Hi, got my class 1 licence but did it in a wag and drag.
now i know i`m going to have problems coupling a traktor unit to a trailer as its a totally different locking mechanism.
was wondering if anyone knew if there was any video`s on youtube or anywhere which show this couple procedure being done? or any info on how to do it?
thanks guys
Where is ROG when you need him
as he did have 1 that you could download
No doubt he will be along soon
animal:
Where is ROG when you need himas he did have 1 that you could download
No doubt he will be along soon
I was just getting THIS 
ROG
once again you are a legend mate!!
thanks for that amigo
iceroadrucker:
ROGonce again you are a legend mate!!
thanks for that amigo
Be aware that the set up you may be using is likely to be a little different but the principals are the same - as many on here have testified to lately, having the procedure written on paper and referring to it whilst un/coupling is an excellent idea - that refers to experienced drivers and noobs 
CLICKY
gregcrawford.co.uk/trwld_doc … /coupling/
taken from another site
animal:
http://www.gregcrawford.co.uk/trwld_doc/coupling/http://www.gregcrawford.co.uk/trwld_doc/coupling/taken from another site
link dont work amigo
iceroadrucker:
ROGonce again you are a legend mate!!
Hi iceroadtrucker, yes ROG is a legend, but did you have to tell him? 
The guy who started the coupling post is sort of OK too.
So he tells me.
Only kidding mate, it’s a team effort really, so I’m glad we could help.
dieseldave:
iceroadrucker:
ROGonce again you are a legend mate!!
Hi iceroadtrucker, yes ROG is a legend, but did you have to tell him?
The guy who started the coupling post is sort of OK too.
sorry mate haha i meant everyone lol,
some quality advise on here fair play
iceroadrucker:
animal:
http://www.gregcrawford.co.uk/trwld_doc/coupling/http://www.gregcrawford.co.uk/trwld_doc/coupling/taken from another site
link dont work amigo
cheers that works fine bud.
anyone got any pics of how the legs go down?
i guess there is a handle attached somewhere or is it kept in the cab etc? obviously then you just wind them up or down i would think?
iceroadrucker:
cheers that works fine bud.anyone got any pics of how the legs go down?
i guess there is a handle attached somewhere or is it kept in the cab etc? obviously then you just wind them up or down i would think?
You’ll nearly always find the handle attached to the top of the legs by a pin, well usually a bolt really, it will drop down to tuck away whilst not being used.
They can differ but as a general rule, when the handle is lifted into position for use, if you pull the handle out (it pulls the leg gear shaft out) it will be in a higher gear so the legs go up or down faster, push the handle in and it’s in a lower gear, this can sometimes be the other way round depending on the make of trailer.
Next time you walk past a trailer have a look at the top of the legs
These pics and vids are great to get you into what goes where but there is nothing like the real thing.
Do you know anybody with an artic that would let you have a sneaky go??
Hands on is unbeatable in my book.
iceroadrucker:
anyone got any pics of how the legs go down?
Hi iceroadtrucker, we can do much much better than pics.
Here’s a rather good 
Manufacturer’s video, with sound.
I hope this helps.
thanks for that tachograph
dieseldave:
iceroadrucker:
ROG once again you are a legend mate!!Hi iceroadtrucker, yes ROG is a legend, but did you have to tell him?
Sorry for taking so long to reply but I had trouble getting my head through the doors in my house
A legend, A LEGEND 
Now I know I am OLD 
dieseldave:
iceroadrucker:
anyone got any pics of how the legs go down?Hi iceroadtrucker, we can do much much better than pics.
Here’s a rather good
I hope this helps.
cheers that`s great, wish there was one like that about the whole couple uncouple procedure!!
Just to add my ‘tuppence’ worth.
I’m a ‘fridge’ man. I like fridges. They don’t bend. They don’t have funny bits sticking out the front, and presuming that the unit has ‘ramps’, providing that you can ‘feel’ the weight of the trailer as it rides up the ramps, then there isn’t much that can go wrong.
Which is also the ‘lazy’ way of doing things. 
However, for whatever reason, a number of companies seem to be ‘speccing’ units without ramps. 
Fail to wind the trailer legs down far enough and you are likely to find the trailer ‘crushing’ the mudguards into the tyres.
Similarly, if the last user has dropped the trailer ‘low’, then without ramps you could impact the fifth wheel into the headboard of the trailer. 
Matters get even more interesting with ‘Tanks’, or rather, Tanks with a donkey engine welded on the front, or trailers of a similar ilk. You don’t want to be lifting the trailer by way of the donkey engine assembly. Otherwise it will cease to be part of the ‘assembly’. The ‘rubbing plate’, which is the part that one is seeking to make contact with, maybe a foot or 15” back from the front of the trailer.
Curtainsiders also have their own characteristics. The rigidity of construction depends solely upon the chassis members, hence they bend. And the amount of ‘bend’ depends upon the weight ahead of the legs. Pull out without ‘ramps’ and there is a distinct possibility that the rear of the unit may ‘bounce’ and damage either the unit, or the trailer or trailer couplings (dependant upon where they are located).
Similarly to what was alluded to in a previous thread, I had one, a couple of weeks ago, with double stacked pallets at the front. After raising the drive axle a moderate amount, and then disengaging the pin, I dropped the air in the drive axle, which merely allowed the trailer to bend further. There was still a lot of weight on the unit. After re-building up the air (knackered unit which probably needed a new filter in the air dryer), I sent it up to full extension. Wound down the trailer legs HARD. And it was only then that I could drop the unit suspension and draw from underneath. Leaving the trailer with a ‘droopier’ nose than even Concord. 
From ‘splitting’ the coupling’ to ‘moving off’ took something like 15 minutes, or felt like it.
Ask a simple question? The answer may be anything other than simple.
Sorry for taking so long to reply but I had trouble getting my head through the doors in my house
Hmm… Noticed they were a bit sticky out Rog but surely they are wiggy waggy and fold back enough to get hrough the average door
ROG:
dieseldave:
iceroadrucker:
ROG once again you are a legend mate!!Hi iceroadtrucker, yes ROG is a legend, but did you have to tell him?
Sorry for taking so long to reply but I had trouble getting my head through the doors in my house
A legend, A LEGEND
I think you will find he said LEG END mate.
not legend, he just forgot to put the space in.
as for the legs, i was a bit wary of them to start with but once you have done it once you should be ok as about 90% of them all work on the same principle, (as has been said- pull out quick movement-push in slow movement).
it does get easier, not much, but it does!