The operator’s fleet covers a total of 63 million km each year, so a highly efficient method of tractor-trailer coupling is essential.
“The TechLock fifth wheel couplers we use have a unique jaw mechanism with a height sensor that will not allow the fifth wheel to close if the kingpin enters at the wrong height or position,” says Paul Allera, head of fleet.
“This ensures 100% connection and takes away the need for drivers to check that the king pin is engaged. In other words, no contact, no couple – which means the days of mis-coupling are gone”
Allera also points out that other fifth wheels can appear to be connected when they are not – with potentially disastrous results – and he praises the TechLock’s 360-degree kingpin contact surface, which means no replacements are needed for wear-rings.
