How do you start a semi-trailer?

Date: Oct 08, 2019

How do you start a semi-trailer?

When the rear-turn semi-trailer starts, the shift lever is hung in the first gear (lowest gear). Firstly, the clutch pedal is relaxed by the conventional method. When the tow hook and the hanging ring are tightened, the throttle is increased (larger than the conventional starting throttle). A point), and then relax the clutch pedal at a constant speed.

• If the towing is heavy or the road conditions are bad and the trailer does not have a buffer spring device, the half stroke of the clutch pedal should be extended longer, and the accelerator pedal should be slightly faster.

• When starting, try to make the main car and the trailer line in a straight line. When the main car and the trailer are not in a straight line, the starting speed is slower. You can start a little distance first, then step down the clutch and stop to observe.

• The car has been turned along the main car, can start again, the trailer does not move in place, just tilt, should be back to the original version to eliminate the trailer tilt, adjust the trailer or the main car position, and then start.

• When the angle between the main car and the trailer is close to 90 degrees, try to straighten the car and do not take the risk to start, so as not to drag the trailer.

The new standard for the "size, axle load and quality limits of cars, trailers and trains", the key change is that the closed van semi-trailer has been reduced from 14.6 meters to the current 13.75 meters; the overall closed van semi-trailer has been cancelled, Special case for the length limit of low flatbed semi-trailers and container semi-trailers. It is best not to be fully loaded and not to exceed 2/3 of the rated maximum speed.