Hydraulic landing gear failure
Was wondering how safe it is to be under the hitch area on a 5th wheel with hydraulic landing gear. If a line should burst would the gear retract suddenly? Is there a way to lock the gear? 2007...
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idahowx wrote:
Was wondering how safe it is to be under the hitch area on a 5th wheel with hydraulic landing gear.
If a line should burst would the gear retract suddenly?
Is there a way to lock the gear?
2007 Doubletree 37' all hydraulic
Thanks.
You'd have to literally snap off a fitting or hose for the hydro system to drop at more than a fairly slow pace. If you're really worried about this, there's a couple things you can do. 1) put some heavy jack stands or cribbing under the frame at each corner. 2) Make some sleeves that you put around the leg to catch the trailer if it leaks down. We used to do this for some of our implements where we had to carry weight around and might have issues with internal leaks.
Lyle
