High hooking?

Well if you have to run to Macy's for the 4hour sale you know the trailer and how you left it,so no need to get out first! Bahahahaha

 

It happens and its really not that big of a deal.Next time you find a board keep it for when this happens again.You lift the fifth put the board under it drop your air bags and make sure the fifthwheel is lower then the king pin then pull forward.Its always nice having someone there to help you.But truckon is right,get out and look.Back close to trl but not directly under it till you goal to make sure itll hook.

 

Yup.... definitely a female lol, no doubt about it!

 

I used a pop can when I did it my first month of driving. Sometimes you can get luck and empty your airbags also. This was not an option for me at the time, cause my tractor had no switch to empty them

 

Get out and look before you completely back into it.

Some trucks don't have an air bag dump. Our ProStar doesn't. When I made the mistake, I was lucky. I had a mechanic near by. He got under the truck and manually dumped the air bags.

I've never made that mistake again. Sometimes I'll get out 3 or more times.

 

this from an under 30 towing a half a car trailer...........gee

 

Ive pulled vans, flatbeds, carhaulers, and dumps, and i have never high hooked... i dont see the big deal in taking 30 seconds to get out and look!

 

and the guy that high hooked his trailer
didn't jackknife his last truck
give him a break

 

Dont know what your talking about, but Like i said, GET OUT AND LOOK, there is no excuse for high hooking IMO.

 

Sounds like you may have been way off center and lifted the trailer by the kingpin.
There is no other way to lift the trailer while backing, if it wasn't at the proper height.

Pay more attention from now on, and GOAL!!!