Trailers

Couple and uncouple a trailer, tighten cargo straps and read the trailer info panel.

Draft copy

Couple a trailer

Before you start

Pull the trailer out at the loading bay first. See Pick up the trailer.

Reverse under the trailer until it locks.
Get out of the cab and connect the trailer lines.
Use Interact at the TRAILER CABLES prompt. This hooks up the air lines and the electrical cable.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA
Raise the landing gear fully before you drive off.
Use Interact at the LANDING LEGS or Support prompt, depending on the trailer.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA

Default keys from the PC presets

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Action	Keyboard and mouse	Xbox controller
Interact	`Left Mouse Button` or `E`	`A`

If you drive off too early, the game warns you:

Connect the trailer cables before moving.
Raise the trailer supports before moving.

If you leave the cab before the trailer is coupled, the objective changes to Return to the truck.

Uncouple a trailer

Park the trailer in the marked bay at the delivery depot.
The parking area turns green when the trailer is correctly positioned.
Get out of the cab and disconnect the trailer lines.
Use Interact at the TRAILER CABLES prompt. This unhooks the air lines and the electrical cable.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA
Lower the landing gear fully.
Use Interact at the LANDING LEGS or Support prompt.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA
Release the fifth-wheel lock.
Hold Interact at the Disconnect trailer prompt.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA

Edited between steps.

If you release the lock before you disconnect the lines, the game shows:

The trailer cannot be detached as the cables have not been disconnected.

To finish the delivery, hand the trailer over at the intercom. See Deliver the load.

Trailer info

Use the Read prompt at a trailer. The trailer info panel shows the TRAILER OWNER and the LOAD.

The owner is Your own trailer, Contract trailer or Unknown company.
The load line counts the cargo items and shows their mass against the trailer's maximum in tonnes. An empty trailer shows No cargo on this trailer.
Each cargo item lists its name, where it comes from and where it goes, its mass and Damage.

Trailer icons are marked FTL or PTL. The waybill at the loading bay can show Full truckload. The game does not explain the two labels yet.

The top of the trailer info panel. TRAILER OWNER Southern Plains Ag Services, Contract trailer. Under LOAD, marked FTL, Cleaning Chemicals from Cummins to Lock with Damage 0 % and 10,000 kg.

Tighten cargo straps

Straps hold cargo down on the trailer. Each strap has a ratchet. A loose strap is highlighted red.

Walk up to the ratchet of a loose strap.
The prompt reads Tighten strap.
Hold Interact until the strap is tight.
The ratchet handle pumps and the strap pulls tight. If you let go too early, the strap goes slack again.
Interact:Keyboard and mouseLeft Mouse Button or EXbox controllerA

Default keys from the PC presets

Scroll horizontally to see all columns.

Action	Keyboard and mouse	Xbox controller
Interact	`Left Mouse Button` or `E`	`A`

Settings › Gameplay › Cargo Straps sets how many straps you tighten:

Always tight makes every strap tight from the start. There is nothing to do.
One tightens all pulls every strap on the trailer tight when you tighten one.
Each separately makes you tighten each strap on its own. This is the default.

To place cargo on the trailer yourself, see Load cargo yourself.

Trailer settings

These options are in Settings › Gameplay.

Automatic Trailer Coupling turns automatic trailer coupling on or off. The game does not describe what it changes yet.
Automatic Rear Height Adjustment turns on or off the automatic rear height adjustment that matches different trailer heights.
Cargo Straps sets how straps work: Always tight, One tightens all or Each separately. See Tighten cargo straps.

Trailers is one of the marker types on the Navigation map. See Map and minimap markers.

The Settings page lists every Gameplay option.

Gameplay rows. Automatic Trailer Coupling Off, Automatic Rear Height Adjustment On, Automatic Headlights Off, and Cargo Straps, selected, set to Each separately. — The other values shown are not necessarily the defaults.