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What do you use the trolley valve for?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Dec 5, 2021.

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  1. Dec 5, 2021 #11
    JolliRoger

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    Agree if, it is "my" (regular) trailer and I adjust my own brakes.
     
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  3. Dec 5, 2021 #12
    TripleSix

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    Winner.
    There are some trailers, like the stretch trailers and the beam trailers that you can’t even get underneath to hook up without the trolley valve.
     
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  4. Dec 5, 2021 #13
    okiedokie

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    Is there any other way. I do not drive trucks without my personal attention to details. No short cuts.
     
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  5. Dec 5, 2021 #14
    MACK E-6

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    There is no other way to fully charge the air system on a set of doubles so you can check for air all the way through to the back on both sides, than with the trolley valve.
     
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  7. Dec 5, 2021 #15
    okiedokie

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    Ditto on triples.
     
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  8. Dec 5, 2021 #16
    azheavyduty

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    If it is your truck and someone else's trailer, you only use the trolley valve. Amazing how long your brakes will last.
     
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  9. Dec 5, 2021 #17
    JolliRoger

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    Cool, in difficult times. Gotta make it where you can, inconvenient or not.
     
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  10. Dec 5, 2021 #18
    expedite_it

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    If the parking spring brakes on a trailer work properly, doesn't that mean that the service brakes on the trailer work properly?
     
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  11. Dec 5, 2021 #19
    jamespmack

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    Till you have a trailer that won't. You have more brake force on the service side than parking.
     
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  12. Dec 5, 2021 #20
    expedite_it

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    What the heck is a stretch trailer? Is that one of those trailers where the ceiling of the trailer is made out of canvas or some type of cloth?
     
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