powderman426
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Scarface56 wrote:I remove the chocks and use the trailer brakes. This does two things not only checking the brakes for proper operation but also performing the pull test.
Yep. That way you can find out the trailer brakes aren't working, And drop the trailer on the truck at the same time.
Thanks but I'll leave the wheel chocks on and test brakes later.
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Well maybe some think as I do. On the hitches that have a sliding bar that goes in back of th king pin and makes a loud clank when closing, I don't think a pull test would prove anything but checking the trailer brakes and I always do this when rolling after pull out.
I do a visual though.
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The Black Pearl
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Why do neighbors always come over and talk to me when I am hooking this thing up. I must sound rude when I tell them that I can not talk right now because I am checking the connections on the trailer and I need to concentrate on what I am doing. I have it chocked just in case it does come loose the coach is not going anywhere.
The truck has a sensor on it that can determine when the brakes are working. The emergency pin was pulled once when backing up and the sensor had indicated a wireing fault on trailer. I do check the brakes manually as well....
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robertbick
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powderman426 wrote:Scarface56 wrote:I remove the chocks and use the trailer brakes. This does two things not only checking the brakes for proper operation but also performing the pull test.
Yep. That way you can find out the trailer brakes aren't working, And drop the trailer on the truck at the same time.
Thanks but I'll leave the wheel chocks on and test brakes later.
Hehehe... WRONG. That's why the front legs are only an inch above the ground. It can't hit the truck. Actually, the trailer brakes not working will not cause the trailer to drop any more than chocking or not chocking. What's your point???
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Scarface56 wrote:I remove the chocks and use the trailer brakes. This does two things not only checking the brakes for proper operation but also performing the pull test.
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korbe
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I don't do an official pull test. I visually look at the plate and jaws.
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tkarvelis
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Since this has come up I will ask a question since I am still a "rookie". When ever I hook up, I hear the hitch cam engage and I put the truck in drive and try to move the trailer. The wheels are still locked with X-Chocks and wheel chocks. I do not raise the front trailer feet at all. Will I damage them? I never had the trailer drop and God willing never will.
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tkarvelis wrote:Since this has come up I will ask a question since I am still a "rookie". When ever I hook up, I hear the hitch cam engage and I put the truck in drive and try to move the trailer. The wheels are still locked with X-Chocks and wheel chocks. I do not raise the front trailer feet at all. Will I damage them? I never had the trailer drop and God willing never will.
Unless you are coming into the pin with it much lower that the hitch, there less chance of damaging the legs if you lift them slightly off the ground.
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partsman01
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I do a pull test with Chock in, legs up a couple inches, then I do a tug test using the brakes of the trailer with chocks removed, and landing legs still a couple inches off the ground.
I also take a look to see how the pin is sitting in the hijacker hitch.
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juzplanekrazy
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Well.....,I've never did a full on pull test. By no means I say it's right not to.
I have a Pullrite hitch and I have a large red strip on the locking jaw to show me its fully closed. After backing up an hitching up I just put it in "D" tap the go peddle and if she's not moving, I'm pretty damn sure it's fully locked, I then take a peek at the jaw to see if the red strips where it should be. Been doing it this way for years.
I do a brake check as soon as I get on flat ground leaving the camp ground or home.
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