Help! Carrier doesnt want to lease on my fitzgerald! glider

Get your own authority.

 

The year of the truck does.

All trucks built after that date has to have abs

 

A carrier can accept or reject any truck for any reason that tickles their fancy. It's their authority, their decision. Find another carrier, there are plenty out there.

 

I'm not sure they are wrong...Here is the law for ABS...
From 49 CFR 571.121 - Standard No. 121; Air brake systems.

(b) Each truck tractor manufactured on or after March 1, 1997, shall be equipped with an antilock brake system that directly controls the wheels of at least one front axle and the wheels of at least one rear axle of the vehicle, with the wheels of at least one axle being independently controlled. Wheels on other axles of the vehicle may be indirectly controlled by the antilock brake system. A truck tractor shall have no more than three wheels controlled by one modulator.

As the ELD mandate showed, the FMCSA sees a glider as the model year of the glider. It took a special exception to get them to define the date as the engine date. Just don't piss off any DOT guys during an inspection.

 

The carriers insurance probably is driving that decision. Whether or not you legally need abs is irrelevant the carrier wants it on the truck......

They can set their equipment standards as high as they want above dot regulations....

 

More important..........don't get in a accident with fatalities.
The lawyers will eat you for breakfast,lunch and dinner.

 

I don't care for ABS because I like my brakes "Touchy" With ABS and auto slacks...They Never stay "touchy" the way I like them..(a day or 2 after I adjust them and that's it)

I Define "Touchy" as the Meaty feeling of brake shoe grabbing the drum "Right now"

I Removed all my ABS cables and Module on my truck- never been harassed.

Yes,I go through shoes every year or so- But I like the Sheer stopping Power Pulling 80k