I drove coaches for 25 years, I'm well familiar with airbrakes. The
Penske hydrovac brakes definitely left a lot to be desired.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Andreas Freiherr wrote:
>
> "Merle K. Peirce" wrote:
> >
> ...
> > little beat, but usually seems to run well. Penske's truck was a Gas
> > GMC, and it had no air brakes. Try and get a diesel air braked job. The
> > gas trucks are very thirsty and they don't like to stop. Mileage is
>
> Careful with air brakes: these tend to respond in a deferred manner, and
> if you aren't used to this, you will push harder on the pedal, so when
> the brakes engage, they will do better than you want them to.
>
> The first time I had to drive a truck with air brakes (a truck large
> enough so you aren't required to wear seat belts in Germany), I was
> accompanied by two guys of about 250 pounds each. When I was struck by
> the effect of deferred but amplified brakes, both of them were on their
> way towards the windscreen: a great view from my seat, but their next
> words weren't quite as great... ;-)
>
> --
> Andreas Freiherr
> Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
> http://www.vishay.com
>
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Received on Tue Mar 05 2002 - 17:06:43 GMT