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05-21-2023, 09:36 AM #11
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Kind of hard to do that when the control panel is on the street side of the trailer and the one that always raises first is the landing gear on the curbside of the trailer. Not sure that my 120 lb wife has enough Ummmph to hold it down or offer enough resistance....LOL
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05-21-2023, 09:49 AM #12
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05-21-2023, 10:16 AM #13
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05-21-2023, 04:44 PM #14
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Yep, if you follow the lines from the valving, it goes to the curbside leg first, then over to the street side...and they are daisy chained or in series (electrical term there). So it makes perfect sense that the curbside goes down first and once it is grounded, the addition resistance causes the street side to go down. Once they are both grounded, the resistance is basically equalized and they move together.
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05-21-2023, 08:46 PM #15
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Okay, that makes perfect sense. I just never sat down and thought about how the lines were routed. Seems logical the closest cylinder will descend first.
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05-22-2023, 07:44 AM #16
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That's a good thought, but my wife wouldn't be comfortable pushing the button or stepping on the jack! She says a road grader scared her when she was a kid ....... I can testify that she has never recovered from that trauma; anything loud or mechanical is out...... and like others have said, the jack that comes up first is on the curb side while the controller is on the road side.
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05-24-2023, 05:36 PM #17
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We were in Indianapolis last summer. One night stay on the way to Morryde and the UP. We had a problem that delayed our departure to the next stop. I was distracted and didn't pin the latch or attach the breakaway cable!
Got on 465 and thought "Oh S..t!" I didn't pin the latch! Pulled over on the side of the Interstate and got everything straightened out, risking my life in the process.
Lesson learned, but the B&W didn't unhitch!! Great product!!
PS: I don't do a tug test either. Just verify that I'm not high hitched.
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05-24-2023, 05:39 PM #18
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You accomplish it like this with asymmetric jacks. When you lower the trailer onto the hitch one side (probably passenger side) will raise up all the way and then the other side begins. Stop at about 1 inch. Now press the buttons to lower the jacks - this time the passenger side will start down and the street side will not move. Stop the passenger side at 1 inch and you're all set to tug away.
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05-25-2023, 09:44 AM #19
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Just a note about tug test.
2 weeks ago wife and I pulled into a state park and the person at the booth told me the people next to us was having trouble with truck and was late leaving.
Just shortly after we got set up I heard a loud bang and what sounded like cracking. What happened is the people next to us was finally getting hooked up and when he started to pull away the trailer came loose from truck and drop on his bed rails. Truck was a dually and the RV was a landmark 5th wheel. He put the jacks back down and got it hooked up so not sure if any damaged was done.Allen & Denise
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05-25-2023, 09:51 AM #20
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Yes, just goes to show that if you don't hook up correctly accidents can happen. I read of one guy who was having trouble getting hooked up his B&W hitch, as troublefree hitch as you can find, so he pinned the handle back. Got hooked up, and yup you guessed it, didn't unpin the handle and dropped the fifth wheel on his truck. You can make them fool proof, but you can't make them dam-fool proof.
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