Unfortunately I still havent got used to self sealing couplings and would prefer taps back. I never forgot them as I liked the noise it made when you turned them on.
The Blue line was called Auxillary and had a larger C Type Female on the tractor unit, they were commonplace until about 1984/5
The ratchet handbrake worked perfectly, for about a month either side of the MOT If you did use it you just had to remeber to give the cable a bunch after kicking the ratchet off, just to make sure it wasnt going to pawl on again
In Holland we used the crank handle slide handbrake, or a chock
bald bloke:
Did anybody use the ratchet type handbrake ? And I thought dunnage was to put under things to enable the forklift driver to get his forks out
You had to use the ratchet handbrake if there was nothing behind the trailer and you had no backscotch or dunnage.
Dunnage was stored on the trailer legs until it was needed to put under the load.
Well yes, only the British had blue air lines, so no one outside the UK knew what they were for.
What flowed up them could be any colourâŚ
or so I have heard.
Well yes, only the British had blue air lines, so no one outside the UK knew what they were for.
What flowed up them could be any colourâŚ
or so I have heard.
TonyS:
Red and yellow for air, black for electricity and blue for fuel iirc.
blue for fuel .?.
Yes, blue to transfer the red diesel from the hidden tank in the trailer headboard to the tractor unit.
Those headboard tanks were a dead giveaway, you could tell what they were by all the flies stuck to the sheet and the fact that most have them had been damaged on the corners on ferries
while on topic have done very little coupling and uncoupling but when coupling and uncoupling and if trailer break is off but truck handbrake on is there a danger of the trailer rolling forward when u plug out the suzies especially when split coupling and crushing oneself while on the catwalk
Nah, jump orf the bleedinâ catwalk. Talking of catwalks⌠when I were a lad, we never 'ad catwalks. All we 'ad to stop us hurting ourselves were batteries, prop shafts, air tanks and loads of nuts and bolts and other 'ard things.
peterm:
Nah, jump orf the bleedinâ catwalk. Talking of catwalks⌠when I were a lad, we never 'ad catwalks. All we 'ad to stop us hurting ourselves were batteries, prop shafts, air tanks and loads of nuts and bolts and other 'ard things.
i was thinking the same thing the other day the amount of times i almost fell between the chassis rails ⌠.
on my current motor i now have plenty of room to have a barbacue and a small patio set âŚ
nedflanders:
while on topic have done very little coupling and uncoupling but when coupling and uncoupling and if trailer break is off but truck handbrake on is there a danger of the trailer rolling forward when u plug out the suzies especially when split coupling and crushing oneself while on the catwalk
Not really.
If you have forgotten the trailer handbrake it will come with you when you try to split and you
wonât be able to reach the lines anyway.
Taking the red air line off applies the spring brakes and the trailer brakes will not be released
again unless it is reconnected or the shunt button is operated.
Much more dangerous when you are coupling and have forgotten either the unit or trailer handbrake or both.
People have been killed when either the trailer or the whole thing has rolled away.
Years ago, trailer brakes were not âfail safeâ, relying on air pressure to keep them on when the trailer was dropped.
This would soon drain away and you would often find yourself chasing the trailer across the yard if the ratchet and
cable handbrake had not been applied.
(You did ask )
Nick i dont get you on that
âIf you have forgotten the trailer handbrake it will come with you when you try to split and you
wonât be able to reach the lines anyway.â
nedflanders:
why wouldnt u not be able to reach the lines?
I meant that if you need to do a split coupling it is normally because the gap between the front of the trailer and the back of the tractor unit is too small to access the lines with the trailer pin in the fifth wheel.
This is very common on fridges, as all my trailers are.
If the gap is big enough to climb into with the trailer pin in the fifth wheel, there is no point in doing a split and as soon as you remove the red air line the trailer brakes are on.
Thanks nick a lot clearer
When the red airline removed trailer brake on so whats the point in pushing trailer brake button to on if the air line is going to do it automatically or is it just best to push trailer brake anyhow in case of the worst.
If you did use it you just had to remeber to give the cable a bunch after kicking the ratchet off, just to make sure it wasnt going to pawl on again
the amount of times i almost fell between the chassis rails ⌠