Trailer Jacks
SL-TJ-05 Heavy Duty Two-Way Ratchet Trailer Jack
SL-TJ-05 is the top of the S&L jack range: the highest lifting rating at 50,000 lb, the largest wheels at 16 inches and the tallest service range at…
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Industry Application
Trailer stabilising and parking safety in the yard
A yard full of dropped trailers is a yard full of stored energy. Nose weight has to go somewhere when the tractor leaves, and a parked trailer still has to be safe to load.
Pain Points
What Goes Wrong In Transport and Fleet Yards
Landing gear overloaded by nose-heavy trailers
Covered by the equipment listed below.
Trailers tipping during drop and hook
Covered by the equipment listed below.
Trailers rolling on a graded yard surface
Covered by the equipment listed below.
Dock plates dragged between bays
Covered by the equipment listed below.
Recommended Equipment
The S&L Lines Specified For This Environment
Two jacks at opposite ends of the range, plus restraint and a board for the bays. Which jack you need depends on whether you hold a nose or raise one.
Trailer Jacks
SL-TJ-03 Ratchet Screw Trailer Jack
SL-TJ-03 is the only jack in the range that spreads its load along a beam rather than through a single cap. A 6 inch beam sits across the front of…
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Wheel Chocks
Wheel Chocks
A wheel chock is the cheapest thing on a loading dock and the one that most often is not there. S&L lists six models, SL-WC-01 to SL-WC-06, across…
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Dock Boards
Steel Dock Boards and Plates
Where a bay runs steel-wheeled trucks, castings or swarf-laden pallets, a steel deck outlasts an aluminium one. The S&L steel range uses diamond…
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How To Specify
From Site Walk To Purchase Order
- Walk the site and list every position where traffic, a gap or a drum is handled today
- Match each position to a published S&L model code from the product pages
- Check the constraints that cannot be changed later: fork pocket centres, headroom, service range, yard surface
- Send the code list with quantities and the destination port
- Confirm anything marked TBC before the order is placed
Solutions For This Sector
Questions
Transport and Fleet Yards Supply Questions
Which S&L products are specified most often in transport and fleet yards?
SL-TJ-05 Heavy Duty Two-Way Ratchet Trailer Jack, SL-TJ-03 Ratchet Screw Trailer Jack, Wheel Chocks, Steel Dock Boards and Plates.
Can these be quoted as one package?
Yes. Give the model codes and quantities and they are quoted together and consolidated into one shipment.
What is the main risk this equipment addresses here?
Landing gear overloaded by nose-heavy trailers.
Does S&L publish load ratings for all of these?
For most lines, yes. Where a rating is not published — steel dock boards and wheel chocks — the product page says so and the figure is confirmed at quotation.
Specify For Transport and Fleet Yards
Send the list of positions you need to cover and we will come back with model codes, quantities and a quotation against them.