How to use the Tautliner curtainsider?

Tautliner or curtainsider work is about as basic as truck driving gets. It isn't glamorous in any way, but it is possibly the most versatile thing since a flat trailer - but a lot less hassle. Now it is the backbone of the transport industry, very popular in Europe and South America.

To open a curtain, first you need to get rid of the vertical tension. To do this, you open the buckle by pulling or pushing on the strap

curtain side buckle

Ganland provide various types of buckles, including overcentre buckle, slimline buckle, Pozi-plas O/C, push release, pull release, pull down, Tysafe, Spring locking, etc. (contact sales1@gl-truck.com to check more details)

Then, lift up the buckle and unhook the strap from underneath the deck(Have a look underneath to see how to put it back later) Do this, from the front, as many times as you need to gain the opening that you need

Tautliner buckle .

Ganland provide various types of hooks, including rave hook, double J hook, flat hook, etc. (contact sales1@gl-truck.com to check more details)

hook

Then de-tension the curtain horizontally by pulling the (smaller) lever at the bottom of the tensioner towards you

ratchet buckle

Ganland provide various types of ratchet, including GL-15311, GL-15312, GL-15313, GL-15314, GL-15315. (contact sales1@gl-truck.com to check more details)

GL-15315Y3

Then unhook the front pole by lifting it upwards

POLE

Ganland provide poles, including GL-15811, GL-15812. (contact sales1@gl-truck.com to check more details)

GL15811-3

To close a curtain, pull or push the curtain pole back to the the tensioner and engage the pole in the slot. You might need to turn the tensioner to engage the pole in the slot. Then push the small lever all the way away from you, using the larger of the two levers repetitively to tension the curtain horizontally called ratchet

curatinsider

Then re-engage the vertical tensioners and snap the buckles shut

pull release buckle

Depending on the maunfacturer of the curtain system, there might be a horizontal tensioner at either OR both ends of the curtain. You don't always need to open the whole of the curtain, but that depends on how much you're going to load/unload and the type of curtain tensioners.

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