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Landing Gear
Low Speed (A):
When the crank handle
(1) is turned in the fully pressed position,
it raises / lowers at low speed.
High Speed (B):
It performs high speed
lifting / lowering when the lever turned in
the fully extended position. The position
is used to quickly lower the gear until the
foot (plates) touch the ground during the
process of separating the semi-trailer
from the tractor, or to raise the gear
quickly after the semi-trailer is connected
to the tractor.
The landing gear crank handle is usually
located on the passenger side of the
vehicle.
In all conditions, secure the
semi-trailer
against
tipping
with
correctly
positioned
wheel wedges. If the vehicle is
not properly secured, the lan-
ding gear or the vehicle may
be damaged.
If the loading / unloading ope-
ration is performed while se-
mi-trailer is not paired with the
tractor, the front or rear of the
vehicle may raise. Serious ac-
cident and damaged may oc-
cur. For this reason, the semi-
trailer must be paired with the
tractor during the loading and
unloading operations.
If the tractor leaves from the
loaded trailer, be sure that the
load is distributed homoge-
neously in the vehicle. Other-
wise, the front or rear section
of the vehicle may be raised
due to centre of gravity, and
accident may occur.
In order to protect the landing gear, be
sure that there won’t be any lateral
movements on your vehicle. For this rea-
son give attention to the following
criteria:
•
Disconnect the semi-trailer from the
tractor only when the landing gear
are in the middle (neutral) position.
•
If you will park for a long time with-
out the coupled tractor, be sure that
air suspensions are lowered and
after that adjust the landing gears.
Thus, the loading area will be paral-
lel to the ground.
