The skill level here is off the charts. I have no ideas what these men are paid but I'm sure its not enough. No Dr. no lawyer no politition any where could do this job. Please excuse my writing. It seems I'm experiencing outside interference...
He’s a tall man ,when he get out of the truck one step and feet were on the ground and not much daylights around he when get back in cab ,he’ll be a ruckman for sure👍
Normally you hook up the dolly to the back of a trailer, and back it under your rear trailer, you can do it like this guy if you have someone to hook it into the pull on the bulbar, but most drivers hook up like I explained, as it saves a lot of time, and can be done by one person.
I would love to see how they hook up more than three trailers, reversing more than one trailer takes alot of practise and skill. I figure it is impossible to reverse more than two without one or more dollies going out of line within a few metres.
Putting the dolly under a loaded trailer without firstly winding up the legs a bit is a great way to bend the legs, otherwise I approve, although it is quicker to reverse the lead trailer and dolly onto the dog trailer.
The clutch works the same as a car, except for two differences. On a truck, if you push the clutch in all the way, you stop the gearbox from turning. It's called your "stop clutch." Two : The clutch is big & heavy duty so it is air assisted in operation. In a manual truck like this, you really only use the clutch to stop, or change direction, forward to reverse etc. Driving you work on engine revs verses ground speed to change gears.
There is always someone who can say that you are doing it wrong or they can do it better, don't take any notice of them for most of them are full of BULLSHIT. If it works for you DO IT.
I have a small question, do they pay You as a truck driver or OB owner for pulling 2 3 4 trailers.?. In a sense, if You pull extra trailer than You should be paid extra money. I understand the pride of a trucker to pull Australian Road train, but dont You fell being used, the load brokers do not pay the driver as they should for pulling extra loads. Sad. TH
I think depending on the jobs in question they get paid per trailer, for example. If a owner operator was pulling a 3 trailer road train he could possibly have 3 seperate jobs, one for each trailer. Working in fuel and maintenance costs is a totally different story though
I saw the tug test comment and was going to say, I hope he doesn't rely on just a tug test, I always get under the trailer, with a flash light....but he didn't even tug the damn thing! Someone didn't have a very good instructor.
I don't have a bloke to hook me up .. I have a 8wheeler tipper and 5axel tipper to hook up to another 5axle tipper .. I have at least one more article point to make the same hook up ....
