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Changed my status, but I still am finding things that I didn't know that makes me feel like a rookie still. Like for instance I had a trailer a couple months ago and the lift axle was raised and I couldn't find the switch or valve to drop it. I felt like a doofis when someone pointed it out to me and was labeled on the rub rail. All the previous trailers I had it was near the axle but this trailer it was near the landing gear. probably looked like this was my first solo trip or something.
Hope I can live up to my new status of experienced driver.
Lift Axle:
An air-powered axle that may be raised or lowered to the ground to provide greater load-carrying capacity or to comply with axle weight requirements