Separating your vehicles in an emergency
You may have read that we lost our truck and fifth wheel last week in a horrendous fire. Although the exact cause has not been identified yet, it appears to be from a diesel fuel leak near the top of...
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If truck is on fire, forget it.
If trailer was on fire, I would drop tailgate, pull handle.
Then I would try to borrow a trick from the truckers and leave the electrical cord connected.
Then you could engage the brakes on your trailer, hammer the throttle and see what happens.
I would give it one shot and then head to cover.
All in all this is sounds good sitting at an air conditioned desk. Real world, who knows what I would do.
If trailer was on fire, I would drop tailgate, pull handle.
Then I would try to borrow a trick from the truckers and leave the electrical cord connected.
Then you could engage the brakes on your trailer, hammer the throttle and see what happens.
I would give it one shot and then head to cover.
All in all this is sounds good sitting at an air conditioned desk. Real world, who knows what I would do.
