Does your home jurisdiction require air brake endorsement?
Are there jurisdictions about the continent that allow people to drive air brake equipped vehicles without any type of training or license endorsement?
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Tom_Anderson wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
"You would fail the CDL test. You forgot the walk around which requires actual checking of the slack adjusters and brake pads, drums or rotors"
You're supposed to do a walk around and check brake pads? I could not do that with a walk around, at least I don't think. I'd have to do a crawl under and I'm pretty sure even with crawling under on the drum brakes you can't even see the pads without taking the drum off.
Yes, if you're driving a commercial vehicle, you are supposed to do a complete inspection every day. Obviously, if you can't see the brake shoes without removing the drums, you're not expected to check them. Again, this is only for commercial vehicles, or the CDL driving test.
I have never seen drum brakes without inspection slots. Also, many have drums totally open in back (Freightliner trucks come to mind).
