Check your locking Jaws!!!!

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  1. Cat sdp

    Cat sdp . .

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    Even with a flashlight I can’t see crap under the trailer looking up into the jaws ......

    I always look under there tho..also look to make sure handle is all the way back in and no gap between the fifth wheel plate and the trailer....

    Then a tug test and off I go.
     
    Cat sdp, Feb 25, 2019
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    Coover Road Train Member

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    You need a better flashlight!;)


    Nothing a few thousand lumens wont cure
     
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    No..... new eyes.
     
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    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    Or you can clean it and spray paint with hivis paint. I did that because yeah I'm old.
     
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    Or get a Jost.
     
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    That’s a good idea.
     
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    I noticed mine this morning (12° below) that the bolt in front hadn't gone all the way in. As much as I didn't want to, I dollied back down and rehooked.
     
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    Isn’t it fun cranking dolly gear when it’s -10 F?
     
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    Putting it in reverse and giving it a little throttle will usually push the bolt in all the way.
     
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    Since I refuse to use low gear?, not fun at all...lol
     
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