PS Magazine - MARCH 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 376
MARCH 1984
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2-Wheel Trailers .
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CHEck foR DAngER!
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Befre you unhook Fom your truck,
to·
check your trailer's center o± gravity!
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Eyeballing is not enough. I± the
Junette is resting onLy lightly on the bot-
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tom o± the tow pintle, a tip-back could
happen anytime a±ter you unhook. just
the weight o± someone leaning on the
rear might be enough to shi±t the center
o± graviT.
³± the Junette's pressing up against the
top o± the pintle, your trailer will tip
back as soon as you pull away.
d²NG³´:
Luµ¶tt¶
·IFt¶¸ I¹ tOw
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³t's a ´aD day wheN your µoaDeD traiµer tips ´ackward .
.. anD damageS tHe
¶v¶µ ¶¼Sy
tO mOv¶
¼»Ouµ¸
traiµer. . . aNd, may´e, tHe cargo, too.
¶o grab ahold o± the Junette. ·ry to
move it in the pintle¸sideways and up¹
andºdown. ·he Junette should be press»
ing down hard in the pintle¸hard
enough so you can't move it easily.
½²¾³:
Luµ¶tt¶
p»¶SS¶¸
¸Owµ ¿²´d
Iµ tOw
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pIµt·¶
·oo light in the Font? Change your
parking position¸turn the trailer
around¸park somewhere else. Park
where your trailer's center o± gravity
is well to the Font.
Worse is your losinG Some HarD cash ¼Or µetting it hap½en .
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Even worse is someone¸may´e yoU¸gettiNg hurt ´y tHe t¾½¿´acK.
·ipÀ´acK is most µikeµy to happen wHen you park with yoUr trailÁr ½oin
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teD
ÀEAR ÁUPPoRÂ ÃEg ÄEÅPÆ %ÇAnÈ 1ÉÇÊonËERÆ
U½Hilµ. You relÂase your trucK's tow ½intµe .
.. puµl away .
.. anD yoUr tra¾µer
taKes a Ãaiµ¿DiveÄ
But tHis can happen on level grouNd, too, wHen your loaD'S too eavy iN
½
He
rear¸either becaUse you µoadeD yoUr traiµer wrong or tHe loaD sh¾±ted dUÅng
traveµ. ·he center o± graviT yoU Had in ¼ront o± the wHeeµs has moved towarD
the rear¸may´e Ær enough to make yoUr traiµer tai
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lºhevy
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AnD it's pµaiN to see what Ha½½ens wHeN yoUr cargo ¾s a ÇqMd¸µ¾Ke tHe water
in your400Ègaµ water trailer or the Éeµ you're caÊryi
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g
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in a ½od on a cargo
traiµer. ·He Uphiµµ positioN o± yoUr traiµer and the lËqMd
m
tHe rear adD up to
a big, sUdden cHange in tHe center o± gravityÄ
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MAR 8
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¶ome traÌers already Íave a rÎr supÏ
port legÐ ³t can
b
added to other Ñailers
with local command approval. ·here're
two diÒerent support legs availableÓ
Ô¶Ô 2590ºÕº318º6691 and Ô¶Ô
2590È01º026È4179. ·hey' re pretty
much alike and do the same Öob.
·he leg will carry some weight, but
don't expect it to hold up the tail end
o± a heavily loaded trailer w×th a center
o± graviT Ør to the rear.
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