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  • DukeOfUndersteer

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:26 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx_5DpLDc0Y

  • aussiesmg

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:33 p.m. aussiesmg UltraDork

    Chocks, C.H.O.C.K.S.

  • ClemSparks

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:36 p.m. ClemSparks PowerDork

    aussiesmg wrote:

    Chocks, C.H.O.C.K.S.

    Si hecho si que es...?

    lol,
    Clem

  • rustyvw

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:36 p.m. rustyvw HalfDork

    I thought air brakes would lock up in this situation. Don't they apply themselves when the engine is off and the air pressure runs out?

  • Duke

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:42 p.m. Duke SuperDork

    DukeOfUndersteer wrote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx_5DpLDc0Y

    Too bad all the best part was just fuzzy closeups of gravel...

  • Marty!

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:43 p.m. Marty! HalfDork

    rustyvw wrote:

    I thought air brakes would lock up in this situation. Don't they apply themselves when the engine is off and the air pressure runs out?

    The maxi-brakes will automatically come on if the brake release valve is pulled out or the system loses pressure. Me thinks that in this situation the driver rolled the truck and just got the hell out, without setting the brakes, thus allowing it to roll again once uprighted.

    Or, the brakes were such toast that nothing was going to keep from rolling except chocks as mentioned.

    Edit: the only truck that I've ever driven that the ignition had to be on for the brakes to release was a old International, a system like that isn't the norm.

  • neon4891

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:47 p.m. neon4891 UberDork

    ouch

  • cwh

    Feb. 8, 2010 1:34 p.m. cwh SuperDork

    That looked like a REALLY nasty mountain road. Switchbacks, steep, no guardrails. South American version of the Tail of the Dragon?

  • Spinout007

    Feb. 8, 2010 4:58 p.m. Spinout007 HalfDork

    Looks like fun with no traffic, but yeah that sucks! OUCH!

  • DrBoost

    Feb. 8, 2010 6:20 p.m. DrBoost Dork

    What that a Prius?

  • porksboy

    Feb. 8, 2010 9:05 p.m. porksboy Dork

    The school busses I have driven the brakes would lock whenever there was no air pressure. Sit and wait til pressure builds every morning. The old Bluebird took forever on cold mornings.

  • GI_Drewsifer

    Feb. 8, 2010 10:17 p.m. GI_Drewsifer Reader

    porksboy wrote:

    The school busses I have driven the brakes would lock whenever there was no air pressure. Sit and wait til pressure builds every morning. The old Bluebird took forever on cold mornings.

    There a few Army trucks that are like that. Only they make a horribly annoying noise to let you know the air pressure isn't high enough.

  • Appleseed

    Feb. 9, 2010 12:16 a.m. Appleseed Dork

    Looks like someone woke Optimus Prime from his slumber with a front end loader and he's pissed.

 

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