Rolls Royce Turbo Jet Engine for Blue Birds

[George Lowry]

Your comment makes me think again about how many people have hit the
spring brakes while under way. If you ever do, I'm sure you will be
greatly surprised. The spring brakes are only on the drive wheels.
Under normal operation, the drive wheels do 40% of the braking and the
steer wheels 60%. Therefore, the "sudden" braking will be much less than
hitting the service brakes hard. I have done it and was impressed about
how far it took to stop and how gentle it is. Try it sometime, It won't
hurt anything and you will be a better driver for it.

George Lowry
'06 Alpine Apex - Formerly '95 WBDA 4203
Spearfish, SD Now in Gila Bend, AZ where the air is clear and warm.


orbitalsolutions wrote:

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>It would be no fun to have the spring brakes deploy with the bus at
>speed. No fun at all. If you have never driven a heavy truck before
>a retarder should make the experience easier and probably safer as
>well.
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>-James
>78FC33SB
>LasVegas NV
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