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27-10-2009, 02:31 PM
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FORMERLY TX3DUDE
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A friend and I were wondering what the cable on the sides of extendable trailers(semis) is for??? The cable looks similar to clothes line and sometimes has a spring attaching it to the frame of the trailer...
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27-10-2009, 03:37 PM
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actually you sort of guessed it yourself - the industry is trying to clean up its image and so is now providing clothes lines for the drivers
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27-10-2009, 04:38 PM
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... Fear it!
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They wire up the lights and hydrolic brakes to the cab. Aswell as alot of other things.!
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27-10-2009, 04:41 PM
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and if they're not hooked up the trailer doesn't move, if i recall correctly ;)
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27-10-2009, 09:16 PM
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FORMERLY TX3DUDE
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I should explain myself a lil bit better. The wire is like a bike chain wire. looks like stainless steel, runs the length of only the extendable trailers.
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28-10-2009, 07:27 AM
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Safety.... To stop you wandering into the framework when the skells empty
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28-10-2009, 03:50 PM
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29-10-2009, 01:27 AM
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You mean general freight? I work with tankers and all I can think of is for the rails that lift up when you climb up ontop.
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29-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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ambitious but rubbish
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i'm talking bout on larger trailers here, not smaller ones with electrical brakes.
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Truck drivers... help?
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