seth 70:
Its the first time in 23yrs so im going to let myself off with a bollocking to myself,nobodys knows apart from your lot on here
Well thats the great thing about trucknet. No one would ever judge you as everyone knows they are not perfect themselves… 
nearly and I mean nearly dropped a trailer on its knees doing the same thing, quick chit chat to be friendly forgot to wind legs down as you say never again.
and when a trailer is hanging onto the ramps its amazing how quick them legs can go down.
Usually split couple but we’ve looked be suzies kept clean as much as possible
it is always the same no matter how long you have been around, if you interrupt your procedure there is always somthing waiting to happen that will go wrong. been there done that
but of course no one on this site will give anyone down the banks at such stupidity or call anyone a thick knob head we are all grown up professionals around here
this is a thing i have come across recently 
our tractors are close so you cant get in there to get your knee on the coupling ,so for me a much beter way is turn off engine and pump the air out this works perfect everytime ! split coupleing is the easy way but we get the sack if seen doing that! 
desypete:
it is always the same no matter how long you have been around, if you interrupt your procedure there is always somthing waiting to happen that will go wrong. been there done thatbut of course no one on this site will give anyone down the banks at such stupidity or call anyone a thick knob head we are all grown up professionals around here
Everybody is all to quick to whip their phones out and film it or photo your mistake nowadays ,post it to mates ,bang it on facebook ,next thing everybody in the world knows and your in the back office for a disaplinary or some firms sacked 
back in the day it would be laughed at and told to get your act together 
All of ours are extemely close coupled and if the trailer hasn’t got a Mavis rail I tend to split couple. One of our guys however hooks up, pushes the shunt button, pulls forward out of the trailer line, then turns hard right and puts his lines on. I overheard the driver trainer pulling him up about this and the guys response was “why not? I’ve got both feet flat on the floor, I’m not dicking about on a catwalk, I’ve got no chance of anything going wrong which may end up with me getting crushed. So can you give me a valid reason why I shouldn’t do it this way?”
I actually agree with him now that I’ve thought about it.
the maoster:
All of ours are extemely close coupled and if the trailer hasn’t got a Mavis rail I tend to split couple. One of our guys however hooks up, pushes the shunt button, pulls forward out of the trailer line, then turns hard right and puts his lines on. I overheard the driver trainer pulling him up about this and the guys response was “why not? I’ve got both feet flat on the floor, I’m not dicking about on a catwalk, I’ve got no chance of anything going wrong which may end up with me getting crushed. So can you give me a valid reason why I shouldn’t do it this way?”I actually agree with him now that I’ve thought about it.
I do too, except that i’ve had a shunt button stuck in before when some helpful bugger…unbeknown to me…had pressed said shunt button in when he ‘helped’ me change trailers, talk about Blackpool illuminations when i went to leave with no trailer brakes at all.
Room to do the bis normally is not a problem we come across on the tanks (except for the usual spiders web of greasy lines on some uncared for motors), but if i had to use close coupled trailers again i too would be inclined to give it a go.
Eric Rambler:
Is it just me? I can’t connect the airlines!
Turn off the engine and let the air out of the trailer tanks. Might take a few minutes.
foresttrucker:
Eric Rambler:
Is it just me? I can’t connect the airlines!Turn off the engine and let the air out of the trailer tanks. Might take a few minutes.
A few pumps of the footbrake does the trick on most trucks I’ve driven.
IndigoJo:
foresttrucker:
Eric Rambler:
Is it just me? I can’t connect the airlines!Turn off the engine and let the air out of the trailer tanks. Might take a few minutes.
A few pumps of the footbrake does the trick on most trucks I’ve driven.
Pumping the brakes to let the air out of the trailer would require the suzies for the trailer to be attached. As the OP’s original problem was attaching the suzies then this would be pointless.
The pressure making things difficult is coming from the unit side.
Mummy mummy now they want me to be a big boy now!
Dipper_Dave:
Nothing says agency to me (apart from wearing a hi viz vest whilst driving)
Don’t get a job here then, they rock a hi viz uniform 
m1cks:
IndigoJo:
foresttrucker:
Eric Rambler:
Is it just me? I can’t connect the airlines!Turn off the engine and let the air out of the trailer tanks. Might take a few minutes.
A few pumps of the footbrake does the trick on most trucks I’ve driven.
Pumping the brakes to let the air out of the trailer would require the suzies for the trailer to be attached. As the OP’s original problem was attaching the suzies then this would be pointless.
“pumping the brakes to let the air out the trailer”
■■? jesus
the maoster:
All of ours are extemely close coupled and if the trailer hasn’t got a Mavis rail I tend to split couple. One of our guys however hooks up, pushes the shunt button, pulls forward out of the trailer line, then turns hard right and puts his lines on. I overheard the driver trainer pulling him up about this and the guys response was “why not? I’ve got both feet flat on the floor, I’m not dicking about on a catwalk, I’ve got no chance of anything going wrong which may end up with me getting crushed. So can you give me a valid reason why I shouldn’t do it this way?”I actually agree with him now that I’ve thought about it.
This is the way Somerfield wanted it done so I used that method at places where split coupling was banned. Tesco pulled me up for it and I argued the same point. Dog clip is in so what is the problem? Evidently there is no problem with this method since they left me alone after that encounter
Eric Rambler:
Is it just me? I can’t connect the airlines! I get them nearly home but not quite locked in. I think I’m quite strong but the only way I can do it is to stand right in the centre of the cat walk and use all of my strength. This often means risking getting black grease all over my trousers and I don’t like it.Is there a simple trick to it which I should know? There was more room on the catwalk when trailers were 40 foot so it wasn’t a problem.
Terry T:
Dipper_Dave:
Nothing says agency to me (apart from wearing a hi viz vest whilst driving)Don’t get a job here then, they rock a hi viz uniform
I don’t mind them if A, they are orange ( the yellow ones attract them little black flies in summer) and B, not the dirt cheap polyester ones as you sweat in winter in them.
Terry T:
Dipper_Dave:
Nothing says agency to me (apart from wearing a hi viz vest whilst driving)Don’t get a job here then, they rock a hi viz uniform
Nice looking kit and smart driver, nowt wrong with this in my handybook of driver foo pars.
However if bum hits drivers seat and hi viz doesn’t come off immediately then thats a massive no-no.
I may allow sitting on a loading bay with hi viz on or breif moments of driving seat tomfoolery (grabbing phone / sarnies / fleshlight, returning to put tacho on break after walking half a mile to goods in and forgetting etc) but thats me limit.
Bking:
IndigoJo:
foresttrucker:
Turn off the engine and let the air out of the trailer tanks. Might take a few minutes.A few pumps of the footbrake does the trick on most trucks I’ve driven.
“pumping the brakes to let the air out the trailer”
■■? jesus
that’s taken from 2 separate posts Mary ■■?
I think Indigo was meaning reducing the air in the prime mover ie tractor unit would hep unlike foresttrucker …