1st T/T I drove, was a Mack R-600. The fifth wheel had so much play, at a stop, you had to pull the johnny bar, and take the slack out, or BOOM. Never came off, and I put that truck through hell.
5th wheel disaster averted
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Each unit has the king pin plate removed and inspected per federal requirements and that one was probably due soon.
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In this case it sounds more like internal failure of the 5th wheel. It happens, not commonly, and usually will get caught at a PM long before it fails under a load. Most of our 'unplanned disconects' happen because the driver had a bad hook and just didn't realize it. One guy got hooked, slid his tandems with undue force, then made three left hand turns to head to the shipping office, then a left hand uturn, and finally dropped the trailer as he made the first right hand turn. I pulled a softball sized wad of grease out of his 5th wheel. Another guy made it two blocks before he dropped it. Neither of them were in the habit of using a flashlight to check the connection.Albertaflatbed, lual, Rideandrepair and 7 others Thank this. -
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