Home > Glossary > Trailer Creep
Trailer Creep
Categories: Operation and Production,
—no, this isn't referring to the strange dude that lives in the trailer park or the guy that hangs around truck stops. Trailer creep (also known as trailer walk, dock walk) occurs when the lateral and vertical forces exerted each time a lift truck enters and exits the trailer cause the trailer to slowly move away from the dock resulting in separation from the dock leveler. Factors that affect trailer creep are the weight and speed of the lift truck and load, the grade of the drive the trailer is parked on, the softness of the suspension, the type of transition (dock levelers, dock boards) being used, and whether the trailer has been dropped off (spotted) or if it is still connected to the tractor. Read my article on Dock Safety.
Most popular terms
1. Flexible Spending Account2. Competence
3. Limited Severability Provision
4. Jumbo CD
5. Inflation-protected Security (TIPS)
6. Concurrent Causation
7. Erection All Risks (EAR) Insurance
8. Other Structures: Homeowners Policy
9. Employee Retirement Income Security Act Section 510
10. Special Personal Auto Policy (SPAP)
Search a term
Browse by alphabet
A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
O | P | Q | R | S | T | U |
V | W | X | Y | Z | # |
Browse by category
AccountingBanking
Bankruptcy Assistance
Bonds and Treasuries
Brokerages
Business and Management
Compliance and Governance
Credit and Debt
E-commerce
Economics
Estate Planning
Forex
Fraud
Fundamental Analysis
Futures
Global
Insurance
International Trade
Investing and Trading
Ipos
Legal
Loan and Mortgage
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mutual Funds
Operation and Production
Options
Patent
Personnel Management
Real Estate
Retirement and Pension
Statistics and Risk Management
Stocks
Strategies
Tax
Technical Analysis
Venture Capital