So if a truck is dead, and out of air.

if u do put a air fitting in the tanks u can put it in the wet tank and it will charge all 3 tanks at the same time. just have to put a shut off valve on the fitting so it won't leak air all the time

 

I had one of those fittings on one of my tanks, it was great because I used it to fill my tires with and run air tools, worked way better than trying to do it off the glad hand.

I didnt know you could do that off of one tank though, I know on mine it only lowered the tractor air supply. I will have to look into setting this up on my next truck.

 

Hell in that situation id have backed off the slack adjusters, pulled the pin and pulled it out from under the trailer, then left it for the company to deal with, unless they are paying for me to wrench on thier company truck.

 

Yeah, that will put a damper on your plans.

Oh and by the way I am a fellow F-body Fanatic.

These are my wheels.

 

I have NEVER seen an air release fifth wheel that didnt have a manual release arm on it. If it didnt have a manual release arm , it fell off and nobody bothered to replace it. The roll pin that holds the arm in breaks and is a fairly common problem, or so I was told after I walked into a shop holding the release arm in my hand and asking if they could fix it

Why the hell do i have two volvos and no camaros?

FYI when I got my tractor/trailer towed from Truth Or Consequences to Las Cruces (100 miles), the way they released the brakes was they had a special very long air hose that had a glad hand to connect it to the tow truck's air, and had a knurled fitting on the other end, the kind that can be tightened by hand. He disconnected the air line from the compressor and connected it to this hose. Took about 5 minutes. If you wanted to be cool you could make a universal hose, with this fitting on it, and set up an air chuck attachment that can screw into that fitting. Now you have the fairly common emergency tire airer-upper, AND truck theft air hose..

 

The air compressor regulator that is usually mounted on, or near the air compressor, has several 1/4" screw type plugs on it. Cheap and easy fix for airing up a truck is to unscrew the plug, (normally takes an allen wrench), and screw in a fitting that has a valve stem similar to the one on wheels which is used to air up tires. The regulator will usually have the application stamped near the corresponding plug, reservoir, pressure, etc. Only purchase is usually the tire valve stem which is threaded on the other end, and screws right into the reg. Most parts houses have them, cheap enough to leave on the truck when you move on, and can also rig a gladhand with the air chuck fitting, that can be used if a air hose for tires is not available.
As mentioned earlier, mounting a female air coupling, tire valve stem, or gladhand, to the wet tank also works great, but if the tanks are under the truck, needing to access the fitting will only happen during the winter, when you are parked over a large, deep mud hole; in the summer it will be on hot blacktop where some clown has just dumped his pee bottle; adding fittings, and a short piece of hose will allow for easy access, but makes it an easy target for gators..... don't ask how I know all this.

 

Now there is an idea!