How to Drop and Hook a Semi Trailer (EASY!)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Come learn how to drop and hook a semi trailer!
Chris Josten, Estherville, IA terminal manager, explains the easy way to properly drop and hook a trailer, set landing gear, perform a tug test, and make sure your pins are engaged.
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I wasn’t shown this at Truck School. Thank you
What the hell?!
He's a very good instructor/teacher.
to make my life easy im two finger spinning that handle 😂
Excellent video. Ty!
Thanks Chris!!
Pls make vedio on what paperwork’s we need to carry in truck all the time
Great video! Only one thing wrong. The red air line is the air supply line for the trailer. Not emergency air
It is called the “emergency line”.
Blue line is service brakes. Red line is emergency/spring/parking brakes. Both are to supply air to the trailer.
Gonna try to get my CDL to work with you!
Thank you
The internationals don’t allow you to dump your air. Bad idea doing a tug test with your landing gear down good way to bend your landing gear
You want to tug it with gear up? Then if not connected falls down…
@@AZVIDSya gotta be awake
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I like the video but I wish you explained how to go into low or high gear for landing gear. Visually showed the locking jaws locked and explaining what the correct height is when backing under the trailer to couple
@@speedywise1679Pushing the crank handle all the way in is typically high gear and pulling it out will put you in low gear.
As for the locking jaws, you're just looking to see that the jaws closed all the way across the king pin. If they don't, a telltale sign is a shiny patch of metal on the right side of the jaw. Lastly, you look to make sure the jaw closed around the shank of the kingpin (the thinner part of the kingpin) rather than around the head at the bottom of the kingpin (wide part).
I know this comment is two months old, but hopefully this helps if you haven't found this information yet.
pretty close Chris , only one or two mistakes but for new drivers it should get them through a drop & hook without incident
I’m not lazy but I’ve always wondered why they haven’t made landing gear air assist or electronic now
There have been air operated landing gear, but they suffer from dirt in the system, leaks & freezing in cold weather.
@@Woodchopper46 really I didn't know that
Hey do you lower airbags for coupling?
Nice video except the background music was distracting and annoying
How do you realize the air from the bags ?
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The background music doesn't help. This video was better than some but still left lots of things out. For example, does every truck have a switch that disengages the fifth wheel? Of course not. And exactly how and when and why must the driver lower the suspension?
I've driven a truck for 18 months but never had to drop or connect a trailer. Now that I'm going to drive OTR, I have to learn this and it does seem easy. That said, I haven't found a single video about this subject online yet that seems adequately prepared for a relatively new driver.
I did pick up some things herein, but I'm still considering hiring a "professional" at $120/hr because so many things about this subject are still left unanswered.
Sorry to be such a pest......but if I made a similar video it would be at least 30 minutes long and cover every possible scenario I could think of. That's a 60 plus year old speaking.
Incomplete video.
Love this! More videos please! I'm one step away from my CDL permit! Thanks for the info.
Congratulations Chris on your promotion