From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 07:35:28 PDT
>not for prolonged parking...you can blow a whl cyl or the master or <
RAM, please expand on this. I don't like the prospect of having a blown
anything on my deuce.
Thanks,
Bjorn
>From: "R. A. Moir aka RAM" <cyclopsram@starband.net>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Mico locked??
>Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:05:06 -0400
>
>Joe, and others, go look in the 5 ton wrecker aka Recovery Truck and you
>will see the military version of the Mico brake lock... it is a
>pushbutton.... you jam on brakes and push the button and they stay on...
>in order to release, you over press the brakes again at a higher pressure
>than the initial one and they release...and repeating an earlier caution...
>not for prolonged parking...you can blow a whl cyl or the master or stick
>the shoes to a drum... My M543A2 has one which works fine...original
>equipment... RAM
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "GOTAM35" <gotam35@sc.rr.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 08:41
>Subject: Re: [MV] Mico locked??
>
>
> >
> > I once borrowed a fork lift that the owner said the brakes didn't work
>on.
> > I didn't like this since brakes are good for stopping so I tried them
> > anyway. They didn't move much and were very hard. I noticed it had the
> > Mico lock on the panel and I moved it. Brakes worked fine. When I
>returned
> > it a few minuets later I was sure to tell the dude and he said "what
>lever".
> > Some people shouldn't own heavy equipment.
> >
> > I am now thinking of getting one of these for my deuce. I would like
> > something to brake at the wheels when I am winching and would like to
>have
> > my feet free. I wonder if they still make them? I haven't seen one in
>a
> > truck any newer than our 72' boom truck we used to have at work.
> >
> > Joe Trapp
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Everette" <194cbteng@pchnet.com>
> >
> > These are on lots of tow trucks to give all wheel
> > > brakes for winching.
> > >
> >
> >
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