welshboyinspain:
I use the trailer brakes all the time, its hard to stop 40tons with just the unit brakes
oh, you mean the parking brake
disconnect red air line brakes come on? or is that just mine? surely theyāre all the same?
if you drop a trailer and the air leaks enough to release the brakes donāt drop it take it to be fixed
Air holds the brakes off not on, leaking air = brakes on.
But I get your idea, not like the agency in my truck Friday, defect report put in for headlight bulb out, truck parked up at 2pm, does he think they fix themselves, take it to the fitter lazy goit!!
welshboyinspain:
I use the trailer brakes all the time, its hard to stop 40tons with just the unit brakes
oh, you mean the parking brake
disconnect red air line brakes come on? or is that just mine? surely theyāre all the same?
if you drop a trailer and the air leaks enough to release the brakes donāt drop it take it to be fixed
Air holds the brakes off not on, leaking air = brakes on.
But I get your idea, not like the agency in my truck Friday, defect report put in for headlight bulb out, truck parked up at 2pm, does he think they fix themselves, take it to the fitter lazy goit!!
ok my non fitter brain not working there but when i drop my trailer (very rarely) the brakes lock on, why do you need to worry about an extra brake?
welshboyinspain:
I use the trailer brakes all the time, its hard to stop 40tons with just the unit brakes
oh, you mean the parking brake
disconnect red air line brakes come on? or is that just mine? surely theyāre all the same?
if you drop a trailer and the air leaks enough to release the brakes donāt drop it take it to be fixed
Air holds the brakes off not on, leaking air = brakes on.
But I get your idea, not like the agency in my truck Friday, defect report put in for headlight bulb out, truck parked up at 2pm, does he think they fix themselves, take it to the fitter lazy goit!!
ok my non fitter brain not working there but when i drop my trailer (very rarely) the brakes lock on, why do you need to worry about an extra brake?
The trailer brake works with suziās connected, so letās say youād forgotten your hand brake on your unit, then you hook trailer and suziās up, then youāre off down the street, at least with the trailer brake on, you might feel a jolt which might make you double check or if not, itās quicker and easier to pull the brake back on then remove a suzi.
waynedl:
But I get your idea, not like the agency in my truck Friday, defect report put in for headlight bulb out, truck parked up at 2pm, does he think they fix themselves, take it to the fitter lazy goit!!
we pull trailers for a parcel carrier and some depot you have to put the brake on others you dont and at the hubs you never do unless you want to ā ā ā ā the shunters off ā¦but surely it sould be the same across the board or eles something serrious will happen one day
It depends where I drop them, there is often no need to use them on a bay with a slope, especially if they make you use chocks, although company policy often dictates you do.
If I drop an empty trailer against a block or a kerb, or as Limey Phil says on a ferry dock as shunters wont release them.
I have had more bollockings for putting them on then for leaving them off, that says something about lazy shunters.
If I had to report people for leaving them off, my list would be very short
peirre:
Only idiots & dead people donāt apply trailer brakes when they drop them, or check the brakes applied prior to picking a trailer up. If you donāt you will probably be 1 or the other at some point.
Thereās nothing saying you canāt pull the button after pulling the lines when you drop a trailer. But whichever way you do it, just do it. Make it part of your routine
I must be an idiot, modern trailers the trailer brake activates when the red line is detached so why do you have to pull the button?
peirre:
Only idiots & dead people donāt apply trailer brakes when they drop them, or check the brakes applied prior to picking a trailer up. If you donāt you will probably be 1 or the other at some point.
peirre:
Only idiots & dead people donāt apply trailer brakes when they drop them, or check the brakes applied prior to picking a trailer up. If you donāt you will probably be 1 or the other at some point.
Thereās nothing saying you canāt pull the button after pulling the lines when you drop a trailer. But whichever way you do it, just do it. Make it part of your routine
I must be an idiot, modern trailers the trailer brake activates when the red line is detached so why do you have to pull the button?
to stop numpties putting on the red line and surfing the lot down the yard as they cant seem to pull it off again when it starts to move! or getting squashed into the back of the cab when the trailer moves forwards
