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sparkycuda
01-23-2015, 04:00 PM
Seems you can see anything when someone needs a trailer moved and doesn't have a tractor available. This is new to me, but had to wait over 10 minutes while this wrecker moved and spotted the trailer at a warehouse. The driver did a pretty good job of it, just took a long time.

Ken

cabs
01-23-2015, 07:54 PM
A wrecker can't jack a trailer like a tractor can unless he had a 5th wheel on his t bar. I use to put sling forks on the tee bar and chains behind the king pin plate so 10 min and done safely seems pretty good to me

sparkycuda
01-24-2015, 07:15 PM
There was a small 5th wheel on the wrecker boom. Trailer kingpin held in place on the 5th wheel with a cross-pin. Assembly was about a foot in diameter. Operator removed and stored it before folding everything up and heading out. Still a strange setup.

Ken