auto trasnport wrecked my truck!!!!

Edited: 3/17/2010 8:12:32 PM by kidbrootal

thanks everyone.  Jeff explained it way better than I did! I had just got off of a 10hr night shift then drove straight down to see it so by the time I got back my brain was tired and my ability to explain went down the drain! lol. I appreciate the help and im sure I will figure something out. All I want is for them to pay for the bags if thats even possible. If not its not a terrible loss so I'll suck it up and fix it. Some good has already came out of this, the wife gave me the OK to get a new truck and a car trailer so this wont happen again and if it does then I can only blame myself cause it'll be me towing it!!! Thanks again.

well i know its capable of atleasst 300...ive done it just to see but ive always ran it to 200 with no problem...ive heard of people running well over  300 but i have not ever witnessed it...

when you get it all buttoned up, snap some pics of the bags and/or damage for us, if you could.

An engine driven compressor can produce well over 400 psi. When used in their "natural habitat", pumping refrigerant, pressures can easily reach that high, especially in hot weather.  AS FAR AS "why put the extra strain on the motor just to fill up the tank if air is not needed at the present time", that is a lame excuse not to install a safety switch so things like this don't happen, since the same amount of strain will have to be put on the engine sooner or later cuz you'll need more air. EDC are made to kick on and off ALL the time, just like an ac compressor.

Edited: 3/18/2010 4:18:11 AM by tmiit

Edited: 3/18/2010 4:17:21 AM by tmiitHi all, I guess I'll chime in as i have had the wonderful experience of shipping my truck around the globe via contractors utilized by the Air Force...so here's a quick run down..:Beginning in 2006, I was stationed in so. Cali.,  got orders to Kunsan AB So. Korea for a year feb 06-07, with follow-on orders to Lajes Filed, Azores Portugal (a little island in the Atalntic Oean under 3k miles due east of Maryland)  Came back to the states (Feb 07) to ship it Lajes. well I had to put the E-brake back on due to their shipping policy... no problem, it made it there. the truck stayed air up for over two weeks while in shipment status. (Feb 07- Oct 08)  next, i was sent back to Korea, Oct '08-'09...this time I am allowed to ship the truck. well, thats when it started. apparantly a leak devleoped and she aired out  when it got to the east coast. i received an email and called them to assist in the problem, but by that time, they already got the truck on the hauler. cool --- next, i receive another phone call, this time, from the port in Korea, same problem, but this time they said they put wooden blocks between the frame and control arms/rear axle, phew! problem solved! not quite!!Well when i finally got to see her, they some how split the seams in the beed floor! the only guess I got was them using a forklift tine or something the lift up the rear by using the bed floor instead fof hte frame, to put the blocks in..anyways..lesson learned!  So now I have shipped the truck to Germany (OCt 09- OCt '11)..but before doing so, i had made a pair of "maintenance stands" for the front and rear for shipping purposes and put a sign on the steering wheel " Drive SLOW, no suspension".  i should have taken pics to show you guys..now I wont need to worry for the next shipment, Hopefully back to the states!  So the lesson/moral is, guys fab up some type of supports between your frame and control arms and rear axle...its worth it!...  p.s., i even put an EDC on the truck prior to shipping it here, and i would have the issue of language barriers..and the only damage i got this time around was a chipped wheel on the 20's, i should have used the "play" wheels .. 

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by TOWNLOWAn engine driven compressor can produce well over 400 psi. When used in their "natural habitat", pumping refrigerant, pressures can easily reach that high, especially in hot weather.  AS FAR AS "why put the extra strain on the motor just to fill up the tank if air is not needed at the present time", that is a lame excuse not to install a safety switch so things like this don't happen, since the same amount of strain will have to be put on the engine sooner or later cuz you'll need more air. EDC are made to kick on and off ALL the time, just like an ac compressor.---------------------------------------------

lame excuse to put on a switch who are you to judge me what i do to my truck....i always turned mine on when im driving at a higher rpm than just idleing at a stop light and by the way correct me if im wrong but im sure im right in most automotive design a/c compressors where designed and wired with the vehicles computer system to slow the compressor and/or kick it off while idleing for a period of time it still blew cold air but with out continuously runnin the compressor at idle speed....and edc's are made to kick on and off like a/c compressors?.....hmmm shit im glad someone told me that next time i go buy one from the parts store ill tell the guy to make sure i only get the edc for a 79 thunderbird and no longer need the a/c compressor

I will snap some pics as soon as the truck arrives. As for the argument about the pressure switch dilemma i believe that that should be up to the individual why ones the truck. Jeff makes a valid point about the edc and not having it put strain on the engine. As for me I will be installing one just because I don't ever want to have to be in this situation again. I'm a Sgt in the United States Marine Corps and I move all the time so I usually have to ship one of my vehicles. I guess you have to live and learn. thats life. The reason I posted about it was more or less just a heads up for anyone else just to be extra careful when shipping  a vehicle with air. I'm sure there are quite a few competent shippers out there I just got unlucky. thanks again everyone. 

Pressure switch would have prevented this from happening sounds like to me.  Thats the bottom line.

Edited: 3/18/2010 9:50:03 AM by Minitucking

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by SSM-BrandtPressure switch would have prevented this from happening sounds like to me.  Thats the bottom line. ---------------------------------------------Yup what brandt said.... and edc is a converted A/C Compressor .   Unless you have one of these bad mofo's.....http://www.vmac.ca/file_manager/upload/m200002.pdf  and it still cycles on and off just like a A/C Compressor!!

Edited: 3/18/2010 9:51:02 AM by Big Dee

Or a psi relief valve on the tank to pop open. On my dually, anything over 225psi and the relief valve opens up.