you. It is that companies policy....I get that and have no problem with it. Yep, he should probably set his trailer brakes, but to me the question is about messing around with the truck without first advising the driver. It would just seem to be smart policy to verbally tell the driver this is going to happen or maybe a big sign advising of the policy.

 

I'm gonna assume just another troll post. These people can't be serious...

 

I go to a company that puts the sign in front of truck with fork lift.
It tells you what the policy is.
The fork lift driver comes over and hands you a lock to put on trailer glad hand .
Then you chock the tire.
Can not see anything wrong with that.
Then they go fight their broken dock plate

 

As long as you tell me upfront
I’ll be happy to comply....I’ve only had someone try to do with out askin couple times in over 40 years...
Both youngin...both told me their boss told em to go do it
S&;$ happens

 

I remember when Walmart use to force us to turn in keys. Now they just make u completely disconnect and pull forward. Doesn't bother me one bit for them to remove a glad hand and lock the airline. Pretty hard to mess that up. I'd rather do that instead of disconnecting.

 

This ought to be good...

Perhaps you could go through the pros and cons of not having the trailer brakes set while in the dock?

Nah, you're not an outlier, you're just not the typical driver parroting what the previous drivers said.

Maybe it's gotten better in 20 years since I've dragged a box around, but it was rare to have a dock hand who properly handled a glad hand. They were always jerking on the airline trying to get them off, and only occasionally managed to properly reattach them. I'd always pull it off before I laid down to snooze if I knew they were going to put a lock on, although it was still a fairly rare occurrence back then.

 

As Well Slide Tandems to Rear. Such Helps The Lift Operator(s), as well reducing the amount of Trailer BOUNCE. CHEERS!!

 

That one depends on the dock. I go to some that because of the angle of the pavement you have to slide the tandems all the way forward or else that aero stuff will get broken off backing in..

 

I'm guessing the OP missed the part about winter weather. You know. When you don't set your trailer brakes right away to keep the shoes from sticking. Other than that you need to think about the physics here. You have several thousands of pounds of forklift maneuvering in and out putting forward force on your whole truck. Not everybody has the best equipment and the best policy for the dockplate not falling out when the truck rocks forward on half their spring brakes is to ensure they're all set. That and most new trailers air down onto blocks which makes them stiffer to drive into.