MY wife has an ongoing problem. She gets a trailer in three or four times a week and all too often the driver "can't slide the tandems."
I've got no idea what this means except by context - I assume it's some way of sliding the floor of the trailer back a little bit? In any case, it seems to create a bit of hassle in the unloading process.
My question is actually twofold.
Is this really so common?
Are there any alternatives?
Most of her drivers are pretty good guys, so the thrust of my first question isn't really "Are these guys just being lazy?" but more a maintenance thing - does the mechanism freeze or rust or just not work well over all or what?
As for alternatives, have any of you found a good way to "unstick" them that I could pass along, or a way to keep them from sticking in the first place, or a way to (what I assume is the desired result) get trailers right up to the edge of loading docks?
Thanks in advance, folks.
I've got no idea what this means except by context - I assume it's some way of sliding the floor of the trailer back a little bit? In any case, it seems to create a bit of hassle in the unloading process.
My question is actually twofold.
Is this really so common?
Are there any alternatives?
Most of her drivers are pretty good guys, so the thrust of my first question isn't really "Are these guys just being lazy?" but more a maintenance thing - does the mechanism freeze or rust or just not work well over all or what?
As for alternatives, have any of you found a good way to "unstick" them that I could pass along, or a way to keep them from sticking in the first place, or a way to (what I assume is the desired result) get trailers right up to the edge of loading docks?
Thanks in advance, folks.
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