Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Bayley View Post
I just read all three pages of this thread and was surprised that there was no mention of what someone referred to once as an "air brake adendem". Now, I have no idea if this is something that even exist but they characterized it as keeping a non CDL license like most of us have now but getting some........."air brake" certification added to it. Maybe this comes automatically with another "class" of license. ??? Seemed screwy to me. What the heck do you need to know about the air brakes except that if the air leaks the bus comes to a stop instead of speeding out of control.
I have a Quebec drivers lisence ,where I am domisiled ,and they do not require any special lisence to drive an RV with or without air brakes.
I also spend time in British Columbia where they require "an air ticket " to drive an RV with air brakes.I just completed a 20 hour course on air brakes put on by a local driving school in BC which was most informative.This week I will visit a lisence bureau in BC and and try to take their exam on air brakes so I will conform to their requirements.However I doubt that they will allow me to take their BC examin because I do not have a BC lisence as stated earlier.
I think it is important to know how to read the time,but I don't need to know how the watch works.The same applies to these air brakes in my opinion.
During the course,it was mentioned that in the States,no special lisence was required so it is interesting to see that people are speaking about it.

On another matter I hope to be leaving BC next week heading south for warmer weather on my new RV and am looking foreward to the experience.My innitial thoughts were to head for the coast of Washington State and wonder next to the ocean.Now I'm told that at this time of year,the coast can be cold and the weather not so hot.... So it may be more suitable to to head east somewhere around Portland and visit the interior following the route 84,I think the Columbia river if I heard it correctly.
Any thoughts out there ?Allways great to hear from people who have done it before.Best Regards and thanks for sharing your thoughts