Air pressure

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DAFMAD:

And the seperate trailer brake was invented to save owner drivers money relining brakes when pulling ferry trailers

Yeah, I remember them, they reckon they stopped them because they couldn’t get the ABS to work with them. :confused:

Anyway, going back to the Blue Susie, which was supposed to be an auxiliary, but did anyone have any trailer that the blue actually did something useful on apart from making the trailer brakes stick on temporarily ?

YES mine fed “funny coloured” diesel to the engine from the trailer :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Is that the stuff I used to call “Cherry B” that the customs & excise nick your motor off you when you get caught :question: :question: :question: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :unamused: :unamused: :blush: :blush: :astonished: :astonished: :unamused: :unamused:

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NEJ:
Is that the stuff I used to call “Cherry B” that the customs & excise nick your motor off you when you get caught :question: :question: :question: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :unamused: :unamused: :blush: :blush: :astonished: :astonished: :unamused: :unamused:

Could be but as it was never connected until out of the UK I wouldn’t know :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Jees, some of you guys gonna be 1/2 hr doing a trailer swop!

  1. Spring brakes on trailers don’t always work… hence why H&S rules on big/blue chip sites insist the park brake is applied on dropped trailers.

  2. VERY, VERY, important to apply trailer brake if split coupling.

  3. Normal running pressure is 9 bar = 130 psi.

  4. I like to switch off to couple up, its more peaceful & less smelly, BUT i want the compressor running to lift the suspension to take the weight off the legs so i can wind 'em up, cos if the trailer air tanks are low, these will take the available air before the suspension.