Hey, Buddy... Got a BIG hammer???
#21
04-14-2009, 02:38 AM
................Always... ALWAYS... ALWAYS... Crank the landing gear all the way up when you are moving a trailer. The damage he had isn't the only thing that can happen. I've also seen the cross-beams under the trailer get flattened out and had to be replaced. I've seen welds break and the whole landing gear assembly come loose from under the trailer. I've moved a trailer that had the welds completely broken loose on one side.........................
Careful what you leave for the next guy. 
#22
04-14-2009, 01:00 PM
I ran into a driver who had been out for many weeks because of serious injury caused by a damaged landing gear that collapsed and spun the handle wildly while doing so. The spinning handle broke both his arms and tore hell out of his face, too.
Careful what you leave for the next guy. The landing gear itself isn't heavy enough to do that by itself.
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#23
04-14-2009, 01:49 PM
that's why I like an even smaller company , I have an assigned trailer that I pull all the time
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#24
04-14-2009, 04:10 PM
I have an assigned trailer as well.
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#25
04-14-2009, 07:30 PM
Something don't sound right about that, the only way that would be possible is if the gearing gave way while he was messing with the landing gear with a loaded trailer sitting on the ground, and the weight of the trailer caused the landing gear to retract while spinning the handle.
The landing gear itself isn't heavy enough to do that by itself. either that, or the 'transmission' in the landing gear broke or something unrelated to it dropping. something wrong with the trailer.....write it up. |
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