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Originally Posted by SickRick
Uh, no. The KINGPIN LOCK is placed OVER THE KINGPIN when you drop the trailer, to prevent SOMEONE ELSE from trying to hook the trailer (ie: steal or tow it). Works REALLY WELL with the "GLADHAND LOCK", which also prevents someone from putting air into the brake system to release the SPRING BRAKES. Between the two - the trailer is both un-hookable and un-movable (wheels locked).
This doesn't PREVENT trailer theft (as nothing stops a DETERMINED THIEF) - just makes the trailer "reasonably safe" against someone just casually rolling up to it and taking off with it. Someone cutting off a kingpin lock and gladhand lock usually takes enough time to draw someone's (negative) attention.
The thing Kevin was talking about (they're called CARABINERS there college-boy) are the D-Ring devices frequently used for key rings, that can substitute (with a couple of links of chain) for a bad door clip (the device that holds the trailer door OPEN and against the trailer body). You "should" be glancing at these during your PTI (and WRITING THEM UP if they're bad, maybe one day they'll actually FIX THEM). You can use the "alternate device" old Kev described to "rig" them open so you don't tear them off (the doors) or swing them into someone else's nice paint job when yer docking...
Kingpin locks usually get stored in a ziplock baggie or their original box, as they tend to get greasy/nasty. Watch yer head when putting it on too - the apron is really greasy too.
Rick |
uh...boy wonder, he was talking about a device on the chain rack. take a second to look at the picture he posted. anybody with an ounce of brain can tell you what a KING PIN lock is for. Kinda like what a PENCIL sharpener is for....duh.
And as far as what i glance at during a PTI, i do take a look at them when doing a PTI. However, sometimes in our world, things tend to BREAK every now and then. Hence, when at a shipper or at a live unload and they DO happen to break, you've gotta have something to use to hold the doors open so you can get on the road, yeah? Or should i stop, call on road, and tell the shipper/cosignee that they cant have their stuff because i cant hold my door open??
Kingpin locks usually get stored in whatever a driver deems fit to store a greasy-azz lock in.
gee...thanx for reminding drivers to watch their head. you must really think they are stupid to forget they are squatting under a trailer.