2 pigtales?

Man I was really trying to not think about this until I got home,.. but now you have me curious. I'm sitting at a T/A waiting on a shipper to call back. Think I'm going to plug in my second pigtail and hit my aux buttons and see if it does anything. If not,.. I've got some 12 gauge wire,.. I can jump off one of the leads from where my inverter is wired into the batteries for a 12v source.

Dang you!

Hurst

 

Plugged in the second pigtale and hit the aux switch,.. a quick short burst of air from the back of the trailer.

So I am still confused.

The rear sliding axle is the only one that air dumps out of it. Not the front. The rear axle doesnt lift,.. its just there dead like a limp noodle.

What is the purpose of only dumping 1 axle? Trying to think of a situation where that could be useful and drawing a blank.

Anyone?

Hurst

 

7th grade,.. Wendy Dillion,... I was in love,.. well seriously infatuated. She had some knock out hoo hoos at only 12 and 13 years old. She always had a single or double pig tails,.. and I used to tug on them and tell her how soft and beautiful her hair was. She hated my guts,.. but that never stopped me from trying to get with her. Amazing what raging hormones will do to a kid.

Hurst

 

Going to have to give that a try.

Thanks guys.

Hurst

 

I got into this old school days,.. trucks I started with didnt even have air ride.

I returned 15 yrs later with my old school mentality. Sink or swim. Try all the buttons,..figure out what they do as I go. If I dont know what it is,.. 'Eventually' I'll figure it out or someone will S'plain it to me.

I've only pulled 3 other spread axle flatbeds,.. all within a 1 year period before I got this step deck. Before this,.. I never pulled a spread axle.

This is the first step trailer I've ever owned. I bought it from my carrier who doesnt know what half the stuff he has does. He buys it because someone told him thats what he needs. Usually the Polish guys who own a shop and repair trucks. He hires a driver,.. asks the driver if he knows what all this is,.. if you answer yes,.. hired,.. here's the keys. As long as your MVR and CSA are clean, insurance likes you, he'll hire you. I never even got a test drive. He told me that my last employer was so furious with me and had so many bad things to say,.. that I must have been a good driver for him to be that upset with losing me.

Before this company I never did flatbed,.. EVER. I winged it from day 1. Learned everything the hard way. I did 12 months with a tyrant who took advantage of guys in my position, I pulled a reefer for him. Before that (15 yr absence from trucking), I drove a 1974 IH with Spicer, 1980 Mack with the hi/lo twin stick, both pulling 45ft and 48ft fixed axle RGNs. Then ran 1982 and a 1993 IH wrecker and roll off. I did nothing but towing and moving equipment. Thats my background.

Never worked for any mega,.. never went to trucking school, never took a refresher, never had a training class of any sort. I learned everything from watching and figuring it out on my own. I'm a pretty resourceful guy with enough common sense to figure most things out. If I dont understand or cant figure it out. I ask or leave it alone.

Hurst