Been around for ages, don’t expect to see them coming to a company near you anytime soon. Expensive to retrofit and expensive to fix when Muppets make a mess of coupling up.
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I watched it when it was first posted. Refuse to watch it again. Why can’t op’s at least make some comments what it’s about [emoji849]
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I watched it when it was first posted. Refuse to watch it again. Why can’t op’s at least make some comments what it’s about [emoji849]
If you didn’t click the link how do you know what it’s about? 
I think it’s…
A really good idea and it’s a pity it hasn’t been more widely adopted by the industry. I can only assume that’ll be down to cost and reliability. Possibly the fact the upstairs don’t care about their drivers getting covered in crap and running the risk of crush injuries if they mess up.
To be fair the video doesn’t show how it works, how are the air lines connected and what stops them leaking, what about the electrical connectors are they waterproof and relatively failproof, how well does the self alignment work and is it failproof.
It’s easy to bang on about tight fisted employers but a bit more information is required to know for certain that the idea would actually work well in the real world.
It does seem like a good idea though 
I’ve seen…
Stuff on Ytube with a similar system and that was some years ago.
The legs coming up on air is genius.
Don’t know about the connections, but I saw a guy in Germany with self winding legs…(legs on his trailer btw 
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That must have been about 15 years ago, and I’ve wondered ever since why the idea never took off.
Wincanton had…
Some fridge trailers fitted with air legs. That would be 35 years ago when there was a chilled depot in Brentford.
Two levers, when you wanted to drop the legs you threw the up/down one and as soon as the legs just touched the ground, a sensor would kick in and stop them going further. You then used the jack lever and pushed them up enough to be able to drop the trailer with no hassle. Everything was on springs back then and it made life much easier.
Karrier did it better
jostaustralia.com.au/produc … ystem.html
No quicker than manual winding, just added complication that can go wrong.
Jost’s first video with a simulated video of this coupling system was uploaded over 9 years ago.
They have a number of videos on YouTube.
That shows the basics of the system, a great idea and one that actually stops certain health and safety risks when coupling up.
Yet an idea that has not been adopted by even the biggest health and safety logistics companies. One wonders why when they are so mad about health and safety. Oh yes they are as long as it doesn’t cost a lot of money. After all money is no object when it comes to health and safety.
The whole reason why companies still don’t adopt dock lock systems due to the costs involved, when they are proven to stop red light pull offs. The same reason this type of system would prevent incorrect coupling and or dangerous coupling procedures.
Big companies have options when it comes to health and safety yet always choose the cheapest and less effective ways of managing the risks. Basically blaming the driver 100% for not doing it correctly instead of addressing the issues and removing human error as an element. SSOW paperwork trumps a practical item that removes risk by a long margin.
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