SAF-HOLLAND XL-FW428-01 FW2800 Series Hydraulic Elevating Fifth Wheels - Manual (Page 6)

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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6 SAF-HOLLAND, Inc. XL-FW428-01 Rev A
General Coupling Procedures
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DO NOT
BACK INTO
TRAILER FAST ➠➠ ➠➠
➠
NO GAP!
LOCKS COMPLETELY CLOSED
AROUND KINGPIN
View looking into
the throat of the
fifth wheel
Bolster plate
is flush with
the fifth wheel
Trailer
bolster plate
Kingpin
3
1
3
2
➠
WITHOUT
PULL TEST
➠
PULL TEST
➠
➠
PULL FORWARD WITH TRACTOR
9. Slowly back into the trailer.
11. Visual Inspection. GET OUT OF THE TRACTOR!
VISUALLY check that the lock is CLOSED!
DO NOT
RELY ON SOUND.
10. Do a pull test as an
INITIAL CHECK.
NOTE: If you do not obtain a proper couple, repeat the coupling sequence.
DO NOT use any fifth wheel that fails to operate properly.
BACK INTO TRAILER
SLOWLY
➠
Failure to properly couple the fifth wheel according to these
instructions could result in tractor trailer separation, if not
avoided, could result in serious injury or death.