From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 22:05:23 PST
Sonny;
If you will read my post I did not say the truck with full air brakes was a
And I would wager most every one has driven vehicle -at least for short
I may be wrong but as I understand normal civilian trucks with air brakes,
Any other discussion on this should take place off list.
Everette
----- Original Message -----
> Everette,
deuce, I did say it weighed in excess of 26.000, and I never saw a deuce
that empty weighed that much. Truck in question is M123A1. The brakes on
this truck are 100% air and on normal deuce brakes are air assist.
distance- with hand brake set.
the air brake cylinder (or pot as they are called here) is constructed in
such a manner as to apply the brakes in absence of air pressure in braking
system.
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Everette"
<194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] CDL
>
> I will have to respectfully dissagree with two points in your post. When
> all the air is gone in a deuce and a half you still have some brakes, not
> much but some, plus you have a hand brake and a transmission to keep it
> from rolling. Second point, I have a 1996 Freightliner full size sixty
> series and mine rolled down the hill in front of my shop one day, with the
> brakes set, so since that I have always chocked a wheel and put it in gear
> when not level.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:18 AM
> Subject: [MV] CDL
>
>
>>A few years back when I got my first MV that had gross weight in excess of
>>26,000 pounds, (some over 37,000) and a maxium GVWR of over 210,000
>>pounds - (truck, trailer and load)... I will never even get close to
>>this......