need help backing up to the trailer, and attaching the glad hands

You know how to hook em up but have trouble doing it? I know I'm being an ##### but that's the easiest thing to do other than opening the door. If you know how then why aint it working?

 

WOW....Tough crowd........

 

Cant wait for the "I dropped a trailer and its too hard to crank" thread.

 

This person needs to hook up with that abbafan.

 

I think he is abbafan, or his freind he wants to train, #### how hard is it to slam a trailer then super glue the gladhands, that way they won,t leak water out lol.

 

Or the "911....I flipped the 5th wheel and kingpin is n front and I'm stuck" thread

 

Yeah just ease under the trailer then pop the clutch. If your head hits the steering wheel you done it right! And gorilla glue is better.

 

You could hit the kingpin with the transmission in high range and you will NOT bend the king pin....

 

The key words are "19 years old" and "in class".

He posted asking a question. Not to be ridiculed.

BigD, just back up getting use to the view in your mirrors in relation to the front corner of the trailer. Also use your tires as a guide lining up. When your 5th wheel makes contact with the trailer, you go into feather mode with the clutch and brake and gradually ease into the kingpin. All you have to do is put pressure against the latch, it will close if the unit isn't damaged and functioning properly. Then do a tug test to verify it's latched. Any road driver will get out and physically look to make sure the latch closed 100% if they are doing their job right.


Also you want to be on flat ground. Make sure there are no big craters in front of the trailer or the pavement is crooked before backing under or you might go under the king pin. The same goes for someone that didn't drop the trailer properly and it's sitting too high. Those cases, you might have to get out and lower the trailer some. Ones that are sitting too low, you might get away with dumping your air bags, ease under the trailer front and then fill your bags back up. You might find yourself cranking the trailer higher also. Different trailer heights happens alot when yard jockies move trailers around on varying terrain.

In relation to the glad hands, not all ear catches are the same in relation to tightness. Inspect your gaskets and make sure they are in good shape and not kinked or anything. Line your holes up and as soon as you engage the two is when you do your counter adjusting and playing before you do the actual latching. Some might pull it off center, you just counter adjust. There is no magic art of getting it right the first time everytime.

 

If you don't want to explain stuff why don't you just be quit...He put a question out there he did not ask you.