Random Trucker Tip #4 Sliding Axle on Stepdeck
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- A quick look at how to slide the axle on a 2012 Transcraft DTL 2100
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Transcraft are great trailers
Just saw this vid. Great setting, black/white. Thinking of using a flatbed again. This vid came at the right time. Be safe out there. Merry Christmas. God bless
Love that Frieghtshaker...nice vid
billy greenhorn Thanks :- )
Nice hood ornament, I like the step decks with the curtain sliders..
Xaviar J S Yeah, those are cool. :- )
Not a problem I value
Thank you for responses. Otherwise I like your videos full of insight and pointers.
John Phiri Thanks 😄
Safe travels
Thanks, you too :- )
Nice trailer
Thank you :- )
I'm not a trucker, but I like learning how things work. Thanks and stay safe!
Craig Cardwell Thanks, you too
Wow great tip. I always wondered how that worked
It's pretty handy. :- )
More complicated than the old way of doing it... just setting the trailer brakes and pulling the pin on the trailer assembly...get back into rig & pull or push...depending on the need...and walk back to see if pin lined up with the required hole...set the pin and that was it:)
Ray Clark Yep. :- )
Sure do miss your videos, wonder if you are still trucking, would like any stories from you
Thanks Cindy, It looks like you have got used to the trailer and it's working well for you. Keep those wheels rolling got make the money. God Bless you and your family our prayers are with you, on a safe drive.
Dennis Peake It took some getting used to, lol. Thank you very much. :- )
Thank you Cindy, great video, always enjoy seeing your lovely smile. :)
Life on the road with Yeshua and Trucker Ray Thanks :- )
Things have changes since the 90's. For me it was pull the pin, release tractor brakes and slide. Set tractor brakes and hopefully I was close to the hole I wanted. set pin, and off we go. Didnt have air to deal with. Was air ride but 48' straight flatbed, no drop. Cool Lady, thanks.
Interesting, thanks for the info.... :- )
I always wondered that noise you hear when you were inflating your bags is a sound so you know they are inflating or that's how they sound ,the tractor certainly doesn't sound that way ,and some trailers don't do it I have a manac that won't make that sound but the load king does,hum I wonder!!
bearhead41 I always thought that maybe it's something in the valve, maybe an imperfection..... not sure
I said load king actually it's trail king ,when I was pulling for decker all of the flats made that sound for the life of me I can't remember the make any who thx for reply, enjoy the heck out of your vids
bearhead41 Thanks. :- )
Not a trucker but very informative video! I can listen to you talk all the time. 😁
and it doesnot do damage to the brakingsystem or brakingdiscs
when Let the air out of the airbags release your trailer brakes. it reacts quicker to go too drivinghight
Roelof Sluurman Yeah, I had that thought after I made the video, lol
as always, very informative, educational, and, interesting, good work
Randy Hutchinson Thanks :- )
Wow that was pretty cool,nice job you make it look easy. Thanks for another fabulous show 🍻cheers.
6.5 Creedy ty. :- )
RUclips trucker Alliance. Its a group of truckers giving advice on things truck driver face. its really cool. I just thought you would be able to share your knowledge, plus they need more females to share knowledge .
Kitty Ling ok, thanks. Do you have to be invited?
Nice video! Glad you wore gloves for the second half of things. I imagine all that bare steel is hard on the hands given changing temperatures.
Yes, my hands take a beating :-)
wow dont think ive seen a. trailor like that....
interesting
what
James Wormsley yep, that's what I thought the first time I tried to slide it, lol
William Peek Yep, it's kinda strange 🙃
to much work lmao
Great Video Cindy! You look Great Kiddo. was that a black and white camera or just my eyes playing tricks.
Thank you, yep I did B&W on this one :- )
Hi Cindy. I used to work at a place where I had to help the driver's slide the tandems. (rusty pins and box trailers) WD-40, gloves, and vice grips were imperative! Lol. I also heard a Goodyear airbag explode and it sounded like a cannon! Nice vid and view of the pins and trailer valve. :-)
Chuck Mastin Wow, that must have scared the heck outta ya, lol. Yeah, some of those old trailers are a pain to slide.
Thanks :- )
you should join ytta
I'm not familiar with that....?
Sometimes whomever ordered the trailer new specifies it set up to work a certain way. Or with certain equipment on it. I had a flatbed that I got used the original owner got it without winches and it was a major job to put them on afterward so I used it for8 years with all portables. It was a good trailer only missed 1 load in all that for repair. Stay safe.
Cool, thanks. You too :- )
OOPS! Should say tip #4
I always apreciate tips and infos in your videos. Thank you. Is it possible to do a video of backing especially alley dock. Thank you very much. Keep the videos coming.
John Phiri Thank you. I'm not sure, I don't have to do much backing into docks. I usually am backing into a warehouse or get loaded out in the "yard"
yes they are also on Facebook and they do love feeds
you can't drive down the street with the airbags fully extended you have to drop the air out to drive down the street when you have a load you air up them bags
Yeah, my last trailer had 3 separate valves for the sliding system and it malfunctioned and aired up my axle while I was driving and to make it worse the valve for the brakes popped too and cost me 4 tires ! :- 0
Hi Cindy:
You Make It Look So Easy: A Person Could Learn A lot From You In A Short Time:
Peace And Love
Billy
PeacefulBill Thank you. :- )
Smooth like grandma 's gravy
Max Dean 😀
That makes sense. Thanks for the answer.
Cool Beans
:- ) thanks
I like tank ya don't have to mess with that pain in the $%#*..
Charles Dyer lol :- )
i would like to see some videos of how you would secure different types of loads.
I will try to do some but I don't like the big debates that come with that type of videos, as everyone has their opinion of what is the "correct way" loland I always seem to forget about videoing the securement part. I guess because I'm so used to a lot of the places I go to have signs posted saying no cameras or phones on property. .... but if its a no tarp load I could probably do it after I get loaded :-)
Pulling a flatbed trailer would not be my cup of tea.... tarping in the strapping is not for me.... I like preloaded trailers I can drop and hook in 7 minutes.... moving tandems can be tricky I bought every tool for Pulling tandems!
What is the advantage to a step deck?
Craig Cardwell I get asked this question so often I think I'm gonna do a video on it, lol. Not much other than you are lower to the ground and can haul taller stuff & add ramps and you can haul cars..... But some customers want a "flat only" so it all boils down to personal preference 🤔
do you ever pass through south Carolina
Richard Hutto occasionally, I go everywhere just about
Is there an automatic ride height that you are overriding with the manual valve to get the chassis higher than where the tyres would hit the tie downs? Or is loaded height controlled some other way?
The system is set at a certain ride height which is controlled by an adjustable arm like a normal trailer, it only airs up the bags to make room to slide the axle without hitting the tires on the trailer because they sit up within the wheel wells at normal height. The reason I hit the tie down is because the top of the mud guard is a little bent, (from a previous attempt to slide it) I had to bend it back & I think it's out of the way now.... hopefully :- )
Thanks Cindy. pretty much what I suspected. If a trailer air bag blows do the trailer brakes lock up? or will the anti-lock still work?
10susan10 it won't lock up the brakes unless there's a malfunction in the system. my old trailer locked up the brakes and aired up the trailer while I was going down the road because of a malfunctioning valve
Had an issue with mine where the anti-lock unit shifted to one side overnight and even though the brakes seemed to work fine the air ride would not fill the bags. Didn't figure out how to reset it until after putting a new one on. expensive lesson.
hahaha
we're you in Kansas recently?
chopplolo72 nope, not me
i saw someone sell a bulldog truck ornament at an antique fair (Mack I think) made over 200 UK£ not sure what that is usd sorry but if only I had the cash on me at the time ouch an absolutely stunning piece
cool :0)
yeah very nice piece