3-17 LOAD ING PRO CE DURE FROM RAISED PLATFORM
DAN GER
KEEP ALL PER
SONS CLEAR WHILE
TILT ING TRAILER TO AVOID SE RI OUS
I N
J U R Y O R D E A T H B Y B E
I N G
PINCHED BY TRAILER.
3-17.1
Prac tice all stan dard in dus trial safety
stan dards. Do not load any pay load that will
over
load any com
po
nent of the trailer or
cause an un safe con di tion. The spe cial Boe -
ing con tainer is not to ex ceed 45,000 pounds
and it is to be fairly equally loaded. The
trans
fer of the con
tainer from air
plane to
trailer is to be done on a level even hard sur -
face.
3-17.2
Park the trac tor/semitrailer in a straight
line with the air plane so the rear of trailer is
26" from the air plane. Set the trac tor brakes
and re
lease the trailer brakes. Re
move alu
-
mi
num sta
bi
lizer sup
port stands from up
per
deck and place on ground near hy
drau
lic
park ing stands
(See Fig ure 3-6).
3-17.3
Start op er a tion of hy drau lic power sys -
tem. If the hy
drau
lic en
gine pack
age is in
-
stalled, start and warm up en
gine fol
low
ing
en gine op er at ing in struc tions in
Sec tion 3-6.
(Read en gine op er a tor’s man ual.)
3-17.4
Move the un der car riage for ward 24".
Ro
tate dock leg lifts to the lift
ing load po
si
-
tion fol low ing pro ce dure in
Sec tion 3-4.
Move the un
der
car
riage back 24". Set the
trailer brakes and re lease the trac tor brakes.
Us ing the
DOCK LEG CURB
SIDE
and
DOCK LEG STREETSIDE LE
VERS (See
Sec tions 3-2.2 and 3-2.3)
, raise the trailer
up evenly side to side 2" off the ground.
3-17.5
Us ing the
AXLE CON
TROL LE
VER
(See Sec tion 3-2.4)
pull the trailer back 24"
so the trailer is a cou
ple inches from air
-
plane.
3-17.6
Us ing the
5TH WHEEL TILT (See Sec -
tion 3-2.1)
and
DOCK LEG CURB SIDE
and
STREETSIDE LE
VERS
, raise the trailer up
evenly un til the trailer deck is even with the
air plane deck.
3-17.7
Us ing the
AXLE CON
TROL LE
VER
,
move the trailer to within an inch of air plane.
3-17.8
Place
alu mi num
sta bi lizer
sup port
stands di rectly un der each hy drau lic park ing
stand. Lower hy
drau
lic park
ing stands so
stand rests on sup port stands. Place sup port
stand pin over top of hy
drau
lic stand foot.
The sup port stand should be on the ground.
CAU TION
DO NOT TRY TO LIFT THE TRAILER
WITH THE HY DRAU LIC STANDS. THE
STANDS ARE TO JUST BE ON THE
GROUND TO STA
BI
LIZE THE LOAD.
DAM
AGE TO THE STANDS CAN RE
-
SULT IF USED TO LIFT TRAILER.
3-17.9
Move the con
tainer from the airplane
be ing care ful to keep the con tainer cen tered
on the width of the trailer.
3-17.10
Once the con tainer is all the way onto
the trailer at it’s de sired lo ca tion, se cure the
con tainer to the trailer.
3-17.11
Un pin the sta bi lizer sup port stands
from the hy drau lic park ing stands. Lift the hy -
drau
lic park
ing stands up all the way. Re
-
move the sta
bi
lizer sup
port stands from un
-
der the trailer.
3-17.12
Us ing the
AXLE CON
TROL LE
VER
,
move the trailer away from the plane 4". Al -
ter nate be tween low er ing the fifth wheel and
low
er
ing the dock legs keep
ing the deck
level, un
til the trailer tires are all the way
down to the ground.
3-17.13
Re move bases for dock lifts and ro tate
dock lift cyl
in
ders back to trans
port po
si
tion
per the pro ce dure de scribed in
Sec tion 3-4
.
3-17.14
Set the trac tor brakes and re lease the
trailer brakes. Al ter nate be tween low er ing the
fifth wheel and slid ing the axle back with the
axle trans
port to keep the trailer deck level
un
til the ax
les are all the way back in the
trans port po si tion.
3-17.15
Hold
5TH WHEEL TILT LE VER
in the
down po si tion un til hy drau lic sys tem works
against the bot tomed out Hy drau lic Tilt Cyl in -
ders
(Ap prox i mately
2-5
sec onds).
Hold
AXLE CON
TROL LE
VER
in the trans
port
po si tion un til hy drau lic sys tem works against
the fully ex
tended Hy
drau
lic Axle Cyl
in
der
(Ap prox i mately 15-30 seconds).
3-21
Summary of Contents for 318C
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