Thank you my company runs alot of older trailers and I see this all the time and frustrating ti the core, and what also amazes me when we write our trailers up the shop techs dont have a clue about this and they just grease the landing legs witch does nothing but make it worse. Thank you again for this repair.
Thank you! I literally had my new landing gear on a pallet in my shop when I saw your video. The next morning I checked and sure enough- you were right on the money. Returning the new gear to get my money back. Thanks again!
Think simple! That will help your diagnosis and repairs MOST times. Excellent and interesting topic/video from another trailer mechanic. Thanks A LOT! Keep up the good work Bro!
Outstanding video! "Rust jacking" is common on structural steel, in brake systems etc. It's worth searching the term and studying how it applies to more than just landing gear. Now I know why I was given two landing gear legs that have some binding (I asked my big rig mech bro for used parts to experiment with to level my mobile shipping container shop) and how to cure it.
Great video. I definitely learned a valuable tip. Do you have a video for the gears of landing gear. I have a Holland. Weird noise in high and quiet in low. In high noisy and tight. As if gears are binding.
Boy I learned something new today . Been in this business a long time. Nice tutorial on hard cranking landing gear , definitely will pass on to our shop . Thanks again.
Why wouldn't you cut away the entire front half of the collar? Won't cleaning and tacking just make it come back just as quickly? I'm just getting into trailer maintenance. So yeah as I was saying, wouldn't it be more thorough to cut away the collar and wire wheel the tube and then replace the missing collar piece with new steel? Am I overthinking this?
Ironically, the very thing that strap was put there to prevent, is what will easily quick fix it.... Put some weight on your legs and bump a little forward and rearward with your truck.. and it will widen that out a bit and work it loose again.... Of coarse if you did this without that little strap there, it would blow out the pipe.. but in a pinch, this will get you going.
ok so i have this issue i think, the legs are impossible to move up or down even with no weight on them in high gear. but move fine in low gear. would this be my issue as well
Yes, it sounds like you may have this issue. One way to tell is if there are areas on the leg portion that seem to be shinny compared to the rest of the leg. That would prove that's its rubbing as it goes up and down. Good luck.
@@greggbranham6331 the lower legs were swollen/bulged, confirmed with a square, lots of pounding with a 5lb mallet after cutting off the rings mad the difference. now you can lift the trailer in high gear with one hand, and with only a finger in low. huge improvement
@@nathan00campbell If you leave those rings off and accidentally bump your trailer while there's weight on the jacks.. it will blow out those light weight tubes... So you should absolutely make sure you put the straps back on. If you then rub grease or even silicone around the top of those straps it should prevent the future rust problem.. If water never gets in there, it shouldn't rust again.
@@calholli not a bad idea, still though. i have yet to put them back on. these holland jacks are off a semi trailer but on a 32' gooseneck. there is never a load left on the trailer when hitching or unhitching so i should be fine till i get around to figuring a better system for it . im thinking of leaving it spaced 1/8th from the legs and stitch welding so that it can never hold anything there again
So basically you dont fix the problem, you just postpone planed obsolescence. You shold only cut that bad out, clean and weld all the way around top and bottom
Im a long time Diesel tech but brand new Trailer tech. Thanks for this! Looking forward to learning alot on the trailer side!
Thank you my company runs alot of older trailers and I see this all the time and frustrating ti the core, and what also amazes me when we write our trailers up the shop techs dont have a clue about this and they just grease the landing legs witch does nothing but make it worse. Thank you again for this repair.
Thank you! I literally had my new landing gear on a pallet in my shop when I saw your video. The next morning I checked and sure enough- you were right on the money. Returning the new gear to get my money back. Thanks again!
Think simple! That will help your diagnosis and repairs MOST times.
Excellent and interesting topic/video from another trailer mechanic.
Thanks A LOT! Keep up the good work Bro!
25 plus in the business, I like this good job
Oh my goodness Thank You for taking the time to explain this...been at wits end trying to figure out why...
Thank you for the tips, my trailer landing gears goes up and down very easy.
Outstanding video!
"Rust jacking" is common on structural steel, in brake systems etc. It's worth searching the term and studying how it applies to more than just landing gear. Now I know why I was given two landing gear legs that have some binding (I asked my big rig mech bro for used parts to experiment with to level my mobile shipping container shop) and how to cure it.
I appreciated the tips. I did it to 2 of my trailer it definitely works. Again...Thank you
I’ve learned something new cool I’ve been driving truck for eight years and I never knew this
Great video. I definitely learned a valuable tip. Do you have a video for the gears of landing gear. I have a Holland. Weird noise in high and quiet in low. In high noisy and tight. As if gears are binding.
Awesome fixer video. Thanks man…
Boy I learned something new today . Been in this business a long time. Nice tutorial on hard cranking landing gear , definitely will pass on to our shop . Thanks again.
Very good video about hard to crank landing gears very good tips
Great video! Thanks for the info!
I just call Great Dane to check price for new landing legs on 2018 Great Dane reefer . Looks like identical issue . Thank you very much
Why wouldn't you cut away the entire front half of the collar? Won't cleaning and tacking just make it come back just as quickly?
I'm just getting into trailer maintenance. So yeah as I was saying, wouldn't it be more thorough to cut away the collar and wire wheel the tube and then replace the missing collar piece with new steel? Am I overthinking this?
I saw another video where he did exactly that. Cut the collar off, clean underneath and weld collar back on.
Omg thank u so much!! My shoulders ache so bad👏👏👏👏👏
Great video and fantastic production quality!
hello from TrailerJack !
Thank you sir. I am looking forward to implementing this on the fleet I work with.
Having same issue i lose breathing when operating it up or down i’ll go do what you did
thank you sir
I often feel as if it’s almost impossible to find the sweet spot that lets me wind them up or down argh 😤
Thanks a lot. One of our trailer is doing that
Looks like a little silicone from the factory would solve that problem.
Great video and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 👍
A air hammer with a chisel end on the sides of the straps remove the rust in between no need to cut
Thanks for the tips! Good way to save a lot of money.
Thanks a lot for this very helpful video
Thanks. My trailer is doing the same thing.
Ironically, the very thing that strap was put there to prevent, is what will easily quick fix it.... Put some weight on your legs and bump a little forward and rearward with your truck.. and it will widen that out a bit and work it loose again.... Of coarse if you did this without that little strap there, it would blow out the pipe.. but in a pinch, this will get you going.
Hey Gregg I have the same issue on my landing legs it a chore to dolly down my landing legs to drop my trailer
Good knowledge, thanks for sharing!
O my gosh I've been fighting this for years went out on did it works like a brand new one that's..
Excellent!!!
Why dont the manufacturers just design it to prevent the problem from occurring? Smh
Great video!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!
Awesome Awesome video
Anything ok k brace bracket rust buildup???
i have that problem, i hate when i am told to drop the trailer,
Thank you so much sir
ok so i have this issue i think, the legs are impossible to move up or down even with no weight on them in high gear. but move fine in low gear. would this be my issue as well
Yes, it sounds like you may have this issue. One way to tell is if there are areas on the leg portion that seem to be shinny compared to the rest of the leg. That would prove that's its rubbing as it goes up and down. Good luck.
@@greggbranham6331 the lower legs were swollen/bulged, confirmed with a square, lots of pounding with a 5lb mallet after cutting off the rings mad the difference. now you can lift the trailer in high gear with one hand, and with only a finger in low. huge improvement
@@nathan00campbell If you leave those rings off and accidentally bump your trailer while there's weight on the jacks.. it will blow out those light weight tubes... So you should absolutely make sure you put the straps back on. If you then rub grease or even silicone around the top of those straps it should prevent the future rust problem.. If water never gets in there, it shouldn't rust again.
@@calholli not a bad idea, still though. i have yet to put them back on. these holland jacks are off a semi trailer but on a 32' gooseneck. there is never a load left on the trailer when hitching or unhitching so i should be fine till i get around to figuring a better system for it . im thinking of leaving it spaced 1/8th from the legs and stitch welding so that it can never hold anything there again
Arghh but how does a lowly company driver get the crappy landing gear to go up while on the clock arghhhhhhh
So basically you dont fix the problem, you just postpone planed obsolescence. You shold only cut that bad out, clean and weld all the way around top and bottom
Please reply your address will try to come the shop
Video starts at 3:15
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you working too hard buddy , equip yourself with air chisel
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Damn, it took literally 10 minutes of useless jabber to finally get to the point