So my employer wants me to drive note class b cdl 26000 pounds of liquid to Manassas va from hickory nc get about 20 miles from shop that's Statesville nc air pressure drops to 25 pounds I am in a manual so get off on a exit no brakes at all. About to run thru intersection slammed it into 2nd gear it stoped. Fortunately..so calls shop. Told them the problem ask if they. Wee gonna get a wrecker they said no they already had it figured out ..we have aircompressor an. Generators on aur trucks they said crawl under truck unhook airline from engine an look for a line that some one already ran from air compressor to brake manifold under truck I am no mechanic but very mechanically inclined I had a adjustable wrench to do all the work with so they say once u get air don't come back to fix it drive on 6 more hours now all this brake system is held together with hose clamp an tighten with a 2dollar adjustable wrench..I so I quit well pay day was Friday an they did not pay me this is taloried chemical in hickory nc they make helmets glue an all elements products they said they forgot to pay me they do direct deposit so now my bills are behind because they wet jus beating butt hols because I quit does any one think I could take them to court about brakes situation they said they didn't no truck had brake problems but it had secondary airline ran hum ...
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So my employer wants me to drive note class b cdl 26000 pounds of liquid to Manassas va from hickory nc get about 20 miles from shop that's Statesville nc air pressure drops to 25 pounds I am in a manual so get off on a exit no brakes at all. About to run thru intersection slammed it into 2nd gear it stoped. Fortunately..so calls shop. Told them the problem ask if they. Wee gonna get a wrecker they said no they already had it figured out ..we have aircompressor an. Generators on aur trucks they said crawl under truck unhook airline from engine an look for a line that some one already ran from air compressor to brake manifold under truck I am no mechanic but very mechanically inclined I had a adjustable wrench to do all the work with so they say once u get air don't come back to fix it drive on 6 more hours now all this brake system is held together with hose clamp an tighten with a 2dollar adjustable wrench..I so I quit well pay day was Friday an they did not pay me this is taloried chemical in hickory nc they make helmets glue an all elements products they said they forgot to pay me they do direct deposit so now my bills are behind because they wet jus beating butt hols because I quit does any one think I could take them to court about brakes situation they said they didn't no truck had brake problems but it had secondary airline ran hum ...