From: Marc Strangfeld (mjstrangfeld@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 02 2005 - 10:40:52 PDT
Bjorn,
Thanks for mentioning your concerns. I don't think
they are serious enough to keep me from experimenting
with it but it did make me think it over more. I
would think some sort of proportioning valve should be
used to adjust and/or restrict flow during slippery
conditions, I think the trick would be to place this
control in the cab.
Arthur,
I get a kick out of your posts. You are one
interesting fellow.
Marc
-- Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe in an educated customer.
> I will continue to provide information that is as
> accurate as possible based
> on my own experiences and research.
>
> Check ALL my posts and articles in the MVM, be it
> about biodiesel, coolant
> filters, crankcase breather filter, turn signal
> buzzer, headlight switch
> bypass/override circuits, vertical engine air
> intake, exhaust brake, NDCC
> tire wet pavement traction, accurate mpg
> measurements, engine cooling
> problems (radiator cover), bikini top advantages,
> flame heater monitor,
> pyro/ boost gauges, off-road driving with and
> without chains, tire
> temperatures and pressure changes due to loading and
> speed..etc. The list
> goes on.
>
> Sorry Arthur if it hurts your sales, it's not my
> intention. When you bring
> up a subject on this list for discussion (or is it
> just for selling one of
> your products) expect responses both pros and cons.
>
> I would think that my info could help you make a
> better product.
>
> Like Thomas A. Edison said "There is always a way to
> do it better...find
> it".
> A good way to find it, is by looking at exactly the
> kind of info that others
> and I present to this list free of charge, no less.
>
> Disc brakes and drum brakes have different braking
> characterics, how will
> you match them?
>
> I learned about drive line braking when I installed
> the exhaust brake on my
> deuce.
> Read about it, they can be dangerous if not used
> correctly.
>
> About my 24 to 12 volt converter, you will soon see
> a "Point of Load" power
> supply that is rugged and waterproof that can be
> used for individual
> components, from light to cb radios.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Bjorn
> MVPA19212
> The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
>
>
>
> >From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
> >To: Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com>,
> Military Vehicles Mailing
> >List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 series brakes-pinion brake
> >Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:03:19 -0400
> >
> >Once again, a reader just doesn't seem to
> understand the concept of "if you
> >can't something nice, don't say anything."
> >
> >Immediately upon my mentioning our new product,
> Bjorn feels the need to
> >jump
> >right in and start the dis-information program.
> Bjorn, have you driven an
> >M35 with a pinion brake? Would you like one, on
> approval, to evaluate? Just
> >ask. My policy has always been "send it back if you
> don't like it."
> >
> >I am in business (hobby, actually, according to my
> wife and the accountant)
> >to help owners of M35 trucks enjoy their vehicles,
> and to enjoy them
> >safely.
> >The pinion brake concept (not mine... I must credit
> John Tennis, in fact,
> >for the M35 application) is an accessory brake, not
> designed to replace
> >service or parking brakes. It does, however, add
> considerable braking
> >ability to the service brake system, with no fancy
> extra equipment. It
> >simply TEE's into the service line at the rear
> axle, and bolts to the the
> >rear output flange thingie. The trucks will stop,
> and decisively. In
> >response to your assertion that driveline braking
> is inferior to wheel
> >braking - it's not a contest, it's an improvement.
> Let's allow my
> >customers to see for themselves, shall we?
> >
> >My policy is simple. The customer drives the
> business. Naysayers do not.
> >There is always the manly-man who says that only a
> girly-man would need
> >power steering. I see by my saved messages that
> you, Bjorn, have made that
> >public assertion several times over the years.
> TACOM disagrees. There is
> >always the shade tree mechanic who would take $100
> worth of drive flanges,
> >and spend 4 hours of his valuable time, making fake
> lockout hubs, (with
> >superfluous bearings, in fact) rather than cough
> up the $ for a real set.
> >There is a whole public thread about that concept,
> too, and it all seems to
> >be in your handwriting.
> >
> >Now, we hear all the reasons why NOT to buy a
> pinion brake. Bjorn, please,
> >just let me try to make a few bucks here, OK? (the
> margin is around $20 for
> >each one.)
> >
> >Did I badmouth your 12-volt to 24-volt taillight
> blackbox project? No. Even
> >though I could think of lots of reasons not to go
> that route, I even
> >offered
> >to help you market them.
> >
> >Thank you, Bjorn, for once again giving me the
> opportunity to get some free
> >publicity, by perpetuating your constant program of
> knocking down every
> >product that I have introduced. Go find something
> useful to do with your
> >spare time, rather than criticizing me. I hear
> there's a war on. Maybe you
> >could knit some bandages with the rest of the
> girls.
> >
> >APB
> >www.M35products.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:03 AM
> >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 series brakes-pinion brake
> >
> >
> > > Be careful with pinion, hand and engine brakes
> they are "driveline"
> >brakes
> > > and work via the differential.
> > >
> > > If the traction is questionable then you may
> lose control of the
> >vehicle.
> > > Think about it. On a side slope the upper wheels
> will brake and it would
> >not
> > > slow the vehicle unless you have locking diffs.
> > >
> > > That's why the driveline brake is not well
> suited as a parking brake
> >either.
> > >
> > > I have driven my deuce for thousands of miles on
> the highway and found
> > > acceleration, speed and braking satisfactory
> with gross vehicle weights
> > > close to 26,000 lb.
> > > My biggest concern has been the wet pavement
> traction of the NDCC's and
> >I'll
> > > be checking out some Goodyear Unisteels soon, I
> hope.
> > > I did get a siping/grooving tool, but haven't
> had the nerve to cut my
> >NDCC's
> > > yet.
> > >
> > > Have a great day!
> > >
> > > Bjorn
> > > MVPA19212
> > > Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
> > >
> > >
>
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