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Just googled a picture of the fifth wheel. Thats what is one the Conway freightliners right?
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Who im working for now has the same fifth wheel on the last few years of trucks. Guess ill be avoiding them.
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How would you know if you have one of the faulty ones until you find out the hard way ?
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I think the bigger question is why are these companies not lined up at fontaine to get the problem fixed? Is it just easier to blame the driver for a poor pretrip and let him take the fall if one comes loose?
Dont know if the fifth wheel was a fontaine but when i drove for ine company it would take a few attempts to get the trailer properly coupled to the fifth wheel. It would either not lock or the release handle woul only be in half way.
You have to always make sure the release handle is all the way in. You can lose your trailer....and not right away. It can happen aftef driving for a bit.
You have to always make sure the release handle is all the way in. You can lose your trailer....and not right away. It can happen aftef driving for a bit.
Looked at mine, jaws are different. Freightliners have the yost design. No bar comes across, jaws snap shut around kingpin. The grease however is an issue. In the cold, it's rock solid. The shops will not degrease them. I have hosed down my fifth wheel at the fuel island to break up the grease.
After driving a tractor last night that had an identical fifth wheel as the one i originally posted about, i checked out the manual for this tractor and it is indeed a fontaine fifth wheel. This one gave me no problems, but the in in my original post was ridiculous.
Half hooking all the time, sonetimes not hooking at all.
Sometimes when pulling out from a trailer to drop it, the jaws will lock back up but only halfway, and become stuck. I would need someone else to pull the release handle and hold it while i pull out.
Screw fontaine fifth wheels.
Half hooking all the time, sonetimes not hooking at all.
Sometimes when pulling out from a trailer to drop it, the jaws will lock back up but only halfway, and become stuck. I would need someone else to pull the release handle and hold it while i pull out.
Screw fontaine fifth wheels.
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Yep...that is the Con-Way way! Blame the driver for every...single...thing.
Since we don't have these on our tractors, it's a non issue.
Don't matter at Con/Way, 99% of the time if you drop a Tr. its going to be your fault in their eyes, certainly not theirs!
Thats because 99% of the time it IS the drivers fault!!!!!!!!!!!Don't matter at Con/Way, 99% of the time if you drop a Tr. its going to be your fault in their eyes, certainly not theirs!