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Old 12-12-2011, 08:34 PM   #9
77newell
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Just North of Detroit, a surprizingly great city
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Default Scary Experience

We traveled a couple times from Michigan to Florida with our 77 coach with no problems other than the front heater not keeping up with -3 degrees. Then one February we left Charleston SC and ran into an ice storm with lots of slush on the roads and lots of icy spots. Our front brakes started locking up with even the slightest touch of the pedal and upon its release took several seconds to release - not a good situation on icy roads. The trip home was scary, I made the final 250 miles without touching the brake pedal, just used the Jake with lots of planning. As soon as the weather warmed up I took it out for a test and no problems.

We did not have an air drier in the system but it had not given us a problem until this last trip. Well, we now have a drier and I expect no further problems. The drains on the tanks have been completely dry.

Conclusion, make sure you have a drier and that it is up to snuff.

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