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doesn't anybody here have experience outside of fedex? "I do what my trainer said"...hello.. you can also learn a couple things for yourself
 
Guardrail said:
Wrong! Now the next guy has to crank it down. Trying this; drop it like you suggested, pull out and dump your bags, after they fully deflate, airport the bags back up. Now try hooking to the set against. The trailers have magically raised up, huh?

You have to look at the air ride systems to understand this. When you are under a trailer, the ride level valve tells the air system to inflate to a certain point. The heavier the trailer, the more air is pumped into the bags. When you dump your bags or are just bobtailing, the system knows there is less air required. You will sit a little lower. That is why you should never keep cranking once the gear hits the ground. The next guy will be sitting lower than you were when loaded.

I'd rather see a too low trailer than too high. There is at least 4 inches of travel in the suspension dump. I have yet to find one too low, that was dropped normally, that I couldn't get under. Of course I've only been trucking for 18 years, so there's still time.
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The only problem with your theory is, the dollies don't have air bags. I chased my kite across the yard last night in the snow because it was too low LOL!
 
Guardrail said:
Wrong! Now the next guy has to crank it down. Trying this; drop it like you suggested, pull out and dump your bags, after they fully deflate, airport the bags back up. Now try hooking to the set against. The trailers have magically raised up, huh?

You have to look at the air ride systems to understand this. When you are under a trailer, the ride level valve tells the air system to inflate to a certain point. The heavier the trailer, the more air is pumped into the bags. When you dump your bags or are just bobtailing, the system knows there is less air required. You will sit a little lower. That is why you should never keep cranking once the gear hits the ground. The next guy will be sitting lower than you were when loaded.

I'd rather see a too low trailer than too high. There is at least 4 inches of travel in the suspension dump. I have yet to find one too low, that was dropped normally, that I couldn't get under. Of course I've only been trucking for 18 years, so there's still time.
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it's also different for a tandem, you drop a loaded trl 4 inches off the ground your gonna be hung on your rear tires. BTW the ride height isn't changed, the pressure in the bags is.
 
outerlimits said:
The only problem with your theory is, the dollies don't have air bags. I chased my kite across the yard last night in the snow because it was too low LOL!
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True. If someone drops out with the pads just touching the ground, you wouldn't have to "chase" the trailer across the yard.
 
sharpshooter said:
it's also different for a tandem, you drop a loaded trl 4 inches off the ground your gonna be hung on your rear tires. BTW the ride height isn't changed, the pressure in the bags is.
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I'm not advocating dropping the trailers that low, read my original post. I'm just saying that most trucks (except the POS 1/2 screw binders) can get under a trailer that is 4 inches too low.

Use your heads here guys and gals. Most the yards have a hostler buggy driving around. I've asked them to lift low and high trailers to get them adjusted to the right height. I can tell by looking at a trailer if it's too low to hook to. If it is low and it's my back, I back the truck under it and adjust.

Quit whining and deal with it.
 
Is that all this forum is for, B i t c h i n g? Holy crap, you guys are a bunch of menstruating females. What happened to just dealing, driving and handling things?
 
Gus said:
Is that all this forum is for, B i t c h i n g? Holy crap, you guys are a bunch of menstruating females. What happened to just dealing, driving and handling things?
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Talk about menstruating...
 
I have been asking at watkins for years, why don't they put more holes on the pogo stick. it would eliminate having to crank the trl down
 
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