stobarttrucker:
nothing worse than getting a wagon with a ■■■■■■■■■ greasy lump of spaghetti wires,does’nt matter how good you are you’re coming out with grease on ya,and a thin hi vis vest is allways gonna be blown on em
& 3 days later you still keep touching grease on your gear lever or hand brake or steering wheel or door handle or grab handle or diesel cap & even on your ‘Flies’ 
The dreaded grease , I got my car valet on Last Monday and by Wednesday there was grease on the plastic from my trousers, ■■■■■■ me off lol
Most of the grease comes from people who forget to remove the airlines untill the trailer has been disconected or in the case of a very close coupled trailer left conected untill unhooked because of the lack of room to work, the lines then drag across the fith wheel.
martinviking:
stobarttrucker:
nothing worse than getting a wagon with a ■■■■■■■■■ greasy lump of spaghetti wires,does’nt matter how good you are you’re coming out with grease on ya,and a thin hi vis vest is allways gonna be blown on em& 3 days later you still keep touching grease on your gear lever or hand brake or steering wheel or door handle or grab handle or diesel cap & even on your ‘Flies’
Oh yeh, I was coupling up one dark morning , after sorting out someone else’s tangled suzies, got in the cab sorting things out in there , & noticed there were splots of grease marks appearing in a number of places.
I’d had my gloves on ,& removed them before getting back into the cab , there was only the usual dirt on them. Looked at my hands they were black with grease !! 
wetwiped them down, got rid of the other splots, & only to find them reappearing again within a minutes 
On the front of my dark jacket which had just been washed too!! 
eventually I found the grease was stuck on the stearing wheel, and somehow managed I think to brush against my jacket front, & being on my hands unknown to me , was then spread around the cab at quite a rapid pace I wish some people would give a minute to wipe the cab out when they finish with it end of shift , I always take everthing out , paper cups etc, & give the stearing wheel and dash etc a quick wipe around, it does only take a minute ,& leave it tidy ready for the next person .
Yep, Lol !
Why can’t polish or £5 notes act like Grease ?
Start cleaning the cab & it magically spreads all over the place, drop a fiver & you find another & another & another------ he he !
Aye, if only!! 
Pat Hasler:
Most of the grease comes from people who forget to remove the airlines untill the trailer has been disconected or in the case of a very close coupled trailer left conected untill unhooked because of the lack of room to work, the lines then drag across the fith wheel.
True, but I think more comes from the ■■■■■ that screw the trailer through 90 degrees as that causes the lines to come into contact with lower front edge which is where all the fifth wheel grease sits. 
Saaamon:
Sort them out everytime you drop the trailer, wont stop them getting tangled up but stops them getting into a proper mess.
Always did this laid em on the catwalk like little babies …
mike68:
shugg:
Run the electrical suzies through the center of the air lines .^As above, also a cable tie to stop them coming undone works a treat.
The electrical lines have a tighter coil than the air which seems to keep everything out of the way and free of grease.
These would of started off this way
Takes a lot longer to untangle too
w1ggo:
mike68:
shugg:
Run the electrical suzies through the center of the air lines .^As above, also a cable tie to stop them coming undone works a treat.
The electrical lines have a tighter coil than the air which seems to keep everything out of the way and free of grease.
These would of started off this way
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Takes a lot longer to untangle too
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Bugger sorting that lot, I’d just defect it and get a new set out of stores.I just keep mine neat and use the blanks to store them, had a minor problem with a night trunker who for some reason used 5th wheel grease on the air lines to lube the connectors
I followed a solo unit once in my car , the suzies were hanging off the nearside happily dragging/bouncing along the road . Flashed him to pull over but the muppet was oblivous .
Too much trouble /too lazy to stow them properly no doubt
cheers Mike
Two of ours pulled out the yard the other day with not a single suzzie stowed properly, today one of the 62 plates was around the garage for suzzies as they’d been dragged across the floor and ruined
I don’t understand why some drivers can’t put them in the blanks provided ■■ Dohhh
Rob K:
Pat Hasler:
Most of the grease comes from people who forget to remove the airlines untill the trailer has been disconected or in the case of a very close coupled trailer left conected untill unhooked because of the lack of room to work, the lines then drag across the fith wheel.True, but I think more comes from the [zb] that screw the trailer through 90 degrees as that causes the lines to come into contact with lower front edge which is where all the fifth wheel grease sits.
It’s the ones that ram themselves back under the trailer without lowering the suspension which scrapes all the grease off the fifth wheel on to the front lip of the trailer.
I just keep them up neat and apart in a couple of twisted bungie cords when bobtail- keeping them taught seems to keep them like new.
Race Trucker:
I just keep them up neat and apart in a couple of twisted bungie cords when bobtail- keeping them taught seems to keep them like new.
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Missed the pin much?? 
FarnboroughBoy11:
Race Trucker:
I just keep them up neat and apart in a couple of twisted bungie cords when bobtail- keeping them taught seems to keep them like new.
0Missed the pin much??
Lol I know! I bought her 2nd hand and it was the only damage on her and it bugs me to this day! I still can’t be bothered to take them off to beat it out though- only gets seen when solo (not often hopefully!) lol
spooky70:
Get some old tights/stockings off the other half. Slip them over the suzies, job done.
It’s up to you whether you colour-code or go fishnet!!
Fishnets are more durable (don’t ladder or rip so easily) but prefer this…
Saaamon:
Sort them out everytime you drop the trailer, wont stop them getting tangled up but stops them getting into a proper mess.
Works for me and it’s free
shugg:
Run the electrical suzies through the center of the air lines .
I seen that done once and thought wtf,but once i tried it and have a suzy tidy for putting them on when not in use i find its the only way, keep the correct suzies together and your flying.
Race Trucker:
FarnboroughBoy11:
Race Trucker:
I just keep them up neat and apart in a couple of twisted bungie cords when bobtail- keeping them taught seems to keep them like new.
0Missed the pin much??
Lol I know! I bought her 2nd hand and it was the only damage on her and it bugs me to this day! I still can’t be bothered to take them off to beat it out though- only gets seen when solo (not often hopefully!) lol
It looks fine mate, at least they are even!!!
