I used to lower till I heard the hiss then dumped my air. I would pull out slow. I picked up a fully load 53 of beer one time. I could have beat the driver or spotter that dropped it with a few inches on each side. Trailers side by side. The nice touch was that it was about 6 inches lower than the back of my tractor. I looked like a flatbedder with this simple drop and hook.
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At 2:30 in the morning yard goats are non-existant in that place. And the dopehead shack clowns are too busy sleeping at $9/hr.
I guess it's karma, for all the times many years ago I'd have to go to a nightmare tight yard with a 53 and just drop it for the teeny day cab they had to stick it in a hole. -
Dump your air and roll out smooth as glass.
When mechanics and rookies hit the ground with the landing gear put it in low gear and crank it until they hear air that is what makes the poor guy who picks the load up(usally me)work so hard jacking the legs up because the gears on the inside have been pre-loaded.It is a crazy rookie mistake. -
I made the mistake of cranking it up until the bags released +2 turns once gettting a load of pepsi. Had to drop and pull forward to get loaded. Once loaded I backed under and it wouldnt hook up. Tryed to lower it back down a bit but the low was out of the landing gear and there was no moving 44k in high gear. Had to have a yard dog pick it up so I could crank the gear down 3-4 turns so I could hook up. Now I only touch the ground for a drop. By the way my bags wont dump.
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I just touch the landing gear to the ground, Pull forward about a foot, dump the bags, and slowing pull out to make sure the landing gear is going to support (it can land on the frame if the landing gear collapses. When hooking up to one, I dump the bags before going under to not "shock" the suspension and scrape off all the grease on my fifth wheel. I back under just shy of reaching the king pin and then reinflate the bags, check for a gap, and then complete the hook up. I guess each of us has a variation on what we do. No absolutes here. This has been my preferred method running air ride suspension for 18 years. Have never lost a bag or had any surprises.
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