This is why you always tug test with pictures.
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by scott180, Jul 7, 2022.
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I always set the trailer brakes, push back with the tractor and then tug test forward even if I go in a truckstop for lunch. I’ve seen too many videos of former disgruntled employees pulling the pin. And God knows my company probably has a lot of disgruntled ex-employees out there. Lol
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My fifth wheel doesn't have jaws. It has a bar that goes from one side, into a notch on the other side. If it's not all the way in the notch, the release handle will stick out about an inch. If I ever walk away from my truck, I check the handle.
When I back under it, I verify it lifts the landing gear off the ground, because I always dump my bags when I drop it. Once I'm coupled, I go under and look with a flashlight.
I do these things every time without fail. I've never done a tug test. If you couple a certain way, I don't see the point of a tug test, other than trying to force a mechanical failure under controlled conditions, kind of like a pressure test.
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But that's after I have done a visual to make sure the jaws are locked and it isn't high-pinned, and then rolled forward enough to verify that all my trailer wheels are turning.BennysPennys, Another Canadian driver, God prefers Diesels and 1 other person Thank this. -
Was just reading the forum when the place we were loading they want you to back under the trailer when it is still in the loading dock. Can’t do a tug test because wheels are chalked and people still working in trailer. Just now a driver pulled out of dock and boom lost his load, we always do a tug test before taking off, once they come out a say we good to go. Sucks for that driver.
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So if my trolley valve is all the way out showing 90psi on the application gauge and I can pop the clutch and pull a wheelie without loosing my trailer I’m golden right?
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