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Feeders - Proper coupling/uncoupling procedure?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mugarolla" data-source="post: 2169993" data-attributes="member: 8481"><p>Another issue with wrapping the hose around the pintle hook is that you are putting extra stress on that hose weakening it.</p><p></p><p>A loose wrap is not so bad. But I have seen far too many wrapped so tightly, due to a slightly shorter hose, that I could barely get the glad hand off to unwrap the hose.</p><p></p><p>You do not want this hose weakened in any way. </p><p></p><p>I have blown three of them locking up the dolly and rear box. It can go bad real fasr. With the dolly tires skidding, they are no longer steering the back box.</p><p></p><p>Two of the times were uneventful. The third time the dolly and back box started coming around. By the time I stopped, the dolly and back box were at a 30 degree angle to the front box, off the shoulder into the grass.</p><p></p><p>If the back box caught an uneven transition from the highway to the shoulder, or if there was a hill right off the shoulder, the back box was flipping.</p><p></p><p>And while it may not have been the cause, it could have blown due to a weakened hose from the yayhoos wrapping it around the pintle hook, time and again, weakening the hose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mugarolla, post: 2169993, member: 8481"] Another issue with wrapping the hose around the pintle hook is that you are putting extra stress on that hose weakening it. A loose wrap is not so bad. But I have seen far too many wrapped so tightly, due to a slightly shorter hose, that I could barely get the glad hand off to unwrap the hose. You do not want this hose weakened in any way. I have blown three of them locking up the dolly and rear box. It can go bad real fasr. With the dolly tires skidding, they are no longer steering the back box. Two of the times were uneventful. The third time the dolly and back box started coming around. By the time I stopped, the dolly and back box were at a 30 degree angle to the front box, off the shoulder into the grass. If the back box caught an uneven transition from the highway to the shoulder, or if there was a hill right off the shoulder, the back box was flipping. And while it may not have been the cause, it could have blown due to a weakened hose from the yayhoos wrapping it around the pintle hook, time and again, weakening the hose. [/QUOTE]
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