Draining Your Air Tanks: How, Why and When - 2019 2020 2021 Freightliner Cascadia 

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Awesome video. I knew the answer to how often you are suppose to drain them, but I never knew how. Thank you for the information!!

My trainer never told me about this. My truck currently has 240,000 from new and never drained the tanks. lol

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Not to be a SMART A, But as you said you don't want Water in the Air System at all, I worked as a Journeyman Diesel Tech for Many Years, and this is my take, Even with the Best Air Dryers and Maintenance New Truck or Old its not Just water in there, you have other Contamination such as Oil and Dirt! My Recommendation is a Quick pull every Day on the Pre Trip , tractor and Trailer, then the Complete Job like you show once a Week, (great Job by the way, because this is the Most overlooked Maintenance) Also I can tell you this not being Done can Cost you WAY more than Money, having a Failure in the Air Brakes is A Life Changing possibility, Again this Schedule is my Recommended thoughts. The Drier it is in the Tanks the Better because there will be Lubrication and moisture as soon as the Truck is Started !!! The Health of the Control Valves and Such is Vital to preventing Future air Leaks and Proper operation of the Brakes and all the other systems! Thats All dont mean to Ramble on and thank you for Bringing this Most Overlooked Topic up!!

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Just got a new freightliner. Appreciate the pointer. Just came out of a kenworth and was wondering where the lines were located on new truck.

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Yeah, n The most important thing to keep in mind is when you start this (all air tanks drain or empty) process, your truck must be in neutral mode because if your truck is not neutral n you drain all of the (gear) air, n your all air tanks empty, n you start the engine, but the truck will not go into neutral because it is in gear and not start, n you will get air into the tank again.

Worth spending time.. great work .. thanks

Nice bro.. absolutely good....and that's info really help a lot to all Truckers out their and also my self as a trucker....#keep on safe Truckers

Another thing that makes a big difference on the interval, is pulling the same trailer all the time OR dropping and hooking constantly.

It's 20 grand not 2. Because it gets into the motor as well. I saw that the other day and couldn't believe the amount of damage. The truck was really old and the mechanic who worked at frgtlinr for 20 years now has his own shop told me it was a common problem because the drivers are not aware of the extent of damage. It goes further than the air line.

very useful video! Thank you very much

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Good Idea for drain the air thanks for making a video

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Thanks for info.

I took a 6 week course on air tank draining

Thank you.

Great video, learned something new.

Thanks for the video

Newer trucks have air drier installed ...thats that black canister by the radiator core under the hood also acts as an air pressure regulator..

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I saw that trk last summer

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What if you don’t have those cables?

It should drain the lines when it reliefs the air pressure ... old trucks didn't have them so checking for water was essential for full air tanks..

I didn't know u could do this with truck started. I'm noob af. But nobody told me to do it til the air is gone. I pulled the one and I could see water come out but the other 3 I couldn't see nothing

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Gotta release both brakes (tractor and trailer) before draining tanks?

I'm sharing this with my brother at kllm

So engine off correct? No need to secure wheels if parking down the road ?how about the air dryer filter,you have videos how to change it decompress before ?which is your favorite OM source for cheaper parts filters etc?🙏🙏🙏

What about the trailer ? Everyone shows the trucks only are you to do the trailer too ?

Thank for the info

How often we do that ?? & How long takes is that for 30sec 1min ??

Thanks for the tip !!

Do automatic trucks have clutch air tanks!

I just purchased a 2019 Freightliner from Pedigree Truck sales. Awesome truck but was wondering where the drain cords where as they are not visible. Thanks for the video. Can you do one replacing your airlines?

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Why 2021 does have only one valve on it?

@JJ the trucker, it doesn't hurt dumping all the air, but I think it's overkill, just pull it a few minutes in your daily pre check untill the water has stopped shooting out. That what those valves are for, quick dump, moisture will still be on the walls of the tanks even after a full dump, if you leave it a few weeks without your daily squirt you will cause yourself grief. Just my opinion mate.

Do you drain tank with engine off or on ?

If I work the break in the cab before starting wouldnt that save some time to empty?

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Is this an issue for a dump truck?