Real World Quiz for Newbies.

dry 5th wheel will cause problems in your steering and lead to abnormal wear on the tires

 

That too.

But specifically, slippery conditions.....

 

plowing (understeer) would be my guess. turn the wheel and proceed straight ahead.

 

yop......

enjoy that trip going down Eisenhower, Snoqualmi, Lolo or Coquihalla pass.

 

So how should it be droped? We have tractors with fixed high rise 5th wheel and tractors with flat sliders. Even if i drop a trailer with dolly legs completely down till i hear air the dolly legs will be 6" off the ground when one with a high rise hooks up to it.

And why say someone is wrong w/o stating what is right, or what you think is right.

Just trying to learn. I'm still a noob.

 

the joys of not having all your equipment spec'd the same.

I don't let my 5th wheel touch the trailer until I have the middle of the tandems at the front of the trailer or even to the middle of the front axle.

THEN and only then do I inflate my air bags.

when I was running company truck, I'd have to crank the dolly to get them that way. I might have had to lower or raise the trailer until I could do that. With a fully loaded trailer, it sucked.

More times than not, I deflate the truck, back up to the trailer and make sure that it will hit on the top 1/4-1/3 of the plate. If it can do that, I'll back under it and when it gets far enough under, I inflate the suspension . When you finish backing into the trailer and lock it, it pushes all that grease on the back 1/2 of the plate up onto the front of the plate as well.

An added bonus, you aren't wasting all that grease that they put on there and scraping it onto the front of the trailer plate.

 

You are lucky enough to find a parking spot at 9:30 pm. You head into the TS for a meal and the dinner buffet has been out since 5pm... Do you risk it?

Mikeeee

 

STOP! And say WTF?? Think of a quick, easy and safe way to turn around.

 

Brake stations. We stop there to make sure our brakes are working correctly before going up or down a steep grade. There's nothing worst then starting down only to realize they are not working right. We also stop there to let our brakes cool down, just in case they are too hot. Definitely don't want the tires to catch on fire. Well let's see. I'll try this one too. Although my trainer at Prime to me our brakes adjusted themselves. In school I was taught... With my wheels choked and my keys in my pocket I shouldn't be able to pull more than (of I remember correctly) an inch and to adjust them I would have to tighten back down if I am able to pull more than an inch!?

 

No, because more than likely I will have to stop every hour to use the bathroom. Food poisoning is no joke on the road. Imagine driving a semi and puking at the same time.