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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Redtwin, post: 11413819, member: 93328&quot;]Releasing trailer brakes ASAP will also put air in tandem airbags and take weight off landing gear (if any) making it easier to crank up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually you will learn to line up the outer edge of your drives with the front edge of the trailer to know you are lined up and judge the distance where you should&nbsp; feel the fifth wheel touch the trailer. If you don&#039;t feel it touch then jump out and check height. Otherwise just back in and do a tug test.</p><p><br /></p><p>Get out hook everything up, release trailer brakes, then visually check 5th wheel locking jaws. If locked, crank up gear then do your walk around the trailer.&nbsp; No point doing walk around beforehand unless you want to check for anything that might make you not take that trailer like missing mudflaps or license plate etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are your trailers typically dropped with tandems all the way back?. Normally I wouldn&#039;t touch tandems unless instructed by a shipper or after scaling. Just wondering if you are pre-emptively moving tandems when it may not be necessary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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