Tips and Tricks of flatbedding

Just make sure the skinny part is pointing down.

 

They really work!

 

They make a strap on milking stools, I never used them but guys that did seemed to like them. I'm not sure if @MJ1657 uses one or not.

 

I'm not sure I could balance on that. I have a hard enough time on 2 legs.

 

Don't think of it as subtracting one leg- think of it as adding one more.

 

I do. This is the style I use. I had to add a wood block between the seat and peg because im to tall for it. I can't milk without it.

 

We got our first trailer with auto inflation about a month ago (2016 Landoll 440a). I have questions as to how well this will work long term but so far I love it.

One of the reservations I have is if you get a slow leak. It's got a little light on the front corner of the trailer that is supposed to tell you if you have a leak in the system but it doesn't tell you where. I can see having to spend a whole lot of time trying to track down a leak because all tires are tied together.

I figure if it gets to being too much trouble or breaks and cost too much to fix, I'll just disconnect it.

 

My next new trailer will have the auto inflation system. Those things are great.

 

I had one trailer with auto inflation and it just seemed like one more place to develop an air leak which it did on me. Then the loves tire shop didn't have the parts to fix it and just removed all the auto inflate stuff from that hub.

Auto inflate would be great for an a gamer that will look over their tires all the time anyways but for the mega steering wheel holders I think it would just remove that amount of time that they're spending around each tire.

I give my tires a good glance and thumps several times a day but that 30 mins each weekend while each tire is inflating for a minute I'm looking over every nook and cranny.

 

I think it was save us on those times we pick up a screw at a job site and don't find it till a day later. I'm convinced that those show leaks that get you down under a hundred when the other tire is at 110 adds to tire wear. And that doesn't touch on the times you got a nail that drops the tire down to under 80 lbs. Running all day at 80 or under makes for a permanently bad wear pattern.