Trailer air supply not holding

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  1. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    Good Morning folks.

    I am having an issue withTrailer air supply not holding brakes (red valve).

    The trailer brakes are in adjustment and the trailer dolly brakes works and holds brakes perfectly.

    Tried removing red airline and that didn't work, trailer brakes were not holding.

    I am not able to adjust tandems since i have air sliding tandems. Traler dolly brakes will not work with red valve pulled out.

    There was no issue on last trip, trailer has sat for a week and just noticed the problem today.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
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  3. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    Is it below freezing there?
     
  4. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    It's 15 and feels like 3
     
  5. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    Your probably froze up. You need to get lots of warm air through the system and hope it thaws out. High idle, open drain on trailer's air tanks. No air means water in tank is frozen or line to tank. It's going to take some trouble shooting and patience unless you have a big shop heater to put under trailer or a warm shop to pull it in for a couple hours.
     
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  6. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    I will try that, hope it works.

    Thanks
     
  7. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Broken springs in the brake cans.
     
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  8. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    Just had roadside fix it.
    It was a frozen valve.
    He tourced it and it worked.

    The receiver was gonna reject load without tandems moved back and it's a penske trailer so they came out and fixed it.
     
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  9. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    Is it gonna freeze again?
    What preventive mesures can i take to avoid it.

    I will drain the tanks.
     
  10. hilliard

    hilliard Light Load Member

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    U r a very knowledgeable person.
    Thank you
     
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  11. Dale thompson

    Dale thompson Road Train Member

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    draining the tanks will not help when it is that cold whatever moisture is in the system should be frozen wait till it thaws then drain air tanks and it is probably time to service the air dryer
     
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