I Am Still In The Test Taking Phase.air Brakes

air brakes are giving me a headache. if there is one of the problems listed, when do you call for help. they sound so easy to have a problem. am i overthinking this or is it really that hard to maintain

Your overthinking your problem a little bit. Most problems you have with your air brakes you are going to be able to see (gauges) and hear lines leaking air. As far as having problems with as long as you are doing your pre trip and checking your truck out every day when your ready to start driving and notice these issues before they become major problems. Your instructors are there giving you every possible scenario so if something does happen to come up you will at least have some idea of what to do and what it is.

Yeah, Logan is right. Air brakes are no big deal. When you're doing a pre-trip you're going to hear air leaking most of the time if there's a major problem. Otherwise the gauges will tell you if your air pressure is ok.

Air brakes are pretty simple and reliable. When you're first learning about em it seems like a lot to think about but once you've done a bunch of pre-trips and you've gotten used to the terminology you'll see it's no big deal at all.

Yep nothing to air brakes. Today for example I noticed my air pressure gauges were dropping slowly even when I hadn't touched the brake in the last 20 minutes of driving. I stopped at a Pilot, listened for leaks and heard one coming from one of the trailer brake chambers. Luckily this Pilot had a Wingfoot repair center so I went in and they fixed it while I had lunch.