How to slide your 5th wheel (and why). You Asked, I Delivered 

Great info. Thanks

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Thanks Sheldon.

Glad I could help

Thanks. Love your channel BTW. Glad you're back, even if it's just a vid here and there. And I really love your favorite word... Shiaaat! 😁😁😁

@@JJtheTrucker Thank you so much !!

Tks

Thanks Brian. That's what I'm doing... Virtually... 2020 style 😁😁😁

Visuals and explanation are great!

Hey Joseph, welcome to the channel. Glad to have you here and glad you are enjoying the content. Have a great day.

My driving school didn't even show me. RU-vid to the rescue.

To be honest, it's not really something that you would learn in a typical CDL driving school. It's something that you would learn in your extended training with the company that is hiring you. However a lot of trainers and people generally do not move their fifth wheels so it often gets overlooked. That's why I decided to make this video, to help people out in case it was ever needed.

It's on my to-do list. And yes I do have a scale in the cab.

You Asked, I Delivered 😁

I have a Jake brake video on the to do list, but as for a comparison, they're virtually the same.

Thanks for that!

But if you owner , the closer the trailer is to the cabin, the greater the fuel savings.

Makes me feel better about it taking me 45 mins in an old freightliner.

@@crimsonwolf8391 I'll be doing that this week!

I hear ya. You've probably heard this before but Trucking goes in waves. Right now we are in a low point because the economy slowed down and there were too many drivers. A lot of those drivers are quitting or getting out which will eventually help. And when the economy starts picking back up then everything is just the opposite and you'll be making money hand over fist and you won't know what to do with it all. That's when more and more people start getting into Trucking which balances it out until there are too many drivers and the economy slows down again and then you're back at this point. It's a cycle that will never end. If you can make it through this low cycle then you can make it through anything and you will eventually make a lot of money. Many people are believing that it will start picking up throughout this summer and start that upward Trend again. Hope this helps and hang in there. Good luck with everything

Find a new company. Good economy or not I’m still making decent money. Big companies are good for training but after that you need to leave. go to mgm, mgl, or stl thank me later💪🏾

What you're describing is crazy. Keep your CSA score good (no accidents, tickets, etc) for a year or two. The good companies will be beating down your door. Trust me. I'm with a company called BCB out of Mansfield, Tx. Truly a family atmosphere here. They pay us WELL, get us amazing miles (I drive teams and we almost hit 7k miles this week), and when we first were hired, they handed us a map and let us choose which states we wanted to run in... They let me off for 6 weeks for the birth of my daughter and even kept hounding me for pictures of her after she was born lol They send out gift cards to your immediate family members on their birthdays, and have a table set up in the main office for drivers who are going through something or have maybe lost someone--they buy a card, leave it on the table for other drivers to sign, and then send it to the driver it's for. Oh and they have a Safety Show (essentially a Zoom call) everyday for an hour that we can tune into. If you attend 18 of those calls per month, you'll get an extra 3¢ per mile the following month... Usually totals about an extra $75 each week ($300 each month). Trucks are new. You RARELY have an issue with a trailer because the company and my fellow drivers don't hesitate to get em fixed. Also, they monitor wind and weather on a daily basis and inform drivers. If you don't feel comfortable rolling, they don't force you to roll. It's your call as the driver and dispatch has respected that as long as I've been driving with this company. I recommend this company to any GOOD, SAFE driver worth his salt.

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Call me when he do it he is teaching good 😂😂❤❤

I found from my drop and hook video, that I was gating a lot of comments from people that didn't have a dump valve. Also, dumping the air could lower the 5th wheel too much of you don't set the gear down to the right spot.

Roflmao It sure did! That video was shot during my last weekly update, after the first truck wash.

I pull all the trailers so I like finding the hole that puts the steers at 12000 lbs full fuel and gear. Now move the slide plate back so the front hole of the slider is your 12000 lb hole. Now you got enough slide to pull pups or strange trailers. If you got the money you can buy additional slide track to do the same thing but my way is cheaper.

Those square holes are worth 500 lbs.

@@jerrykinnin7941 Are you sure about that? On the tandems they're only about 350 and these don't have as much separation.

@@johncalvo1743 there are 2 style holes on the trailer slides. Close and far. Far is about 500 close is about 300. The slider on a Fontaine 5thWheel is 500 a hole. The 2 pin style 250a hole. I got a Holland now on a freightliner. I've yet to figure out. But that all the way forward will get you 12000 lbs on the steers with a 40ft tri-axle Pratt dump chassis with a 20 ft can grossing 45,800 lbs in the box and 79000 lbs and high change.

And I would love for my boss to chop the frame ends off the rear of the truck frame even with the last cross member. Schneider container style. Then all my container chassis have the JBHUNT style shallow drop chassis rails with an 18" kingpin setting for a 40', 30" for a 45', 36" for a 53' I'd be able to scale 47000 lb in a 40ft container with a 51ft 5axle bridge and only be 58ft long overall. The 45ft container would have the 40ft Cali bridge for a 55ft overall 5axle bridge At 62ft total bumper to bumper. 53ft would come in at 55overall bridge and under 70ft long overall. Now how to get the 45 And 53 lite enough to scale 46000lbs and the 40ft to scale 50000 lb

Thanks. Nope, I disowned FB a couple of years ago and have never been happier. 😊

@@JJtheTrucker I do not blame you one bit! I am actually thinking about doing the same.

it's the most elite group you can join. The no Facebook group LOL

Thanks B-Coop. I don't think this engine/transmission setup would be at 900. At 900, this thing is lugging and shaking horribly. They say the sweet spot for this engine is 1100 to 1400 RPMs. In 12th, at 65 mph on flat ground, I'm hovering around 1050 RPMs. Seems like 70 would be an optimal speed. Of course, no way for me to confirm that. If I drive 55, in 11th, I'm around 1300 to 1350 RPMs.

@@JJtheTrucker I thought 900 sounded pretty low. I know in my trainers FL once you start up a hill and drop below like 1300 you just as well shift down or it drops like a rock! How is the power in your Pete?

It's OK, a little better than the FL, but still all about the fuel savings instead of power. It pulls up hills a little better.

That all depends on how much is in the trailer and how it's distributed. There's no set amount.

General rule is 250-300lbs, but that varies based on 5th wheel manufacturer.

@@drewrbunn lol , I knew it was 300lbs .

Thank you I just dropped my airbags and that helped me move my fifth wheel for the first time by myself❤

So you don't need to put them down just drop air bags

What if there is no drop button?

@Stretch I never seen one that couldn't drop the air bags. Unless the truck was really old I guess. Then you do what you gotta do right. But if you do have them there's no need to crank until you see daylight between the fifth wheel and the plate. That's when you use your common sense!!

@@akaiwilliams6043 Did you read the comment?

Really? I wonder why that would be.

@@JJtheTrucker closer to the truck less the wind gets in between the truck and the trailer

Hmmmm, Makes sense.

So far, I have not made any pickups or deliveries in South Carolina. So that means I'm pretty much sticking to the interstates and just passing through.

Exactly! Or an electric motor. It would still need to have a manual crank as a backup and maybe that's the issue but still you would think they would be able to figure out something LOL. Maybe that would be a good thing for you to invent and get a patent for.

I think you're on to something.

@@JJtheTrucker little off topic here..i was watching a cool video about solar panels for trucks powering the apu for 12 hours or more.. you ever thought of that ?

@@matt89108 you can but them of amazon for like $130 a panel . just get 2 flexible solar panels and inverter.they also use them on canal boats here in the uk and they cost very little to buy no idea why you paid so much.. only 2 panels needed

I've thought about looking into it... Eventually. Once I get some free time lol. If they work well, I'd love to do it.

My 5th wheel is in the last hole right now and I'm going to have to move it. The increase in turning radius will kill you in tight spots, even if your tandems are all the way up. If you run inner cities in the East, I suggest you move your 5th about to the halfway point.

Other than a microwave oven I have no idea LOL. I don't cook anything unless it's microwavable. I do make a lot of salads and sandwiches. I have seen other truckers with slow cookers and there's another type of Cooker out there that's like a slow cooker but it's faster but I'm not sure what it's called. Not really my forte.

@@JJtheTrucker thanks for the info