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<blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 3474958" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>In 29 years, I did all those things, and more.&nbsp; Dropped a couple, loaded and empty.&nbsp; You think it is going to take forever if you have to crank a load up off the ground on low gear.&nbsp; (you can only raise trailers that are on their nose on low gear, and it will probably take a hundred cranks or so.)&nbsp; In the summer, it looks like you took a shower with your uniform on.&nbsp; That KABOOM sound when one hits the concrete will stay in the back of your mind for the rest of your life.&nbsp; Left my hoses hooked up a couple of times too.&nbsp; Hopefully, they will just come unhooked off the trailer and bang off the back of your cab, or just drag your hoses over your 5th wheel.)&nbsp; If they pull out of the back of your power unit, well, sometimes it pays to have a friend at the shop..&nbsp; Had one driver leave their hoses hooked up, stretched the hoses when they drove off, and the glad hands went through the back window of the cab.&nbsp; Some of the glad hands are made of lead, some are aluminum.&nbsp; Had another driver one night at a closed building leave his hoses hooked up, they came thru his back window and knocked him smooth out.&nbsp; When in doubt, get out and look.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="retiredTxfeeder, post: 3474958, member: 52978"] In 29 years, I did all those things, and more. Dropped a couple, loaded and empty. You think it is going to take forever if you have to crank a load up off the ground on low gear. (you can only raise trailers that are on their nose on low gear, and it will probably take a hundred cranks or so.) In the summer, it looks like you took a shower with your uniform on. That KABOOM sound when one hits the concrete will stay in the back of your mind for the rest of your life. Left my hoses hooked up a couple of times too. Hopefully, they will just come unhooked off the trailer and bang off the back of your cab, or just drag your hoses over your 5th wheel.) If they pull out of the back of your power unit, well, sometimes it pays to have a friend at the shop.. Had one driver leave their hoses hooked up, stretched the hoses when they drove off, and the glad hands went through the back window of the cab. Some of the glad hands are made of lead, some are aluminum. Had another driver one night at a closed building leave his hoses hooked up, they came thru his back window and knocked him smooth out. When in doubt, get out and look. [/QUOTE]

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