Does your home jurisdiction require air brake endorsement?

Tom_Anderson wrote:

michelb wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

slickest1 wrote:
The fact that you think you have auto air tank purging and air driers on your compressor says to me you really don't fully understand your system. What you hear purging would be the air dryer that is plumbed into your air system that removes most of the moisture out of the air before it gets to your tanks.
I don't think most people need the same course a truck driver needs but should have an idea of what they are driving and that it should be maintained. Air brake systems are more complicated and need to be because of they weight they need to stop. There are alot of safety measures built in to them like auto slacks and such that need to be maintained. You may scoff at us old truckers all you want, but telling people that are new to this that you can just get in it and drive it without knowing anything about it is just plain Bad Info.

Beat me to it. Thats kinda scary. I wonder how many people are driving around out there that haven't purged their tanks. I would hope they get told how to purge their tanks on their walk through from the dealer. Scary.

FWIW, I purchased a 10 year old DP last year and the lanyards for the airtanks had NEVER been pulled - they were still covered in the foam that Tiffin sprays under the chassis and I had to dig them out.

My coach does have automatic moisture ejector so you don't have to do them daily but unless you're 100% that the automatic moisture ejector is working properly, you should probably pull them once in a while ...

How much water came out when you finally drained them after 10 years?

Good point, I should have mentioned that! There was none visible. It was relatively low mileage (43k miles) and spent it's life in a dry climate (around Houston, TX) so that might have contributed but personally, I'll still check them at least a few times per year.