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I've got a hose with a gladhand attachment . Just hook it to the red line on the truck and push the brake valve in ... pretty snazzy. used to use it all the time until I started with this company and all their trailers have auto inflation system.. what a game changer... I'm not sure I would ever want to run a trailer without them now.
there's been a couple times I've been able to run a couple days and get back to the shop with a leaky tire rather than having to sit for hours waiting to get fixed

 

There you go. All you'd need to do is run a line under the frame to the back of the trailer, and have it come out near the rub rail and you could reach most of the trailer back with a short whip of about 25' that could take care of anything in the back and the reel would still be able to handle the tractor, and feed the trailer as well. Man, you're good!!!
FYI, I have the manual reel, but it's not mounted to a truck, until I get one. If you're the O/O, unlike a company driver like I'd be, you don't have to worry about making the setup portable. I can't hook that kind of thing up, as much as I'd like to for that reason.
However, after our discussion, if I was an O/O, that would be my option to make life a little easier on this old gent.

 

Yes, sir. I still have one of those in my garage right now. I've had it from when I was working for Swift.

Even if you have the inflators, it's still good to have it, or the previous setup mentioned, to be able to operate tools for anything you'd be pressed to do on the road for others, if not yourself, should the occasion arise. That's why I carried air tools with me, too, even though I started buying the DeWalt 20V battery tools later. I know I was a bit heavier than normal company drivers, but considering the delay or uncertainty of getting someone out to take care of a small problem, or needing something to tame the load, I usually was self sufficient, so i think they weighed that aspect. I only needed road service when it was tire replacements, towing or engine/regen issues. If it was simple electrical, trailer repair/modifications, v-boards or cutting dunnage down to size, I did it myself as much as I could.

Without the wife to supervise, it was enjoyable to work on the equipment on the road. She doesn't trust me with tools at home.

 

The air hose I carry use to have an gladhand end on it. Hook it to the red line like @D.Tibbitt said. It was ok, but I put a regular 1/4 male air hose quick connect on it after I ran the gladhand end over one day. I have a female end on one of my air tanks. 50’ hose is long enough until it’s the back axle on the trailer.

 

Lumbering along.

 

It's aluminum extrusions day out of TX headed to WI

 

I'd like to axe a querstion , stepdecks with a beaver tail , is that a waste or does it make sense for more varied haulage .

 

Depends on what you haul , if you have access to equipment,trucks anything that will drive on and off I'd say yes. If you're just buying it hoping to get that type freight off some load board I'd say probably not. The tail and ramps add extra weight to the trailer.

 

Funny story about that...

One day I was out in the yard loading/strapping my trailer, and our idiot logistics coordinator (basically a glorified dispatcher) drove out on the side by side to check some product that was staged near my truck.

*It has always been a pet peeve of mine when people get unnecessarily close to my truck when I am throwing straps.

As he was driving the side by side, he stopped right next to my truck to look at his phone. So I did the right thing and chucked a strap as hard as I could right in front of him, just to scare him. Only he started moving at the last second and the rolled strap clocked him right in the face! LMAO

One of my crowning achievements as a flatbedder.

Best part is, he never knew I did it on purpose.

 

Back in my chain throwing days before I was using straps…I had just gotten empty on a jobsite over in Boston. They had given me a small bundle of dunnage to take back. I looked on the other side of my truck before I threw a chain…I thought it was all clear…but after I threw it I hear “HEY” naturally someone was walking by as I threw the chain
I looked over and had just hit a big burly Ironworker with my chain…I mean this guy had huge Popeye arms…after apologizing profusely I managed to get out of there without getting my head handed to me