Too many Kubotas
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I had one lower itself during a 300-mile drive with a new trailer.
It was the kind where the tube is set to the desired height by a clamp, in addition to the normal crank mechanism. Well, it decided to unclamp itself.
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It was the kind where the tube is set to the desired height by a clamp, in addition to the normal crank mechanism. Well, it decided to unclamp itself.
I know somebody just last night who DID raise the jack but when the hitch didn't lock onto the ball, decided to pull ahead as he knew that the weight of a half cord of wood holding it down would prevent it from popping off.
He was wrong.
He was wrong.
ning
Elite Member
I learned the hard way not to assume that someone that I watched hook up most of the trailer also put the keeper pin in the hitch. Went over a quick rise and just over it the trailer kinda bounced and popped off of the hitch. Luckily she did set the chains right and I was only going 35. Bend the trailer jack a little as the trailer skidded on the bottom of it; started no wildfires. Hooked it back up, double checked it, and kept going ... I always check every connection twice now, even if I'm the one who hooked it up.
Actually it has been setting in the field since Thanksgiving and was frozen in. My intent was to bring it out onto the plowed road, then hook it down.I suspect that "somebody" was the poster, JstpssngThe weight shift from the trailer bouncing get ya?
I won't be making THAT mistake again!
QRTRHRS
Elite Member
Whenever I hooked up to a semi trailer, I always crawled under the trailer, no matter how nasty wet or dirty and checked the fifth wheel latch. When I ran doubles, certain dolly's were prone to not latching even if they looked to be so. I used to do a figure eight in the yard before I headed out as a final check. My home yard was next to two other companies that also ran doubles. I saw more than one trailer dropped. One was out on the main road on the ramp to the four lane! One of our drivers was already there helping that driver out. Luckily, his air and electric line had not been torn off.
QRTRHRS
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"Hand Bombing" trailers is not much fun especially if it's 90+ degrees and the trailer is a 48 or a 53 footer.
Bumping docks all day can have it's moments as well. I had to take a pallet of chairs to a college one day. No lift gate on the trailer. The "dock" was a concrete pad about 24" lower than the trailer. The man receiving the chairs sat there with a look of discust on his face. A young lady with him just blank.
Pallet jack in hand, I yanked the load right off of the trailer onto the pad. Lifted the jack which had not broke up onto the trailer, smiled and said "Have a nice day" as the two stood there with their mouths wide open.
Bumping docks all day can have it's moments as well. I had to take a pallet of chairs to a college one day. No lift gate on the trailer. The "dock" was a concrete pad about 24" lower than the trailer. The man receiving the chairs sat there with a look of discust on his face. A young lady with him just blank.
Pallet jack in hand, I yanked the load right off of the trailer onto the pad. Lifted the jack which had not broke up onto the trailer, smiled and said "Have a nice day" as the two stood there with their mouths wide open.
ning
Elite Member
Has this been here yet?
can't argue with the skillz in this case
can't argue with the skillz in this case
Renze
Elite Member
Hah that reminds me of the time i was a 10 year old kid, and my brother just had his drivers license and a 199 something Corolla.
We inflated our rubber boat at home with the shop compressor, then put it on the roof of the Corolla and drove to the canal 3km from our home. We had both windows cranked down, my brother held the raft with his left hand and myself with the right hand.
Because this was a shortcut road between two towns, we met 2 or 3 cars oncoming. You could see in their eyes that they were busy processing why two young lads both had their arms up, and that they were holding the raft on the roof... and one guy only nodding his head in their direction as a greeting, because his other hand held a steering wheel. My brother said me, hold the steering wheel so i can wave with my right hand, i want to see their faces !
Childhood memories
