TurnNBurn: Why everything is about to shift.

TurnNBurn Adapter for Trailers

Why This Changes Everything

There are moments in every industry when something comes along that is so simple, so obvious in hindsight, that the only question people ask is: why didn't this exist sooner?

The TurnNBurn adapter is one of those moments.

For decades, truck drivers have performed one of the most physically demanding tasks in their daily routine without a single meaningful innovation to help them. Cranking trailer landing gear by hand — dozens of times a day (sometimes hundreds), in all weather conditions, under the front of a loaded trailer — has been accepted as just part of the job. A necessary discomfort. An occupational inevitability.

The TurnNBurn adapter is a patented, USA-manufactured drill-powered landing gear adapter (trailer jack) that replaces manual hand-cranking entirely. It slides onto the landing gear shaft, locks in place with a wire-lock pin, and connects directly to any 18V or higher cordless drill. Three steps. No tools beyond an adjustable wrench to remove the existing crank handle. No complicated installation. No learning curve. Just push the trigger and let the drill do what hands have been forced to do for generations.

That simplicity is not a limitation — it is the point. The best innovations do not add complexity. They remove it.

Driver performing cranking motion in lab.

Why It Matters: The Driver

Landing gear cranking is not a minor inconvenience. It is a documented occupational hazard that has contributed to the tens of thousands of musculoskeletal injuries truck drivers sustain each year. Driving demands a great deal from the body — cargo handling, climbing, lifting, and repeated physical exertion all stack up over time. But among all of these tasks, landing gear cranking stands out as the most repetitive, performed multiple times daily with no mechanical assistance. Academic research published in Applied Ergonomics - Occupational cranking operations: The scapula perspective - identified landing gear cranking as a significant risk factor for shoulder musculoskeletal disorders, specifically citing the forceful exertion and constrained posture required to operate the crank handle as primary contributors to rotator cuff injury.

The numbers behind those injuries are sobering. Shoulder disorders result in a median of 192 days of lost work time per claim. The average direct cost of a single shoulder injury claim exceeds $74,000. For drivers, that means months away from the cab, away from income, and in many cases, away from the career they have built their lives around.

But the numbers only tell part of the story. Ask any driver who has spent years cranking landing gear what it feels like — the ache in the shoulder, the strain in the forearm, the grinding fatigue that accumulates over years of repetitive motion. That daily physical toll is real, and it has been silently accepted for far too long.

TurnNBurn changes that calculation entirely. By transferring the mechanical workload from the driver's arm and shoulder to a cordless drill, the cranking of landing gear operation is effectively eliminated. Drivers can raise and lower landing gear without strain or risk.

For the individual driver, TurnNBurn is not just a tool. It is protection. It is longevity. It is the ability to do the job without possibly paying for it physically for years afterward.

Why It Matters: The Company

From a fleet and carrier perspective, the case for TurnNBurn is equally compelling — and it is rooted in math.

A single rotator cuff injury can cost a fleet $30,000 to $100,000 or more when direct medical costs, workers' compensation claims, lost productivity, and driver replacement expenses are factored together. Multiply that across a fleet of hundreds or thousands of drivers performing landing gear operations daily, and the aggregate injury liability becomes a significant and largely preventable operational cost.

TurnNBurn directly reduces that exposure. Equipping drivers with a TurnNBurn adapter is not an expense — it is a risk management investment with a return that becomes apparent the first time a shoulder injury is avoided.

Beyond injury prevention, there is an efficiency argument that fleet managers and operations directors understand immediately. Faster landing gear operation means faster drop-and-hook times. Faster drop-and-hook times mean more loads per driver per day. In a business where time is measured in miles and miles are measured in revenue, even modest improvements in operational efficiency at the trailer level compound significantly across a fleet over time.

The 2025 Edison Safety Triple Crown Award — 1st Place, earned by TurnNBurn, is not just a recognition of innovation. It is an independent, third-party validation that safety professionals and industry executives at the highest level have evaluated this product and confirmed what drivers already know: TurnNBurn works, and it matters.

TurnNBurn adapter on Flatbed trailer.

What Trailers It Works On

One of the most important things to understand about TurnNBurn is what it was built for. This is not a light duty product retrofitted for trucking. TurnNBurn was engineered specifically for medium and heavy-duty trailer landing gear — the kind of landing gear that bears the weight of loaded trailers day in and day out across the country's highways, site jobs, and distribution centers.

TurnNBurn is compatible with any standard trailer landing gear equipped with a 1-inch landing gear shaft — which covers the vast majority of medium and heavy-duty trailers on the road today. This includes trailers manufactured by some of the most recognized names in the industry:

Dry Van Trailers:

• Great Dane

• Wabash National

• Stoughton Trailers

• Utility Trailer Manufacturing

• Vanguard National Trailer

Flatbed & Specialty Trailers:

• Fontaine Trailer

• Dorsey Trailers

• Reitnouer

• Wilson Trailer

Refrigerated Trailers:

• Utility Trailer (Reefer configurations)

• Wabash National (Reefer configurations)

• Great Dane (Reefer configurations)

Landing Gear Manufacturers Supported: The landing gear on these trailers is typically manufactured by industry leaders including Holland/SAF-Holland and Jost — both of which use standard 1-inch shaft configurations that TurnNBurn is fully compatible with.

If your trailer has a standard 1-inch landing gear shaft, TurnNBurn will work. It is that straightforward.

Note: TurnNBurn is designed for use in low/easy gear only. It is not recommended for use in high gear. Always use two hands on the drill during operation.

The Future: Why This Is the Way Forward

The trucking industry is at an inflection point. Driver shortages, rising workers' compensation costs, tightening safety regulations, and growing pressure on fleets to reduce injury rates and improve operational efficiency are converging simultaneously. The companies that adapt to these pressures with smart, practical solutions will be the ones that thrive.

TurnNBurn is not a trend. It is a direction.

The question is no longer whether drill-powered landing gear operation is viable — hundreds of drivers using TurnNBurn daily have already answered that question. The question now is how quickly the industry recognizes that manual cranking is an outdated practice that belongs in the past alongside other tasks that technology has long since improved.

Why TurnNBurn Is the Right Choice

Not all landing gear solutions are created equal. Here is what sets TurnNBurn apart:

Patented Design TurnNBurn holds a registered US design patent (US D1,022,811 S). This is not a generic adapter. It is an engineered, protected innovation built specifically for the demands of medium and heavy-duty trailer landing gear.

Made in the USA TurnNBurn is manufactured domestically from durable, high-grade alloys. Quality control, material integrity, and precision manufacturing are not outsourced or compromised.

Purpose-Built for Heavy Duty Many products on the market are adapted from light duty applications. TurnNBurn was designed from the ground up for the specific demands of commercial trailer landing gear — the torque requirements, the shaft dimensions, and the real-world conditions drivers face on the job.

Simple Three-Step Installation Remove the existing crank handle. Tighten the drill onto the hex drive. Slide TurnNBurn onto the landing gear shaft and secure with the wire-lock pin. That is the entire process. No modifications to the trailer. No specialized tools. No downtime.

Award-Winning Safety Innovation TurnNBurn is the 2025 Edison Safety Triple Crown Award — 1st Place winner. This recognition places TurnNBurn among the top safety innovations evaluated by senior industry executives.

Driver-Tested, Driver-Proven TurnNBurn was invented by a professional OTR truck driver with over 2 decades of experience. It was not designed in a boardroom. It was designed from the seat of a cab, by someone who understood the problem from the inside out.

Working together to keep America moving.

The Bottom Line

The trucking industry moves this country. The drivers who operate within it deserve tools that protect them, support them, and make their work safer, easier and more efficient. For too long, landing gear cranking has been an accepted source of inefficiency that nobody thought to solve.

TurnNBurn solved it.

Whether you are a driver looking to protect your body and your career, a fleet manager looking to reduce injury liability and improve operational efficiency, or a safety director looking for validated, award-winning solutions to present to your team — TurnNBurn is the answer.

The future of landing gear operation is powered. It is safe. It is simple.

It is TurnNBurn.

Learn more at turnnburnnow.com | info@turnnburnnow.com US Patent D1,022,811 S | Trademark Reg. 7,313,146 | A Theautus Plair Company