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Feeder Drivers, Beware of 53' Containers
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<blockquote data-quote="cachsux" data-source="post: 1097533" data-attributes="member: 5529"><p>In the two pics above, if you were standing on the ground and facing the chassis, you'll see the left and right front retaining pin areas. There is the silver retainer bolted on one end to the reinforcement bar/pin slot guide bar, it is ziptied to the pin handle, the pin handle is welded to the pin at a 90' angle and is used to push or pull the pin in the pin slot/pin sleeve at the front of the chassis. </p><p>A correct pair of retainers (silver) will be flat and parallel to the heavier reinforcement/guide bar. That gives it the maximum strength and pushes the pin back as far as possible into the slot/sleeve and into the matching hole on the container box. </p><p>ANYTHING other than that is incorrect and needs to be repaired/chassis swapped. Period. Do not pass go. No "hot load",etc. Stand your ground on this one gentlemen. It's not a burned out licsence plate bulb. </p><p>The ones in the pictures are clearly not parallel and that trl should not have hit the street. But, as we are learning the hard way, the vast majority of us didn't know better. Driver and mgmt alike. Yes they are ziptied but because of the nature of the bend have almost none of the strength and do NOT push the pin back nearly as far as it should be. </p><p></p><p>In the back the pins rotate a full 90' and are held in place by their own retainers. I'm working on getting pics of good and bad rear pins so stay tuned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cachsux, post: 1097533, member: 5529"] In the two pics above, if you were standing on the ground and facing the chassis, you'll see the left and right front retaining pin areas. There is the silver retainer bolted on one end to the reinforcement bar/pin slot guide bar, it is ziptied to the pin handle, the pin handle is welded to the pin at a 90' angle and is used to push or pull the pin in the pin slot/pin sleeve at the front of the chassis. A correct pair of retainers (silver) will be flat and parallel to the heavier reinforcement/guide bar. That gives it the maximum strength and pushes the pin back as far as possible into the slot/sleeve and into the matching hole on the container box. ANYTHING other than that is incorrect and needs to be repaired/chassis swapped. Period. Do not pass go. No "hot load",etc. Stand your ground on this one gentlemen. It's not a burned out licsence plate bulb. The ones in the pictures are clearly not parallel and that trl should not have hit the street. But, as we are learning the hard way, the vast majority of us didn't know better. Driver and mgmt alike. Yes they are ziptied but because of the nature of the bend have almost none of the strength and do NOT push the pin back nearly as far as it should be. In the back the pins rotate a full 90' and are held in place by their own retainers. I'm working on getting pics of good and bad rear pins so stay tuned. [/QUOTE]
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