It is amazing how easy it is for a big rig to get stuck. This guy was trying to pop the curb in a small hometown pharmacy. I don't really even know what he was trying to do.
Yeah there is a lot of retarded drivers out there but this one totally seems like inexperience combined with bad luck. I doubt there isn't one trucker out there that hasn't made the mistake of pulling into a parking lot that was to small to maneuver out of at least once while they were learning. He'll probably be more cautious next time
Over the last 15 years I have offered to help younger/newer drivers out. But after awhile you get tired of today's Idiots telling me to go F**k Off, and mind my own business. So I let these idiots figure it out for themselves.
Even after 20 years I still have an occasional bad day. You get to the point where you are so used to doing things in a particular order that if you get interrupted it is easy to think you already did a step. I have learned to go back and walk myself through steps. I have hopped into the driver seat only to question myself as to whether I raised/lowered the landing gear, connected/ disconnected air lines, whatever. Then I grumble and hop back out. This scene is precisely why.
So you're a truck driver then? What has happened here was he most likely made a wide turn and was forced to drive off the curb. Most likely because some DUMBASS 4 wheeler driver was in the way. The trailer has the rear drive tire pinched between the ground and the trailer. Anyways, to get that truck OFF the curb, you need to.... 1) Raise the landing gear 2) Hook the air line back up to the trailer. 3) Disconnect the air ride "ride height" rod for either the back axle, or for both axles if only one rod is present. 4) Pull up on the ride height rod and either electrical tape it, wire it up or zip tie it up. This will force more air to the air bags and lift the trailer and back of the truck frame up....and it will give you traction again. Once you get free, put the air ride control rod back onto it's perch on the axle and continue on. I AM a truck driver, and I HAVE put this into practice for myself, and for other when I drove a 40 ton wrecker. The driver here is not retarded, he just has not been shown the tricks of the trade...new at the game. Not everyone is a pro when they first start out.
kc5rui thank you. I am just so sick of seeing videos like this and having people who have NEVER driven a truck, calling us truckers, idiots. I had a guy I know, as a passenger one day. He made the comment that you have to be stupid to drive as it is soooo easy. I pulled over and switched him seats on a back road, a logging road. The truck never left low gear, and only went 15 feet after stalling 10 times. His view changed.
Yes cause you can see the other side spinning. But he is not accomplishing anything by spinning his tires. He needs to get out get a full picture and evaluate the situation before he burns the clutch or blows up the power divider.
michael curry The reason he other side is spinning on the back axle is because he does not have an axle lock...he just has a power divider...which will send power to ONE wheel on each drive axle. The passenger side rear drive wheels are being pinched by the 5th wheel plate on the bottom of the trailer and the ground. If he does exactly what I said in my original post, that will lift the trailer, force the rubber onto the road and he could pull ahead/backwards. The problem with most modern day air ride is this: they have a single air ride height valve that is 9 times out of 10 located on the front drive axle with the power divider in it. When he drives over a curb and stops with the back axle still on it, the air ride valve drops to the over height position and begins dumping air pressure....LESSENING the traction the truck already has. It basically stops outing weight on the axles and the only tire contact weight is from the unsprung weight of the axle. Disconnecting the control ride valve, and lifting it up will fill the bags and lift the truck up. I've done this MANY times and it works EVERY time.
Truck drivers filming other truck drivers screwing up. And the reason they don't help each other is because none of them are smart enough to figure it out.
+MisterSinister Some of us like to have a good laugh first and catch it on video. There was a time when truck drivers were the best drivers on the road... those days are long gone. Now it's, "Welcome to our country... for an extra $10, you can buy a class 1 licence."
+Carlos Dasilva b.s. where his trailer ended up doesn't allow for a better pick. any way he picks it leaves 1 drive tire off the ground because of that curb. he'd be better off chunking a block under a tire and pulling ahead. the curb would keep it in place. either that or lock in the differential (if it has diff locks). or dump his airbags (if he has the option).
***** Don't hurt my feelings now... Your obviously the dimwit here. You obviously have no clue how trucks operate. Why would he leave 1 airline hooked up to reposition? If he did catch traction, he would have just ripped it off. That little curb isn't going to tip a trailer...I know, because I drive truck. If the air suspension is no good for following road contours, why would the put it on every truck? I can tell you, that every truck I've driven handles and rides better than any car I've ever sat in. This is something that happens to every truck driver on occasion. This guy just didn't know what to do. I had it happen to me in a flat parking lot. When I parked my truck, the drives were suspended over a slight trough in the asphalt. I went to leave and my tires just spun. So I dumped my airbags and drove ahead.
+SMOBY44 He's got them locked, but when they're high centered like that the high opposing wheels of the two axles get the power and just spin. If he had locking differentials it wouldn't be a problem, but not all double screws have them.
Hey I'm a driver and the only reason you would ever put the gear down is if... Your going to unhook and re hook from another position. But his fifth wheel looks locked yet and besides I would never unhook in that position you would never get back under. So all I can say is wtf???
Ultimately we don't really know what's in this guy's head. (Just it isn't much). We can see what he is not trying to do. He is not trying to drive either away with the trailer or out from under it. How it got into this position without visible damage is anyone's guess. The landing gear is all the way down. It appears, if the gear was raised, the trailer would lower onto the tag axle and pinch the tire between it and the ground. Trailer looks to be loaded. Again how it got this way??? Only the red air hose is attached, which is to release the trailer's brakes. The blue one (to operate the brakes) and the plug for lights are not hooked up. This is how it would be to move the trailer. If this happened while driving then why did he disconnect the blue and the lights? If he is attempting to pull out (like maybe his father should have done) then he would have disconnected the red line. This can all be summed up as "He has gotten himself into a Dilly of a Pickle"
Your absolutely right. As long as that trailer is sitting on the rear driver, he is NOT going anywhere. Putting the dollies down added to the problem he already has, that is, unless he has pulled the pin latch and was trying to drive out from under the trailer. I got into a situation like this once & that is what I did, & then backed under the trailer again from a different angle. He is not doing a thing here except wearing out that tire from spinning it. You would think that after about 30 seconds of this he would come to the conclusion that he is not getting anywhere doing this.
Got to lock in the power divider to get both set of the tandems to lock and turn as a unit like 4 wheel drive. I am a retired tractor trailer driver with 42 years of experience. I know, believe me.
42 years of experience but your first thought isn't why the landing gear is down? Also just because you lock in the divider doesn't mean you will get unstuck, if one wheel on each axle can spin you aren't going anywhere.
you people are blind and obviously never driven a semi. he didn't lift the trailer legs. this video has nothing to do with moving the tandems or lockers. if he would simply lock his brakes, get out of the cab and raise those legs the problem would be over and he could easily drive over that 3 inch curb.
uhh.. Did you not notice that his right rear wheels where pinned against the trailer? I think this video doesnt show the entire scene. My guess is the driver had previously lowered the landing gear trying to unpin that pressure off the tire, but the landing gear doesnt go down far enough. That alone wouldn't have helped anyway. Theres a trick to get out of this but it requires a few blocks of wood.
In all my 30 years of driving a truck I was never that lazy that I couldn't raise the landing gear on the trailer all the way to the top. But todays truck drivers go thru 3 weeks of truck driving school and don't learn a damn thing.
I was one of them fat trucker bastards Mike, ok? And I know trucks bring us everything, but what you fail to realize is I was commenting on his "newbie" mentality, that just tries to muscle their way through messed up situations, instead of getting out and looking. Before you back that big rig up, GET OUT AND LOOK! Before you back into the dock, GET OUT AND LOOK! Yeah I know shit happens, but less shit would happen if drivers would just, GET OUT AND LOOK! Thank you for your comment, my civilian friend.
he did, his front set was spinning on the right side, and his back set was spinning on the left, due to the both diffs, the weel with the less friction wil spin, these diffs have no blocking to conect right and left wheels, solution can be to ucouple the trailer, remove the truck on his own power, and reconnect in a better position, he can also call a recovery truck, than he can stay in his cabin..(best option)
MrBugsier5 Yeah but if avelrage is talking about differential locker then either this truck does not have diff-lock or it was not engaged.Clearly all the drive wheels were not turning at the same time.
Every1 is giving the correct answer on what he should do but im gonna say the obvious, PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, TURN THE KEY TO THE LEFT, OPEN THE DOOR & GET OUT THE TRUCK, WALK 2 THE DMV THAT GAVE U THAT LICENSE & SLAP THE HELL OUT THE 1 THAT PASSED U
Does anyone commenting see that the driver side rear tire is turning? Clearly, the divider IS locked in. The drivers rear is off the ground because the curb ENDS underneith the rear axle. Just because a tractor has a power divider doesn't mean it can lock all 4 corners together. Also, it appears the driver is making an attempt to do something (not exactly sure what), as he has the supply line hooked up only and the service line and electrical cord unhoooked.
he should come out and inspect the situation to understand the reason that he is stuck. As a driver, I wold be afraid to force things until i knew what was going on.
Please observe the T-cone placed at the entrance to keep cars from entering as the driver tried to remove his truck from its unfortunate perch on the curb. The landing gear was lowered to lift the trailer from the trucks drives. Apparently the driver tried to hop the curb but misjudged the curbs depth. Due to obvious inexperience the driver made mistakes I'm sure many of us have in one form or another. He or she learned a valuable lesson that day. Drive, Learn and Live.
For anyone who DOESN'T know anything about trucks. Listen up. Lock the park braks on. Meaning pull you YELLOW valve OUT like you are parking. Stick the power divider in (every tandem axle truck SHOULD have one) and put the truck in either REVERSE or LOW forward. Ease the clutch up and give it a little fuel. The park brakes equalize the resistance on the tires....the truck will move in the direction you are trying to go. Don't dump the clutch or you will break something in the driveline.
toya burris if you look close enough you will see that the trailer is jammed between the tires and the skid plate of the trailer. No way is he getting out without taking pressure off the tires and getting clearance between the trailer and fifth wheel.
(excerpt from a conversation) No need to drag the legs...They go up another foot or more! The red line is the emergency line which is enough to release the brakes but not enough to use the service brake. I suspect that this guy may have been sent out to move the trailer after another truck had a mechanical failure AND it is very difficult to move the landing gear up or down when it is wedged. The right way to handle this situation is to chock the trailer wheels from behind, engage the differential and push backward enough to relieve the pressure on the landing gear so it can be raised. The trailer is not moving because there is neither enough weight on the truck to get traction nor enough weight removed from the landing gear to allow free rolling. The other alternative is to disconnect the tractor, lower the trailer on its gear, and then reconnect the tractor to gain ground clearance!
No idea if US trailers are different to UK ones but our legs have two speeds of winding. It is quite easy to wind legs up or down without even being connected to a unit. Just put them in slow wind mode by pushing the arm all the way in.
SpongeMonkey531 That certainly has to happen here. One problem is that the gear might be wedged because of the position that the tractor is in. The other problem I see is that the trailer is high centered on a set of tires.
you are right but if you look at the position he is in it just won't happen. if you spin your tires you have no traction and its traction thats going to get you out.He has to get the trailer off the tire. Raise the front of the tractor see what happens and if the pressure comes off the tire then put some 2x6 down and drive away. if it doesn't then back to sq.1
Got a service call kinda similar to this once, straight box truck hung on the tailboard with the tires spinning. Dumped the air suspension on the truck, jacked up the axle with an automotive floor jack (all the weight was on the bumper, just lifting the tires and axle) blocked under the tires, reinflated the suspension which lifted the bumper & had him drive off.
I look back on my trainer and realize how lucky I was. not many good trainers at the mega companies. A truck is like an airliner, only go where you know you have a long runway to land.
I was in this situation once, hooked to a trailer gave it a tug to see if I was hooked up, pulled out of a up hill dock went about a 1/4 mile down to uturn to come out of this particular warehouse, in the middle of my uturn the trailer came loose fell onto the drive wheels, not knowing any better I tried cranking the gear down to free myself to get back under the trailer. In the process I broke the ring gears in the axle and lost my job. Maybe this will help some one in the future don't take any thing like that on by your self until you check with your shop or mechanic whatever. It will save you a lot of hassle
As a truck driver, it's difficult to say what he/she could have been trying to do solely based on the content of this short video. The landing gear is lowered to the ground, but the tractor is at a very odd angle to the trailer (not lined up straight). The trailer doesn't budge at all and is still showing all the Hazmat placards which means it's loaded (probably heavy). It appears to me this was in a very small space/parking lot not made for large trailers. Depending on whether the trailer was being picked up or dropped, I doubt dropping the suspension air bags would achieve anything. There are times we have to deal with unusual circumstances.
That was stupid simple, all he had to do was raise the dolly legs off the ground, then set the power divider so all for drive wheels turn, and he'd rolled right off.
My guess is he dropped his landing gear in an effort to get his fifth wheel free. Something like this happened to me once while pulling a double drop flatbead. I delivered a jet engine to an airport and the road in had a slight decline from the public road. On the way out the same route, as I turned up onto that same public road, the double drop ran aground stopping me dead in the middle of the road. I could not get free. I tried using my landing gear like this guy but nothing would free the bound fifth wheel. It took a tow truck to free me.
As a truck driver myself, I can tell you that the meanest people are not just the drivers in the trucking industry. The driver managers, the dispatchers, you name it. How in the world, would you take people that have never driven, to manager drivers and expect them to be nice, kind, altruistic, compassionate? It's not happening!
Nah! He/She is doing the right thing. 1 don't get out and look, that's important. 2 give'r in forward and reverse, help warm up the tires. 3 deflate the air bags and try the diff locks to break free. 4...
very simple solution! Set brakes, dolly up landing gear all the way up, hook up service air gladhand, pull pin on airbag leveler and make it air the bags all the way up, kick in power divider, release brakes, roll off of curb and straighten out, set brakes, and reset airbag leveler pin back in place!! Had to do this for several drivers during my 33yrs otr! Good day!!
For the argument about the legs; if you look at 0:09, you can see them move as the the truck jerks, so yes, they are down. I can understand the reasoning: Lift the trailer off the drive wheels, it should move. However, to make that work, they would need to place something solid, yet movable, under the right side. That would tilt the trailer to match the rears on the tractor.
As a former trucker from the old school, I would have gone over and shown him the error of his way and then helped him. All he would have to have done was to properly rolled up his landing gear all the way like he should have done in the first place before he started his trip. If he would have, he wouldn't be in this humiliating situation. As it is, he clearly didn't retract his landing gear fully. In the famous words of Homer Simpson "Doh!"
Alright I'll go with: 'hook the blue air line up, raise the landing gear, set one chain on the left rear drive. Either a full chain hookup, or maybe first with a 'cheater chain'. Or, lay the chain on the sidewalk,,,up against the tire, and try it in reverse. Since the left rear are turning, too, this might work. Might sling the chain forward tho, so be prepared for that. All you need is a few inches and it will pull. Might try the same steps and put a 2" x 6" piece of wood under l/r wheel, too, and see if it will walk up on it, and then off,,all in reverse. Could also try all the steps above, and put the wood blocks under the right front wheel, and go forward with it. it might walk up and out from there. If these don't work,,,maybe call up your buddy w/his 3/4 t. Chevy and his log chain. Don't call him if he has a Ford, or Dodge,,,hahahaha
A couple factors this tractor may have a dummy or floater rear axle.(it has no drive shaft providing power) and even if it did, the angle of the grade between the tractor and trailer is causing the rear axle tires to hit the bottom of the trailer. Without being towed forward. I would drop the landing gear and unhook. reposition and or jockey the trailer some and re-attempt.
He got into a place he didn't want to be and couldn't get out of. A serious miscalculation and trucker's worst fear! But better than getting stuck under a low bridge!
You can see the dirt kicked out on the left. His trailer jack stands likely scraped on the cement curbing or when the truck shook as he hit the curb without him knowing, disengaged themselves, and got wedged... and now he doesn't know why he can't move. Simple. R&L Carriers workforce is mostly rookie truckers that are learning the ropes.
Must not have a power divider or enough industry knowledge to raise his landing gear. Keep up the great work making us professional drivers look Great bud!
he set the landing gear down,to be detached,get unstuck and then to atach it again.but with one wheel on air and the other stuck on trailer,you dont have the power to move.
The weight of the TRL is preventing one tire not to spin. He needs to use granny gear on the crank, lifting the TRL up. Pull the tractor out and reposition it.
I don't blame driver for trying to enter. Nor for driving over a curb. We've all done it. He probably has a delivery there. Some places are not designed for big trucks yet expect you to ship. We do our best.
Many of you people are making comments not knowing a thing about the situation....Perhaps he had no choice but to pop that curb a little bit...The video does not show us anything else....Perhaps there is some construction he cant fit through, Any trucker knows this happens all the time, you cant get through due to an accident, construction, unexpected road closure...has happened to anyone who has driven tractor trailer enough. Regarding what he is doing to get out of it, I can clearly see that his drivers side rear axle is moving in the video so he did lock in the power divider and not every tractor has the ability to get positive traction to both tires, many tractors only power the side with the least resistance or in this case the side that is completely off the ground. I have been in a situation similar to this and what worked for me was dumping the airbags moved my axle just close enough to the ground to get me enough traction to get moved. At least he didn't tear up the truck like the USA truck that tried to u turn for the low bridge.
He's not retarded man. I'm pretty sure he's just a new truck driver. Everyone starts somewhere
Exactly... we all “new” truck driver s have a story or two.. no1 and I mean no1 started being an expert behind the wheel.
Yeah there is a lot of retarded drivers out there but this one totally seems like inexperience combined with bad luck. I doubt there isn't one trucker out there that hasn't made the mistake of pulling into a parking lot that was to small to maneuver out of at least once while they were learning. He'll probably be more cautious next time
The basics? They swapped air hoses on us in training and you didn’t see us doing this. GOAL. Sound familiar?
Facts I can Promis you if I started as a driver I’d do that exact same thing haha
The guy doesn't even have his landing gear raised. You got more patience than I do if you think thats not a dumb dumb.
that happen because is new driver, and no one go to give some help,,,please if you see something like that most give some help to the driver...
They so busy on the cell phone or don’t know shit about it
store workers or fast food
Ya I don’t speak Muslim
Over the last 15 years I have offered to help younger/newer drivers out. But after awhile you get tired of today's Idiots telling me to go F**k Off, and mind my own business. So I let these idiots figure it out for themselves.
I would just raise the landing gear on the trailer
my thoughts too
+Darin B to easy
the tire is pushed onto the trailer. landing gear is to release some of the pressure. rere jesus
first rule of truck driving is G.O.A.L, that and some common sense will help.
GOAL when pulling in forward? Do you GOAL at every intersection too?
Im guessing that 10:30am deadline is going to be tough to make today.
Yeah. lol
YOUR GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK!!!!! YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK LMFAO
Even after 20 years I still have an occasional bad day. You get to the point where you are so used to doing things in a particular order that if you get interrupted it is easy to think you already did a step. I have learned to go back and walk myself through steps. I have hopped into the driver seat only to question myself as to whether I raised/lowered the landing gear, connected/ disconnected air lines, whatever. Then I grumble and hop back out. This scene is precisely why.
So you're a truck driver then?
What has happened here was he most likely made a wide turn and was forced to drive off the curb. Most likely because some DUMBASS 4 wheeler driver was in the way. The trailer has the rear drive tire pinched between the ground and the trailer.
Anyways, to get that truck OFF the curb, you need to....
1) Raise the landing gear
2) Hook the air line back up to the trailer.
3) Disconnect the air ride "ride height" rod for either the back axle, or for both axles if only one rod is present.
4) Pull up on the ride height rod and either electrical tape it, wire it up or zip tie it up. This will force more air to the air bags and lift the trailer and back of the truck frame up....and it will give you traction again.
Once you get free, put the air ride control rod back onto it's perch on the axle and continue on.
I AM a truck driver, and I HAVE put this into practice for myself, and for other when I drove a 40 ton wrecker.
The driver here is not retarded, he just has not been shown the tricks of the trade...new at the game. Not everyone is a pro when they first start out.
kc5rui thank you. I am just so sick of seeing videos like this and having people who have NEVER driven a truck, calling us truckers, idiots.
I had a guy I know, as a passenger one day. He made the comment that you have to be stupid to drive as it is soooo easy.
I pulled over and switched him seats on a back road, a logging road. The truck never left low gear, and only went 15 feet after stalling 10 times.
His view changed.
kc5rui I wish they would too. It never ceases to amaze me...what 4 wheelers do to trucks.
michael curry I think the weight of the trailer just has the bags compressed...could be wrong though.
He has the truck tires pinched though.
Yes cause you can see the other side spinning. But he is not accomplishing anything by spinning his tires. He needs to get out get a full picture and evaluate the situation before he burns the clutch or blows up the power divider.
michael curry The reason he other side is spinning on the back axle is because he does not have an axle lock...he just has a power divider...which will send power to ONE wheel on each drive axle.
The passenger side rear drive wheels are being pinched by the 5th wheel plate on the bottom of the trailer and the ground.
If he does exactly what I said in my original post, that will lift the trailer, force the rubber onto the road and he could pull ahead/backwards.
The problem with most modern day air ride is this: they have a single air ride height valve that is 9 times out of 10 located on the front drive axle with the power divider in it.
When he drives over a curb and stops with the back axle still on it, the air ride valve drops to the over height position and begins dumping air pressure....LESSENING the traction the truck already has. It basically stops outing weight on the axles and the only tire contact weight is from the unsprung weight of the axle.
Disconnecting the control ride valve, and lifting it up will fill the bags and lift the truck up.
I've done this MANY times and it works EVERY time.
Truck drivers filming other truck drivers screwing up. And the reason they don't help each other is because none of them are smart enough to figure it out.
***** I'm old enough to be your father, and just as likely.
***** Like I said, fuck off.
+Gunners Mate USN Why all the hostility squid?
+MisterSinister Some of us like to have a good laugh first and catch it on video. There was a time when truck drivers were the best drivers on the road... those days are long gone. Now it's, "Welcome to our country... for an extra $10, you can buy a class 1 licence."
@@mistersinister2043 Truckers are always smart enough to figure it out, people just call them retarded while not knowing the challenges.
Connect the service air line/lights, Raise the landing gear and if still stuck lock the drive axles for traction
"Delivery before 10:30 A.M. of your money back!"- I think he was desperate that day!
Clock 10:29
The driver watches clock: FFFFUUUUUUUU
why is his landing gear down??
lol
+Carlos Dasilva
b.s.
where his trailer ended up doesn't allow for a better pick. any way he picks it leaves 1 drive tire off the ground because of that curb. he'd be better off chunking a block under a tire and pulling ahead. the curb would keep it in place. either that or lock in the differential (if it has diff locks). or dump his airbags (if he has the option).
*****
Don't hurt my feelings now...
Your obviously the dimwit here. You obviously have no clue how trucks operate. Why would he leave 1 airline hooked up to reposition? If he did catch traction, he would have just ripped it off. That little curb isn't going to tip a trailer...I know, because I drive truck. If the air suspension is no good for following road contours, why would the put it on every truck? I can tell you, that every truck I've driven handles and rides better than any car I've ever sat in.
This is something that happens to every truck driver on occasion. This guy just didn't know what to do. I had it happen to me in a flat parking lot. When I parked my truck, the drives were suspended over a slight trough in the asphalt. I went to leave and my tires just spun. So I dumped my airbags and drove ahead.
It's not down
Kavan Cheff
His landing gear is definitely down.
maybe if his landing gear was all the way up this wouldn't have happened..
agreed, noticed that from the start!
+hooknbook911
hey take it easy they didn't go over that in truck driving school
+Gunners Mate USN That's why you can engage the rear drivers. They're in contact with the pavement. Lock 'em together and get moving.
+SMOBY44 He's got them locked, but when they're high centered like that the high opposing wheels of the two axles get the power and just spin. If he had locking differentials it wouldn't be a problem, but not all double screws have them.
Hey I'm a driver and the only reason you would ever put the gear down is if... Your going to unhook and re hook from another position. But his fifth wheel looks locked yet and besides I would never unhook in that position you would never get back under. So all I can say is wtf???
Shop owner watching the truck driver and waving his watch at him. "It's almost 10:30 am"
Legend has it he's still stuck there to this very day.
I seen him the other day and he's down to the core of the bushing .
@@streetlight5576 🤣🤣
I guess not anymore right now.
Everybody's an expert driver things happen out there whether you're the new guy or the guy with millions of miles under your belt
Ultimately we don't really know what's in this guy's head. (Just it isn't much). We can see what he is not trying to do. He is not trying to drive either away with the trailer or out from under it. How it got into this position without visible damage is anyone's guess.
The landing gear is all the way down. It appears, if the gear was raised, the trailer would lower onto the tag axle and pinch the tire between it and the ground. Trailer looks to be loaded. Again how it got this way??? Only the red air hose is attached, which is to release the trailer's brakes. The blue one (to operate the brakes) and the plug for lights are not hooked up. This is how it would be to move the trailer. If this happened while driving then why did he disconnect the blue and the lights? If he is attempting to pull out (like maybe his father should have done) then he would have disconnected the red line.
This can all be summed up as "He has gotten himself into a Dilly of a Pickle"
Your absolutely right. As long as that trailer is sitting on the rear driver, he is NOT going anywhere. Putting the dollies down added to the problem he already has, that is, unless he has pulled the pin latch and was trying to drive out from under the trailer. I got into a situation like this once & that is what I did, & then backed under the trailer again from a different angle. He is not doing a thing here except wearing out that tire from spinning it. You would think that after about 30 seconds of this he would come to the conclusion that he is not getting anywhere doing this.
Got to lock in the power divider to get both set of the tandems to lock and turn as a unit like 4 wheel drive. I am a retired tractor trailer driver with 42 years of experience. I know, believe me.
42 years of experience but your first thought isn't why the landing gear is down? Also just because you lock in the divider doesn't mean you will get unstuck, if one wheel on each axle can spin you aren't going anywhere.
well guess someone is getting their money back.
I believe there’s a way to lock that
I know it’s funny to laugh but we were all new at one time. Sometimes it’s better to give a helping had and teach than to stand back point and laugh.
all these super truckers commenting and not a one person mentioned locking in his differentials!
he has already locked his diff that's why the front axle is turning when the diff lock is off the rear wheels drive the truck down the road only.
+Mike James hhmmm I'm pretty sure you're wrong about that. maybe that's how some trucks are but none I've ever driven
+Gunners Mate USN
awwww you didn't like that did you LOL. I just won a bet. ty very much for your prompt reply. have a nice day keyboard warrior
+Gunners Mate USN *you're
Should've just hit the differential switch duh
Reminds me of a variation of a kids song: "The wheels on the truck go round and round, round and round..."
you people are blind and obviously never driven a semi. he didn't lift the trailer legs. this video has nothing to do with moving the tandems or lockers. if he would simply lock his brakes, get out of the cab and raise those legs the problem would be over and he could easily drive over that 3 inch curb.
That's the first thing I noticed
uhh.. Did you not notice that his right rear wheels where pinned against the trailer? I think this video doesnt show the entire scene. My guess is the driver had previously lowered the landing gear trying to unpin that pressure off the tire, but the landing gear doesnt go down far enough. That alone wouldn't have helped anyway. Theres a trick to get out of this but it requires a few blocks of wood.
well, guess its not getting there before 10:30 AM XD
Maybe if he had his landing gear UP he wouldn’t be in this predicament!
Maybe if the guy filming simply said your landing gear is down he wouldn't be in such a predicament
In all my 30 years of driving a truck I was never that lazy that I couldn't raise the landing gear on the trailer all the way to the top. But todays truck drivers go thru 3 weeks of truck driving school and don't learn a damn thing.
And he's holding hazmat!
It doesn’t look like he raised it at all
"Deliverr before 10:30 am or your money back." As i see, this one will be the money back.
Who else noticed the promise on the side of the trailer? : "Delivery before 10.30am or your money back" ... lol
Hahaha thats funny I did!
Yeah, I noticed it. I was wondering about that.
I was one of them fat trucker bastards Mike, ok? And I know trucks bring us everything, but what you fail to realize is I was commenting on his "newbie" mentality, that just tries to muscle their way through messed up situations, instead of getting out and looking. Before you back that big rig up, GET OUT AND LOOK! Before you back into the dock, GET OUT AND LOOK! Yeah I know shit happens, but less shit would happen if drivers would just, GET OUT AND LOOK! Thank you for your comment, my civilian friend.
I'm guessing- the Customer's "getting their money back" LOL
LOL, that means many people are propably getting their "money back" XD
All he needs to do is:rise the landing gear,connect everything again and use the double axle gear,is just a switch on the dash.
Sadly could be bent enough to be jammed. Some times sooner or later pretty much everyone had a bad day at work.
he did, his front set was spinning on the right side, and his back set was spinning on the left, due to the both diffs, the weel with the less friction wil spin, these diffs have no blocking to conect right and left wheels, solution can be to ucouple the trailer, remove the truck on his own power, and reconnect in a better position, he can also call a recovery truck, than he can stay in his cabin..(best option)
Sorry ... Is this 'double axle gear' you speak of the same as diff-lock ? If so,I was thinking the same thing.
MrBugsier5
Yeah but if avelrage is talking about differential locker then either this truck does not have diff-lock or it was not engaged.Clearly all the drive wheels were not turning at the same time.
***** act it might not have diff locks
Every1 is giving the correct answer on what he should do but im gonna say the obvious, PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, TURN THE KEY TO THE LEFT, OPEN THE DOOR & GET OUT THE TRUCK, WALK 2 THE DMV THAT GAVE U THAT LICENSE & SLAP THE HELL OUT THE 1 THAT PASSED U
Just tell him to raise his landing gear
Just let the air out of them two tires
looks like that delivery isn't getting there before 10:30am. I want my money back.
Does anyone commenting see that the driver side rear tire is turning? Clearly, the divider IS locked in. The drivers rear is off the ground because the curb ENDS underneith the rear axle. Just because a tractor has a power divider doesn't mean it can lock all 4 corners together. Also, it appears the driver is making an attempt to do something (not exactly sure what), as he has the supply line hooked up only and the service line and electrical cord unhoooked.
LOL another video to my playlist "DUMBASS" :-D
he ain't gettin anywhere by 10:30am. hahahahahahaha
+uberheino Yep,my cigaret packs is delivery 12:30Pm:)
he should come out and inspect the situation to understand the reason that he is stuck. As a driver, I wold be afraid to force things until i knew what was going on.
The wheel moving is so satisfying
why is landing gear down
maybe to try and help get the trailer off the back tire. thats the only reason i could think of.
I don't think that person will be making his delivery by 10:30AM ...
Please observe the T-cone placed at the entrance to keep cars from entering as the driver tried to remove his truck from its unfortunate perch on the curb. The landing gear was lowered to lift the trailer from the trucks drives. Apparently the driver tried to hop the curb but misjudged the curbs depth. Due to obvious inexperience the driver made mistakes I'm sure many of us have in one form or another. He or she learned a valuable lesson that day. Drive, Learn and Live.
For anyone who DOESN'T know anything about trucks. Listen up.
Lock the park braks on. Meaning pull you YELLOW valve OUT like you are parking.
Stick the power divider in (every tandem axle truck SHOULD have one) and put the truck in either REVERSE or LOW forward. Ease the clutch up and give it a little fuel.
The park brakes equalize the resistance on the tires....the truck will move in the direction you are trying to go.
Don't dump the clutch or you will break something in the driveline.
Why didnt he get some wood or at least something to throw under the rear axle that is still freely spinning?
it doesnt work man
+348frank348 YES. Wood slides.
Put the trailer down and it will be heavy weight and you maybe get out
toya burris if you look close enough you will see that the trailer is jammed between the tires and the skid plate of the trailer. No way is he getting out without taking pressure off the tires and getting clearance between the trailer and fifth wheel.
+mike charette bet, or jam a couple of bricks or some two by fours to get some traction
(excerpt from a conversation) No need to drag the legs...They go up another foot or more! The red line is the emergency line which is enough to release the brakes but not enough to use the service brake. I suspect that this guy may have been sent out to move the trailer after another truck had a mechanical failure AND it is very difficult to move the landing gear up or down when it is wedged. The right way to handle this situation is to chock the trailer wheels from behind, engage the differential and push backward enough to relieve the pressure on the landing gear so it can be raised. The trailer is not moving because there is neither enough weight on the truck to get traction nor enough weight removed from the landing gear to allow free rolling. The other alternative is to disconnect the tractor, lower the trailer on its gear, and then reconnect the tractor to gain ground clearance!
No idea if US trailers are different to UK ones but our legs have two speeds of winding. It is quite easy to wind legs up or down without even being connected to a unit. Just put them in slow wind mode by pushing the arm all the way in.
SpongeMonkey531 That certainly has to happen here. One problem is that the gear might be wedged because of the position that the tractor is in. The other problem I see is that the trailer is high centered on a set of tires.
you are right but if you look at the position he is in it just won't happen. if you spin your tires you have no traction and its traction thats going to get you out.He has to get the trailer off the tire. Raise the front of the tractor see what happens and if the pressure comes off the tire then put some 2x6 down and drive away. if it doesn't then back to sq.1
"Delivery before 10:30 AM or your money back" guess who's getting their money back.
I hope it wasent 10:31 lol
the time in real life
Looks like he forgot to raise his landing gear. I guess this is the new breed of truck driver
Got a service call kinda similar to this once, straight box truck hung on the tailboard with the tires spinning. Dumped the air suspension on the truck, jacked up the axle with an automotive floor jack (all the weight was on the bumper, just lifting the tires and axle) blocked under the tires, reinflated the suspension which lifted the bumper & had him drive off.
The truck driver got his commercial drivers license from an ad in a comic book. "Yes you too can be a truck driver!"
The label on the trailer, "Delivery before 10:30 or your money back..."
LOL
Samir Bavkar Driver its probably saying "Dammit its 10:25 am and I'm at the door. Stupid curb I'm going to have to give them back their money!!".
looks like someone somewhere is gonna get their money back
In the good old days we helped each other. That was nice.
thats the downside of an open differential
I look back on my trainer and realize how lucky I was. not many good trainers at the mega companies. A truck is like an airliner, only go where you know you have a long runway to land.
I like how he dosen't even jump out to see whats rong.
I was in this situation once, hooked to a trailer gave it a tug to see if I was hooked up, pulled out of a up hill dock went about a 1/4 mile down to uturn to come out of this particular warehouse, in the middle of my uturn the trailer came loose fell onto the drive wheels, not knowing any better I tried cranking the gear down to free myself to get back under the trailer. In the process I broke the ring gears in the axle and lost my job. Maybe this will help some one in the future don't take any thing like that on by your self until you check with your shop or mechanic whatever. It will save you a lot of hassle
As a truck driver, it's difficult to say what he/she could have been trying to do solely based on the content of this short video. The landing gear is lowered to the ground, but the tractor is at a very odd angle to the trailer (not lined up straight). The trailer doesn't budge at all and is still showing all the Hazmat placards which means it's loaded (probably heavy). It appears to me this was in a very small space/parking lot not made for large trailers. Depending on whether the trailer was being picked up or dropped, I doubt dropping the suspension air bags would achieve anything. There are times we have to deal with unusual circumstances.
Latest information we received says that , this driver is now a driving instructor..
Surprised it's not a Swift driver
Undo air level lever and lift to manually raise suspension to get the trailer off the tire. After raising the landing gear of course.
That was stupid simple, all he had to do was raise the dolly legs off the ground, then set the power divider so all for drive wheels turn, and he'd rolled right off.
That's a SWIFT instructor driving that truck.
Love the text on the side of the trailer. Guess delivery is free today...
First off Truck drivers are not stupid. This is one of the best jobs to have. Instead of recording him u shouldve helped him out.
Somebody give this man a 2x4.
My guess is he dropped his landing gear in an effort to get his fifth wheel free. Something like this happened to me once while pulling a double drop flatbead. I delivered a jet engine to an airport and the road in had a slight decline from the public road. On the way out the same route, as I turned up onto that same public road, the double drop ran aground stopping me dead in the middle of the road. I could not get free. I tried using my landing gear like this guy but nothing would free the bound fifth wheel. It took a tow truck to free me.
As a truck driver myself, I can tell you that the meanest people are not just the drivers in the trucking industry. The driver managers, the dispatchers, you name it. How in the world, would you take people that have never driven, to manager drivers and expect them to be nice, kind, altruistic, compassionate? It's not happening!
You have got to be kidding me, hazardous material too.
Nah! He/She is doing the right thing. 1 don't get out and look, that's important. 2 give'r in forward and reverse, help warm up the tires. 3 deflate the air bags and try the diff locks to break free. 4...
very simple solution! Set brakes, dolly up landing gear all the way up, hook up service air gladhand, pull pin on airbag leveler and make it air the bags all the way up, kick in power divider, release brakes, roll off of curb and straighten out, set brakes, and reset airbag leveler pin back in place!! Had to do this for several drivers during my 33yrs otr! Good day!!
There is always some "super trucker" out there ready to comment on others mistakes.
Dad always said"You cant fix stupid"
Perfect example of why you need a tag or mid-lift axle.
ok, number one problem here, PUT THE LANDING GEAR UP!!!!
What has this world become...so people can simply help a brother again but rather they will record and put it online. It's a shame
Landing Gear HOSS< Your landing not driving LOL
For the argument about the legs; if you look at 0:09, you can see them move as the the truck jerks, so yes, they are down. I can understand the reasoning: Lift the trailer off the drive wheels, it should move. However, to make that work, they would need to place something solid, yet movable, under the right side. That would tilt the trailer to match the rears on the tractor.
As a former trucker from the old school, I would have gone over and shown him the error of his way and then helped him. All he would have to have done was to properly rolled up his landing gear all the way like he should have done in the first place before he started his trip. If he would have, he wouldn't be in this humiliating situation.
As it is, he clearly didn't retract his landing gear fully. In the famous words of Homer Simpson "Doh!"
Raise landing gear all the way, engage differential lock, get on down the road. Shee-it!
i dont think those customers got their stuff by 1030
Alright I'll go with: 'hook the blue air line up, raise the landing gear, set one chain on the left rear drive. Either a full chain hookup, or maybe first with a 'cheater chain'. Or, lay the chain on the sidewalk,,,up against the tire, and try it in reverse. Since the left rear are turning, too, this might work. Might sling the chain forward tho, so be prepared for that. All you need is a few inches and it will pull. Might try the same steps and put a 2" x 6" piece of wood under l/r wheel, too, and see if it will walk up on it, and then off,,all in reverse. Could also try all the steps above, and put the wood blocks under the right front wheel, and go forward with it. it might walk up and out from there. If these don't work,,,maybe call up your buddy w/his 3/4 t. Chevy and his log chain. Don't call him if he has a Ford, or Dodge,,,hahahaha
I will probably win the Powerball before I ever meet a smart trucker.
A couple factors
this tractor may have a dummy or floater rear axle.(it has no drive shaft providing power) and even if it did, the angle of the grade between the tractor and trailer is causing the rear axle tires to hit the bottom of the trailer.
Without being towed forward.
I would drop the landing gear and unhook. reposition and or jockey the trailer some and re-attempt.
the trailer landing gear is holding him up....literally.
He got into a place he didn't want to be and couldn't get out of. A serious miscalculation and trucker's worst fear! But better than getting stuck under a low bridge!
Why did he lower his landing gear? He should have just engaged his power divider.
You can see the dirt kicked out on the left. His trailer jack stands likely scraped on the cement curbing or when the truck shook as he hit the curb without him knowing, disengaged themselves, and got wedged... and now he doesn't know why he can't move. Simple. R&L Carriers workforce is mostly rookie truckers that are learning the ropes.
There is more to this than what the video is showing.
Must not have a power divider or enough industry knowledge to raise his landing gear. Keep up the great work making us professional drivers look Great bud!
The funny thing is, is that on the trailer it says "delivery before 10:30 A.M. or your mony back!"
I agree. His landing gear is down meaning he either forgot to wind them up or was too lazy.
he set the landing gear down,to be detached,get unstuck and then to atach it again.but with one wheel on air and the other stuck on trailer,you dont have the power to move.
He wasnt going anywhere but he probably shredded that transmission
The weight of the TRL is preventing one tire not to spin. He needs to use granny gear on the crank, lifting the TRL up. Pull the tractor out and reposition it.
I don't blame driver for trying to enter. Nor for driving over a curb. We've all done it. He probably has a delivery there. Some places are not designed for big trucks yet expect you to ship. We do our best.
And this guy has Hazmat placards on !
Many of you people are making comments not knowing a thing about the situation....Perhaps he had no choice but to pop that curb a little bit...The video does not show us anything else....Perhaps there is some construction he cant fit through, Any trucker knows this happens all the time, you cant get through due to an accident, construction, unexpected road closure...has happened to anyone who has driven tractor trailer enough. Regarding what he is doing to get out of it, I can clearly see that his drivers side rear axle is moving in the video so he did lock in the power divider and not every tractor has the ability to get positive traction to both tires, many tractors only power the side with the least resistance or in this case the side that is completely off the ground. I have been in a situation similar to this and what worked for me was dumping the airbags moved my axle just close enough to the ground to get me enough traction to get moved. At least he didn't tear up the truck like the USA truck that tried to u turn for the low bridge.