Don't crank down landing gear all the way !! Please !!

Sometimes it makes a huge difference going from the place it as originally dropped, and where it eventually gets dropped again once the yard guy finishes.

 

There are guys that drop the trailer and crank the thing up like it has to be that way because CR England told them so 7 yrs ago. I did a road test 3 months ago on a new hire with 7 yrs driving. A 40 something yr old. He revved the rpms to 1400 almost each time he shifted on the low side with an mty , and double clutch with each shift. After 2 miles of watching him I felt like we just went 400 miles. He clutched more in that 1st 6 minutes than I will in 6 hrs. I asked him why he's making love to that clutch pedal , he said it's the only way to shift. I said really , never heard of power shifting aye ? And I recv a blank stare.
Just because the beginner company demands you do it their way doesn't alway make it the right way. Half those people claiming they know it all , aren't licensed to drive a truck. They say learn to drive and if your clean 6 months we'll make you a trainer ... guys just start drooling they hear that. 6 months later they are king and know it all.

 

Skipping on sarcasm, I really don't see what the big deal is about how someone uncouples a trailer. As long as they are doing it safely it shouldn't really matter. If the next driver has to crank the gear up or down, so be it...that really is part of the job of a professional driver. Just like chaining, cleaning out the trailer, fueling, load securement, scaling axles, vehicle inspection...the list goes on. IMO this is not a valid complaint.
What IS a valid complaint is when another driver leaves equipment inoperable for the next driver. Someone should start a rant on that!

 

Dropping the trailer too high in tight spots make it as inoperable as the 1 dropped too low. All sarcasm aside. Plus , as you say cleaning a trailer is part of your job , I say yes okay , but not when there's 6 months worth the crap in that trailer and I normally don't get paid to do that. It's why if my time becomes excessive, I speak up to a supervisor and once or twice a year he'll spot me 4 or 5 hrs hrly pay .

 

I took a road test years ago, with a local company. I seldom use the clutch, preferring to float the gears. The man riding along proceeded to give me an earful on why the company would prefer I use the clutch pedal.

Each company is different, if the guy preferred to use the clutch, why make a deal about it?

 

Quite a difference, Alabama docks at CSX yard, maybe tall tires? Sure glad it's not my equipment, yard dogs are hard on them!!

 

Mainly because it's retarded way to shift. Plus it tears up the clutch unless you're perfect at it.

 

...and if your not perfect when you float the gears, it tears up the transmission. What's the point? Not drive the truck at all?

 

How is a trailer dropped too high inoperable? It takes a few seconds to put some 4x4s behind your drives and then back up onto them.

Same goes for too low, if you have air bags on the tractor, unless it sits lower than your frame rails you should be able to use lumber and the bags to lift the trailer and fix the legs with the weight off of them.

 

They are in all different locations, but the lot is generally level. Regardless, when you crank the landing gear till it's 1" off the ground with bags inflated, come back three days later and it has 46K in it, and now 6" higher, with bags inflated, somethings fishy.