I usually hook my sets by backing the dolly behind the lead trailer when not on company property. I use to have to practice at customer locations during my breaks after they closed. Every company I have worked for we could get in trouble if we were seen doing it though many of us do it anyway when not on company property. It takes some practice but once you figure it out it saves your back big time!
@DesertEagle903 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I just became a combo driver and was told I will be doing doubles after I finished training. (never driven one but I have the endorsement) I’m standing by a dolly now studying it while I wait for my trailer to be loaded!
@FreightHauler873 жыл бұрын
No problem. They’re not too difficult, and after a while it becomes second nature.
@DesertEagle903 жыл бұрын
@@FreightHauler87 Yeah my trainer just now taught me how to hook up the double trailers after the shift! You’re right it wasn’t really difficult at all! I just have to get the hang of guiding the dolly towards the trailer because it was definitely reacting too quick as I was backing LOL! But I’ll get the hang of that!
@nathanwick57113 жыл бұрын
When putting your Dolly onto the lead trailer watch where your hands are. Every stinking year we have someone get lazy, grab the loop and crush their hand when it comes down on the pintle hook.
@FreightHauler873 жыл бұрын
Yikes
@artfernandez66272 жыл бұрын
Good vid 👍
@ManoliGreek26403 жыл бұрын
A little knowledge.. Hook the chain upside down it’s stronger in case something happens then the way you have it..
@FreightHauler873 жыл бұрын
Good tip, thanks
@user-fp8xc8lf3f3 жыл бұрын
Terrible advice. The odds of the hook latch failing are 100X more than the trailer tow hitch failing
@larryroe76613 жыл бұрын
im working on getting all my endorsements ive learned something 2 day
@noahsaatkamp53013 жыл бұрын
What are those things on the front of the trailers that you had to make sure the pin was in
@FreightHauler873 жыл бұрын
We call them “pogo sticks” or “trailer stands”. Their purpose is to prevent the trailer from tipping forward while a forklift operator is working inside the trailer
@KDSTrucking4 жыл бұрын
Shoulda said “idea by kds “😂😂
@FreightHauler874 жыл бұрын
True, you get the credit for this idea
@HeyArnoldGotAFootballHead3 жыл бұрын
Estes has some junk trailers 😆
@DesertEagle903 жыл бұрын
Yeah... Tractors and trailers may actually look older and junk but I realize perhaps because they care a lot more of their employees as far as paying them more than their equipment 🤷🏽♂️ I could be wrong... Perhaps a veteran like FreightHauler87 can confirm that but I’ve worked for a few trucking companies that had much better equipment but the pay be shxt! Seems to me Estes and UPS focus more on the drivers. If the equipment works and makes money then it’s fresh to them 🤔
@FreightHauler873 жыл бұрын
I concur with some of that statement. There was a freeze on buying new equipment a few years ago, or a slow down on buying new equipment, so now it seems like we have a lot of junk. We are back to buying 1,000-2,000 pieces of equipment each year now.
@DesertEagle903 жыл бұрын
@@FreightHauler87 Oh OK that’s understandable I just hope when that time eventually.. They’ll keep using manual transmissions lol!!!
@Cryptonymicus3 жыл бұрын
@@FreightHauler87 Estes gets put out of service by DOT slightly less than the national average so the equipment can't be all that bad.