Brake insp.

ok you took the test,you have general knowedge, buy haveing that endorsement it certifs that you can adjust brakes.......or should i say should know how to....but if one never checks and trust the auto matic system then take you chances

 

I don't care for the automatic slacks.

After reading all this it just makes me wonder? I've never been questioned when I went to adjust brakes. Now its only happened twice, once on my tractor(steering brake) and once on a trailer(rail chassis), but DOT just told me to adjust it. NOw maybe with my name being on the registration of the truck thats why he never questioned weither I could do it or not?

 

Sometimes i think it has alot to do with the inspector,Depending on what and how much he finds wrong???? if he's haveing a good day or not and what mood he/or shes in and or if your a o/o or a company driver.....or if his wife was good to him the night befor.....either way we should know how to adjust our brakes

 

Just got to thinking (dangerous) the next brake job I do, when I get it all buttoned up do I now have to call someone with a card to adjust them before I back it out of the garage? I know most every mechanic in my area and the only ones I know who might possibly have a card or any sort of certification are the CD Rom brainwashed ones at the big boys shops, the rest only have a head full of sense and a box of wrenches, maybe as I get older I'll figure it out.

 

the thing that cracks me up, when i was stationed in germany ,and we would do a brake job ,we would have to take them to the geman military base to put on there machine and do a brake test.....dont see nothing like that today...then again this is going back alot of years..more than i care to remember

 

I know what you mean Dino, I think society is like a distributor, if you get to advanced you end up retarded.

 

speaking of retarded, i ow you all a apoligy! according to what i have read and talking with my mechanic....yes you do have to be certifyed to adjust brakes......now he knows i can do my own brake jobs ,and we both agree it's bull shyat,after dissusing it our faithfull goverment at work.....I swear to god ,some of these idiots must stay up all night thinking stupid shyat up

 

ya mean the "Good Ideal Fairy" is running wild in the trucking industy also? Thought she was military only, didn't know she had a CDL too.

Oh yeah, in my search to find a way to get certified on Air Brakes so i can adjust them (having air brakes on your CDL on mean you can INSPECT them, doesn't mean you can adjust them) i found a few interesting sources. One being Bendex hosting a three day class (limited locations, and they move from state to state), and this online training, google "virtual risk airbrakes and it should be the first link. I wasn't sure if i could post a like to a website that wanted you to buy things. The training isn't free. The only thing free on there is the practice test. But i'm going to keep checking around, maybe i can do it at the local VoTech.
Be Easy Stay Breezy

 

here ya go.......just buy the cards and fill them out.......wala! your certified!!!!!!.......

cards........http://www.jjkeller.com/webapp/wcs/...ke-Inspector-Wallet-Card_10151_-1_10551_60033


forms.....http://www.jjkeller.com/webapp/wcs/...ector-Certification-Form_10151_-1_10551_61319