American Truck Simulator

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Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:37pm
A little nit pick
Haven't played the game in a minute but on watching the live stream I noticed that the landing gear crank moves in the opposite direction irl for raising and lowering.
Just watching the recent live stream showed the crank moving in a clockwise direction on the driver's side that raised the gear. This is not correct.
On every trailer that I've hooked up to, the landing gear(driver side) raise is in a counter clockwise rotation.
I've used this as a learning technique that when leaving a dock the crank moves in the direction of the intended cab travel and vice-versa. Meaning that when I back into a dock and drop a trailer, the crank will move in a clockwise rotation(towards the dock).
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Qrazy Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:52pm 
As someone in LTL I can assure you there isn't a standard when it comes to which direction the landing gear handle turns in relation to up or down.
Sep 13, 2023 @ 4:01pm 
Originally posted by Qrazy:
As someone in LTL I can assure you there isn't a standard when it comes to which direction the landing gear handle turns in relation to up or down.

Well, all the trailers I've come across in my 20+ years of driving, with the gear on the driver side, none and I repeat NONE have rotated the opposite of what I have written.
I have seen cranks on the passenger side but those are usually containers so I can't attest to their rotation. I can only assume the opposite direction is logically the case.

The only difference I have experienced is the low to high gear cranking setups on some trailers.

If you have genuinely encountered that what I have said to be less informed, I would love to see a video clip proving me in error.
And not for the sake of saying "Ha-Ha" but for informational fact.
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Date Posted: Sep 13, 2023 @ 3:37pm
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