yourhavingalarf:
ETS:
What’s a ‘Split Coupling’?Coupling up…
But putting all the airlines on before you fully reverse onto the trailer. If you have a really close coupled fridge trailer, it’s just easier to do this rather than try and squeeze into a tight gap once you’ve coupled. Obviously this relies on the trailer brake being engaged which, 9 times out of 10 it is and not forgetting the handbrake in the unit which usually where things go pear shaped.
Oh, right - I’ve seen people do that and they’ve even recommended it to me as an ‘‘easier’’ way of doing it (incidentally we work with fridge trailers too so I can see why especially with the Renault which is shorter/has less space between the cab and front of trailer). I didn’t know there was a specific term for it, though 