Air Brake Test for Class B

You only need to do one brake test. Since it's a class b, straight truck. There's only one brake system.

 

You will do everything the same, but instead of putting it in 1st gear, you will chock the wheels in neutral.

Then shut the engine off, then release the brakes, then fan them down until the low air warning comes on, button pops out, etc.

 

Chock the wheels before you start your air brake test. Remove them before you test/tug the parking and service brakes (last part of the brake test)

 

You dont ask the examiner anything during the test, they usually give you a chance to ask before, but not during.

 

What Ralph said. Don't ask for permission from the instructor for anything. You want to choke the wheels before putting the truck in neutral and releasing the brakes (it'll be in neutral the whole time it's off since auto, so choke them before releasing the brakes). I'd put the chokes down as I'm doing the outside portion of the pre trip if you have to do that as well. If not, just put them down before you get in the truck. Then do all the steps to the point where you've fanned the brakes down to get them to pop out. Once they're popped out and the truck is no longer able to roll away, as the air pressure is building, tell the instructor that "while I'm waiting for the air pressure to build, I'm going to get out and remove the chocks". Do that. Then get back in and don't forget the seatbelt ;-P

 

You telling me DMV dinged you for stalling? Whoo that's draconian.

In my test I was in reverse at a light that was a two pointer off a 100 score in Maryland.

Please be in charge of your horses when you get going.

There will be some hills where your life and everyone behind you depends on you not stalling.

 

I just did my brake test in Texas was failed because the truck overheated and I turned it off twice anyways the instructor told me I should have done the tug test and the 5 mile an hour steering wheel pull first then the fanning of the brakes and to make sure I unchock the wheels first

 

I hope you ate your wheaties, it is very hard to choke the wheels. just kidding. lol