Why did the rear bumper get lower when I slid the tandems back to the rear of the trailer?

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  1. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    The fifthwheel is a coupler with an assembly of parts. That includes two plates to make it work. The coupler plate, jaw plate, fifthwheel plate, old schoolers in the oil field used to call them turn tables, but whatever you want to call it is one part. The king pin plate also known as a bolster plate on the trailer is the other.
     
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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Give him 10 years he may notice it on his own.
     
  4. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Another thread. If the trailers are the same exact make, model, and suspension then why are the ones with bigger wheels sitting higher at same dock, when Its only the wheels that are different? Or I’ve noticed that some of our trailers have gray wheels and some have white wheels. The ones with gray wheels sit higher. Why is that?
     
  5. wulfman75

    wulfman75 Road Train Member

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    seriously? How long you been driving?
     
  6. Star Rider

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    Are we including American Truck Simulator?
     
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  8. hope not dumb twucker

    hope not dumb twucker Road Train Member

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    And. It makes my ### hurt
     
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  9. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    He's been driving over 10 years.. most of us are surprised he hasn't maimed himself on the end of a flag pole by now
     
  10. IH Truck Guy

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    Allegedly and a driver trainer. Hahahahaha
     
  11. expedite_it

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    10 years
     
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