Trucks that don't have a button to lower your airbags

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by DAX_, Aug 5, 2019.

  1. Concorde

    Concorde Road Train Member

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    Friend of mine got a 2019 W-900 ... Hasn’t got a manual fan switch...lol.

    I use mine all the time when climbing hills and the temp hits 200.
     
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  3. MartinFromBC

    MartinFromBC Road Train Member

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    Why would he order a truck without it?
     
  4. GypsyWanderlust

    GypsyWanderlust Medium Load Member

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    It does suck if a heavy trailer is too low but you should be able to use the low gear (usually by pulling out) and the crank enough to get the fifth wheel plate to pick it up. If it were super low I suppose you couldn’t crank it but I’ve never seen that.
     
  5. MartinFromBC

    MartinFromBC Road Train Member

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    Does no one pull a trailer with adjustable landing gear anymore?
    Get out and crank it up a few inches...holy crap people are lazy nowadays. When I learned to drive we all did it regularly. If its too high, crank it down
    ...too low crank it up.
    If your arms are broken you shouldn't be driving anyway.
     
  6. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    It's a Schnieder truck, what would you do?

    Moar throttle!111
     
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  7. meechyaboy

    meechyaboy Heavy Load Member

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    Check and see if there is a remote looking device under or around your driver seat. If it is that’s how you lower the bags press the middle top button to turn it on up and down for the bags then the button with two arrows to reset em and then turn it off... they don’t tell you and I only found out while being layed over at a tankwash I’ll try to tank a pic of min if you don’t find it
     
  8. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    Nah... They just cant hear it through thier ear buds.
     
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  9. 88228822

    88228822 Heavy Load Member

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    I've been driving OTR for a year in a truck with no manual control of air bags and maybe once or twice I had trouble and had to struggle to crank the trailer up to couple.

    Since I never drove with control of airbags, I prefer not to deal with it. No problems and one less thing to think about.
     
  10. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    I would consider not having one a problem and more to deal with. lol
     
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  11. Ridgeline

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    Omg can't drive without it?

    For decades drivers didn't even have air bags and they all got by.
     
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