Wal Mart in Cali. Don't forget to do your tug test newbies

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742608 发表于 2019-11-07 23:03:35 🤦🏽‍♀️ My rule is to do a tug test any time I need to release my brakes. It literally takes a few seconds & you’ll never have to worry about dropping a trailer.

","text":"When you say “every time you need to release your brakes,” does that include driving like while sitting in traffic, or at a busy intersection? Just curious ","replyToPid":244780}

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497499 发表于 2019-11-08 04:37:29 When you say “every time you need to release your brakes,” does that include driving like while sitting in traffic, or at a busy intersection? Just curious

","text":"Of course not lol! Someone would be pretty f’n stupid to try to run up and pull my pin while I’m sitting in the driver’s seat. If I exit my vehicle or take a break, & my eyes have not been scanning my truck and surroundings for any period of time, I always check the pin and perform a tug test. ","replyToPid":244992}

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497499 发表于 2019-11-08 01:45:16 Don’t stop at a tug test. Grab a light and l👀k at the kingpin making sure the jaws are snapped above the base of it.

","text":"I totally agree. I check mine during every single pretrip, as well as if I leave my truck unattended. I just dip right under as I’m walking back to my truck. It literally takes a few seconds. Idk why other ppl don’t do it. I think it’s pretty reckless. ","replyToPid":244846}

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612134 发表于 2019-11-08 02:58:02 He was wearing flip flops. I believe the jaws were working just fine.

","text":"well in that case i belive they were too lol","replyToPid":244928}

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742608 发表于 2019-11-08 14:07:00 Of course not lol! Someone would be pretty f’n stupid to try to run up and pull my pin while I’m sitting in the driver’s seat. If I exit my vehicle or take a break, & my eyes have not been scanning my truck and surroundings for any period of time, I always check the pin and perform a tug test.

","text":"Got ya. I misunderstood. You meant every time you park. Admittedly I don’t do that. I check it when coupling to a trailer. Maybe I should start but it’s probably going to be a hard habit to get into ","replyToPid":245201}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"And I also thought you meant that you do a tug test every time you release your brakes instead of checking the jaws. Words are hard. ","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I do check the jaws when I'm hooking up and before i get moving in the morning.  it really only takes a second and i don't want to end up on the internet and jobless","replyToPid":0}

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497499 发表于 2019-11-08 18:16:57 Got ya. I misunderstood. You meant every time you park. Admittedly I don’t do that. I check it when coupling to a trailer. Maybe I should start but it’s probably going to be a hard habit to get into

","text":"In the beginning it was a bit more difficult to form the habit, but I’m super OCD when it comes to coupling. Now, I have a pattern I follow when I pretrip, so my driver side drive tires are the last ones I check... that puts me right next to my fifth wheel... so after thumping the tires, i just dip under my container to check the pin, push the handle to make sure it’s secure, hop in the truck, tug test, and head out. When I’m away from my truck though, I always dip under to check as I’m walking back to my tractor. Once you form the habit, it’ll just be like a reflex action. ","replyToPid":245311}

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558928 发表于 2019-11-08 19:00:47 I do check the jaws when I'm hooking up and before i get moving in the morning.  it really only takes a second and i don't want to end up on the internet and jobless

","text":"I TOTALLY agree. Idk about other companies, but for mine, a dropped trailer is automatic termination. I love my job & company way too much. ","replyToPid":245340}

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742608 发表于 2019-11-08 20:48:03 I TOTALLY agree. Idk about other companies, but for mine, a dropped trailer is automatic termination. I love my job & company way too much.

","text":"lol we probably work for the same company","replyToPid":245449}