tennantjon:
andrew.s:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
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what caused the brakes to fail then?
a complete failure of the electrics. In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc. Then the final one, complete brake failure stop immediately. Foot to the floor, arse fell out. Then 6 hours waiting to be recovered 
:(
How come you drove on for 5 mins with all sorts of warnings on the dash??
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
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what caused the brakes to fail then?
a complete failure of the electrics. In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc. Then the final one, complete brake failure stop immediately. Foot to the floor, arse fell out. Then 6 hours waiting to be recovered :(
How come you drove on for 5 mins with all sorts of warnings on the dash??
on a certain stretch of the A31 towards Guildford there isn’t any laybys and the first on once your on the A3 is after you’ve cleared Guildford. Both roads don’t have hard shoulders and i certainly wasn’t going to stop in a live lane.
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
tennantjon:
In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc.
My 08 Stralis does that every week!I have had every single warning lamp alight at some point
Iveco tell me just to turn off the ign for a few minutes, the warning lights soon clear themselves.
emwmarine:
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
neither could i as ive never had it happen to me. Not even my old daf lost its brakes. But the pedal went to the floor with nothing happening.
tennantjon:
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
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what caused the brakes to fail then?
a complete failure of the electrics. In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc. Then the final one, complete brake failure stop immediately. Foot to the floor, arse fell out. Then 6 hours waiting to be recovered :(
How come you drove on for 5 mins with all sorts of warnings on the dash??
on a certain stretch of the A31 towards Guildford there isn’t any laybys and the first on once your on the A3 is after you’ve cleared Guildford. Both roads don’t have hard shoulders and i certainly wasn’t going to stop in a live lane.
so you continued driving until you were heading downhill with no brakes towards a town carrying a load that was going to close said town down for a long long time 
tennantjon:
emwmarine:
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
neither could i as ive never had it happen to me. Not even my old daf lost its brakes. But the pedal went to the floor with nothing happening.
How’d you manage to get it stopped??
green456:
tennantjon:
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
tennantjon:
andrew.s:
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what caused the brakes to fail then?
a complete failure of the electrics. In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc. Then the final one, complete brake failure stop immediately. Foot to the floor, arse fell out. Then 6 hours waiting to be recovered :(
How come you drove on for 5 mins with all sorts of warnings on the dash??
on a certain stretch of the A31 towards Guildford there isn’t any laybys and the first on once your on the A3 is after you’ve cleared Guildford. Both roads don’t have hard shoulders and i certainly wasn’t going to stop in a live lane.
so you continued driving until you were heading downhill with no brakes towards a town carrying a load that was going to close said town down for a long long time
the brakes didn’t go until i was driving down hill. There wasn’t any prior warning either until i pressed the pedal. Thankfully i was able to use a combination of gears, exhaust brake to bring my speed down then once i found a layby i coasted into it slowly applying the hand brake to stop. Like I’ve said, its something that has never happened to me before, so rather than panic and yank on the handbrake in a live lane, I stayed calm and concentrated on stopping safely in a safe place. And with what i was carrying, a live lane wasn’t a safe place.
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
emwmarine:
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
neither could i as ive never had it happen to me. Not even my old daf lost its brakes. But the pedal went to the floor with nothing happening.
How’d you manage to get it stopped??
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
tennantjon:
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
emwmarine:
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
neither could i as ive never had it happen to me. Not even my old daf lost its brakes. But the pedal went to the floor with nothing happening.
How’d you manage to get it stopped??
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
Fair play for keepin cool, you must have been ■■■■■■■ yaself
tennantjon:
a complete failure of the electrics. In the space of 5 minutes i had 13 warnings come up on the dash ranging from rear steer inop, no rear tag, no lights adblue failure etc etc. Then the final one, complete brake failure
Sounds like a day out on the old 747s
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
selby newcomer:
tennantjon:
emwmarine:
I can’t see how electrical failure would stop the brakes from working?
neither could i as ive never had it happen to me. Not even my old daf lost its brakes. But the pedal went to the floor with nothing happening.
How’d you manage to get it stopped??
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
Fair play for keepin cool, you must have been [zb] yaself
its not something i would want to go through again. The main thing was i managed to stop safely in a safe place, no one was hurt and nothing was damaged, apart from my pants 
. When i finally got towed back to my depot, MY boss said i had done well and to go home have a beer or 2 and take the next day off work.
tennantjon:
stevieboy308:
in my last truck driving job, when pulling out of the garage, i would always say to the fitters, see you tomorrow i was out based
it’s up to the gaffer to decide when the most profitable time to change the truck is.
I was meant to of been given a brand new truck last August after being promised one for the last 2 year, but the new boss thought he could save money by getting this truck from another depot. Within weeks of getting it, it had to have all new suspension, track rod ends, body mounting brackets, 7 new tyres the list went on. Then just before xmas the injector sleves needed doing so it was off the road a week before xmas and the first week of this year. Then the starter packed up on a friday and the following monday a major electrical fault caused all manor of problems, the worst being losing my brakes on the hogs back whilst carrying some very nasty stuff. So far its cost nearly 25k to keep it going.
i drive a ag tractor, i got it as an ex demo, it’s the top of the range by the top manufacture and a fancy bit of kit, with a reputation for reliability, if i were a betting man, i’d bet i’ve broke down more times than you in yours i was also driving our top of the top range, as good as it gets tractor when the engine went bang! had from new, around 2 years old with 3000 hours on it, that alone was a 27k warranty job
tennantjon:
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
Surely if the foot brake failed you would immediately go for the secondary braking system - the first quadrant of the park brake lever?
Well, he has just said the brakes failed so he’s not being a jessy.
If the Company wants to pay you “down time” let them do it,if it was affecting your money,which it shouldnt then you might have something to gripe about. Bare in mind that a bonus that encourages Drivers to speed or take risks or break the law are illegal,so you shouldnt be losing out by being paid by the hour
As long as the vehicle is in a legal state when you take it out,get on with it
Driveroneuk:
tennantjon:
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
Surely if the foot brake failed you would immediately go for the secondary braking system - the first quadrant of the park brake lever?
Not many blokes would jump on that as a last resort, old school see, probly me included as it isn’t common knowledge. That or they’d put it fully on which would put them through the windscreen.
Silver_Surfer:
Driveroneuk:
tennantjon:
a combination of going back down the gears, exhaust brake and when it was slow and safe enough, the gradual application of the handbrake.
Surely if the foot brake failed you would immediately go for the secondary braking system - the first quadrant of the park brake lever?
Not many blokes would jump on that as a last resort, old school see, probly me included as it isn’t common knowledge. That or they’d put it fully on which would put them through the windscreen.
hand brake, park brake, what you wanna call it? I had no braking via the foot brake so intuition kicked in and i knew that you could use your gears to slow you down and if your revs are high enough you still have the use of the exhaust brake. Once slow enough, gradually applying the handbrake/park brake would pull me to a nice safe stop. Having a step dad who’s been in the trucking industry all his life, he’s taught/showed me all the old school tricks.