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plowboy
Posted 8/14/2006 23:44 (#35865 - in reply to #35859)
Subject: Re: stuck fifth wheel



Brazilton KS
Usually the right combination of what you have listed has done the job, but when it didn't I have used the pressure washer to get it cleaned up and then the PB Blaster, hammers, and pry bars to get it unlocked, then moved it with either a 2 ton chain comealong or if all else fails, by running into it with the forklift.

If you are having traction trouble, sometimes it will actually help to have the back of the trailer loaded.....and there is always the option to hook a 4wd on the truck and another one on the trailer and go in opposite directions.

I hate everything about fifthwheels. They just aren't made to work in the dust we operate in, especially when they get hooked up and used for months at a time without unhooking or moving or anything.
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