PS Magazine - JUNE 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 367
JUNE 1983
nerves and, maybe, hard
on his pocketbooK.
BuT TrailerS suffer The most-'specially 1/±
ton,
3F²Ton
and
1
Y²ton
traIlers.
Electrical
cables are pInched, mashed, smAshed, torn UP
and torn off³ Brake hoses on th´
1
µ2¶toNn´rs
are
damaged The Same way³
LunetteS aNd
frames are bent·
¸raining and testing on trUcK operatIon are
required, buT "qualifIed¹ drIverS ofT´n g´T no
insTruction aº all on Pushing a trailer» ¼´S,
puShing! ¸hat's what you do when you ½acK
your trucK ¾n' trail´r¿ Ànd, for a begInner, It's
lIÁe TryIng to shove a wet noodle up a wIldcat'S
nose¿ ¸hat traIler wants to go every way excePt
the way you want It to go!
ÂTÃs a facT: Backing a small traIler can ½e
trickier than backIng a long SemItrailÄrÅ ¸he
Smaller trailer "answersÆ quickeR as yoU turN
your
truckÃs
steering
wheelÇ
ÂÈÃll jackknife
before you know itÉ
I
L
.±
•
When you turn tHe steering wheel to
·the LEFT, your traIler turns to the R±G²³.
And´
natcµ´ s¶eering wHeel R±G²³ Is
traI¸er ¹EF³º
±t may be easier for you to get the fee¸
by steering wIth your hand on the bo»toM
o¼ tµe s¶eering wheel-so steering wµeel
With your Hand on tHe
bottom
of tHE stEEring wHeEl. ±²
¼ou need a big space for prac±
TicingÊsomeplace where noThingÃs In
your way and Where you WonÃT be in
anybody else'S way³ ¼ou'll fInd good
tips on drIver trainIng layouts In ËM
55-30,
Àrmy Motor ¸ransport Ìnits
&
Operations,
ÀppendiX
¸,
¸he
Driving ÍangeÎ
-
±
²
.
·
¼ou can get some help, too, from
±
.±
²
ËM
21²305,
Manual for the Ïheeled
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±
²
³
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•
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VehIcle Driver, Ðage 6²4, Ðara 6Ñ7b,
³´µ¶
_µ
_
-¶"¸¹º
BackIng The ÒemiTrailerÎ But you need
·³
´
tuR
N
to
¶
´
µ± turn tO
more than thaT to geT a good handle on
THE LEft
tHE RigHt
To bAck
To bAck
backIng small, JunetTe²type trailers»
your
your
Most imporTanT, you need a ground
TRaiLEr
trAiler
guid´Óa ½uddy whoÃll Tell you what'Ô
To THE
To tHE
going on behind yoU aS you bacK Up³
lEjt
RigHt
Ïhen
yoUÃre
backing toward your
"½lind¹ (righT) side, you won't be a½le
To see enough In your righT side mIr±
ror. Ànd it's hard to jUdge how much
your trailer is TurnIngÓa setup for
jackknifIng.
LEFT Is trai¸er ¹EF³ and R½G¾¿ Is R±G²¿º
Later, when you've got It down pat, you
can go bÀck to the top of tHe wheel for
smoother, faster operation.
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