air instead of hudraulics

[glenanderson]

Apr 26, 2016 12:27:51 GMT @1300dolly said:

Reading this is a bit like one of those 'what happens when my tyre blows' threads. you will either not notice and carry on driving to there will be a loud bang, lots of screeching followed by a fire ball and dead car driver. or somewhere inbetween.

When my truck airline blew I heard it as did most of my neighbours, it even set off a car alarm but will the same happen with a different air line on another truck?

I was stood next to my lorry when a suspension airbag burst. The twin wheel and tyre assembly was between me and it, but I still ended up on my backside. I thought a bomb had gone off. Took a couple of hours before I could hear anything, and a couple of weeks for the ringing to go away. That was at 9 bar. 

I think a lot depends on the volume being let go, not so much the pressure.