When hooking up a trailer today I noticed the feet were like bent as if the legs were sitting over the edge of the feet when I put the suspension up they fell back into position never seen this before is that not dodgy? as the trailer was sitting with a full load on, on a bay.
The feet were pulled back or pushed forward in relation to the legs?
Are we talking about feet that are held centrally by springs?
If trailer was dropped empty on the bay, then loaded, the suspension would drop under the extra weight and pull the legs back a little. This is why the feet are spring loaded, it allows the trailer to move a little without straining the legs too much.
gooddriver:
When hooking up a trailer today I noticed the feet were like bent as if the legs were sitting over the edge of the feet when I put the suspension up they fell back into position never seen this before is that not dodgy? as the trailer was sitting with a full load on, on a bay.
They’re supposed to do that. The flat plate on the base is to reduce the damage you do to surfaces like tarmac and they allow some movement for when the trailer is getting loaded and when doing a tug test to reduce the chance of the legs getting bent. Quite a good design really, you get the benefits of both types of feet.
They used to have iron wheels that dug in with the advent of air suspension, the rocking feet compensate for the trailer rising and lowering
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Could also have been moved forwards/backwards slightly by the other driver or tug driver when uncoupling.
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