From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2003 - 12:35:45 PST
I would think that after parking and before turning engine off (and
electricity),
you would go set the hand brake.
With a heavy load and surge brakes, it might start tugging at your truck
enough before you could get out and set the hand brake.
The assumption here is that when the trailer is tugging at the truck, it is a
slow
steady tug, and not a jerk, thereby not enough to fully activate the surge
brake
mechanisim.
Disclaimer. I have never seen surge brakes, this is just speculation.
You all DO have hand brakes don't you?
Bruce MVPA 23824
Glenn Shaw wrote:
> Hi
>
> How do you set electric brakes when the trailer is parked?
>
> Glenn S with HMT with surge brakes.
>
> The reasoning was that not only could
> you not apply from the cab but they could not be set when you parked.
>
> Interestingly I'm told that the trailer -rental- people are exempt. You
> can -rent- a trailer with surge brakes and use it in your business, you
> just
> can't -own- that same trailer. And I'm sure politics had nothing to do
> with
> that regulation.
>
> Glenn.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TacticalTruck@aol.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] [MV]
>
> >
> > In a message dated 12/2/03 3:47:59 PM, JPace@merchantsinfo.com writes:
> >
> > << converting a M105 trailer with air/hydraulic
> >
> > brakes to use a surge brake actuator as found on M101 and M116
> trailers?
> >>
> >
> > I did this to a trailer similar to a M105. I used an actuator from
> > www.draw-tite.com. It worked like a charm. It was for my neighbor to
> pull
> behind his
> > civi truck. I also plumbed in a line lock controlled by the backup
> lights
> so he
> > could back the trailer w/o actuating the trailer brakes. Be aware that
> > hydraulic surge brakes have been outlawed in some states. I think they
> are
> superior to
> > electric brakes but they have been outlawed because you cannot operate
> them
> > independently from inside the cab of your tow vehicle. If you have a
> heavy
> > trailer and you stop on an incline with limited traction, the trailer
> could drag
> > you back down the hill.
> > Jeff
> > TacticalTruck.com
> >
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