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What's wrong with the chunks in Rick's truck?

Was looking at the background in one of your pics and assumed that you or the Misses was an airframe mechanic. Airframe mechanics always have a collection of CLECOs. Am I far off? The hub covers probably won't make it to the post office until Tuesday.

Do you guys have a bunch of CLECO fasteners at home?

PM me your addy and it shall be done!

Son, I'm about to break your heart. The caps you made to cover the rear hubs, there is almost an exact copy of those used on older M105 trailers. I have 2 of them here. Looking great though.

When you just add an airline to the airpack, there is a delay in the brake actuation as the air flills and pressurizes the line from truck to trailer. A relay valve uses a small amt of air to trigger the release of air that is already on the truck using the existing air tanks and an emergency...

Lloyd, I was just talking about swapping the brake actualting system. I prefer the 2 seperate systems for safety issues but heck, look at the trucks we drive. MD, if you keep the existing brake system, I would consider adding a relay valve and using the air tanks on the 109 chassis. This...

The 6 ton expandible semi trailers have a rear suspension almost identcal to a deuce sans drie axles. They use 2 M105 brake systems controlled by one relay valve. It gives very adequate braking and as a fail safe, each axle brake system is isolated.