Do you spin your landing gear handle?

Leaving the handle down also will help to keep the next driver from getting a soaked crotch in bad weather.

 

They should drill a hole in the handle so it doesn't fill with water or ,,,, why haven't I ever peed in the handle?

 

Remind me to not pull any trailer you've pulled!

 

Being that I haul intermodal, my crank handles either spin very easily, or I wrestle with the bleeping things like I'm going 10 rnd with Tyson, and that's with the shoes 2" off the ground to begin with.

I remember when UPS first introduced the air actuated landing gear on the intermodal trailers. More than a few hostlers forgot to lower the landing gear, UPS drivers were not pleased.

 

They can't go that long. If the DOT sticker isn't current, they won't let you take it. They have to do a pm before it can get outgated.

 

That's because some A hole left it two inches off the ground and pulled out without dumping the bags. It destroys the threads on the screws on the inside of the legs.

 

That, and crane operators dropping a 48,000# container on an empty chassis doesn't help either. Used to be, when they had "Z" vans, when they load them on the flatcar, they'd bump the dolly legs, making it hard to retract. Then, it was too much for the gearbox, and you'd end up stripping the gear inside. That was usually the start of a pretty crappy day,,,