Air leak

[JimT]

I've seen guys try to drop their trailers without dropping the gear. Most of them didn't punch the throttle fast enough and the kingpin got hooked up on the back of the frame. Rookies...

While completely unrelated, I also watched my terminal manager at a dedicated account, who supposedly drove trucks, jumped the kingpin over the fifth wheel and got it stuck in front of the 5th wheel. He was scratching his head trying to figure out how he'd get out from under it. The trailer was yard use only and overloaded with steel, too heavy to crank the gear. I had him drop the airbags, grabbed some dunnage and put in on top of the 5th wheel. Then raised the airbags up. We were then able to crank the landing gear down more and get the tractor out. What was that company... J B ... something?