Yard dog leaves trailer jacked up too high....

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Grumppy, Feb 5, 2015.

  1. gpsman

    gpsman Road Train Member

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    Sounds reasonable, but the human animal is evolutionarily predisposed to despise "weakness", and kill and eat it. That's one reason an American will kick 3 homeless vets out of the way to get to a stray dog, that may be 100 yards from home and been gone 5 minutes.
     
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  3. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    It's a valve. Not a sensor.
     
  4. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    You sir are correct. Now, about those muffler bearings.
     
  5. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I have read all your posts & have taken a few responses into consideration. One of those being, "talk to the guy" (again, cause I have already discussed this with him twice before). This time I caught him out picking up a trailer on the yard & I went out & discussed it & showed him (again) what I mean by letting the foot just barely touch the ground, then pull out from under it. So.... we will see.

    I still don't think his 5th wheel is any higher than mine (although I haven't measured it but) cause he don't seem to have trouble backing under trailers I drop.

    I honestly don't think he understands that allowing the trailer to drop a little, will help him when he goes to hook back up to it by picking the lading gear up off the ground a bit. I tried explaining that to him & he said he would do it.

    We will see, if the third time is the charm......
     
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  6. vavega

    vavega Light Load Member

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    switch tractors with him for a day
     
  7. poppapump1332

    poppapump1332 Road Train Member

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    Just drop the trailers too low for him to get under drop your air bags and leave space between landing gear and ground so he has to get out and run landing gear up.if it was me id drop trailer and get out and crank the trailer even lower.
     
  8. bubbagumpshrimp

    bubbagumpshrimp Medium Load Member

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    Good on you for taking this approach. If he can't help you out this time...I'd take the "drop the trailers very low" approach that people are suggesting.
     
  9. RetiredUSN

    RetiredUSN Medium Load Member

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    Hope it works out pards. I always went out of my way to accommodate other people........but what seems normal to me, might be too much to ask of some folks. Decency to others seems to be a dying art.
     
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  10. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    While technically this would work, because my truck has air suspension & his doesnt (I could dump my air & get back under it), again, I am the only driver, if he cant get under the trailers to get them in the dock to be loaded or unloaded, I'm going to find myself in the hot seat when I get back in town after a couple of days & no trailers have been loaded or unloaded. So, while I appreciate the suggestions, this wont be an option.
     
  11. bubbagumpshrimp

    bubbagumpshrimp Medium Load Member

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    That's why I emphasized "low"...and not "too low"...as others were suggesting. Low will result in him really having to bump the trailers to hook up. Too low..as you said...not a good idea.
     
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