A weaklings struggle with the red airline

Sabretooth:
Thanks guys I appreciate all the responses, just shows your never too old to learn !

Re Palm Couplings they have been around for donkey’s years, back in the day they were standard in Europe which meant if you did trailer swaps with anything from and in the continent you had to have a Palm coupling adapter. And the seals on a palm were always perished and unreliable.
Looking at the link for the C and Ca’s they don’t look too different than the old ones, I guess someone thought of a way to make a lot of money very quickly …
As to the question of when did I last drive an Artic ? In the UK and EU over 30 years ago as an Independent Owner Operator, but in those days you had a clutch and it needed to be doubled !! :laughing: :laughing:

But the advantages of palms v C couplings easily outweigh any downsides after taps were banned for the reasons shown by the OP.
Also think they are used the same now on the continent as ever.