Thursday, April 30, 2020

Early brake experiments

Not sure how the brakes work on the tractor portion of this truck, but the brake block against the wagon wheel of the trailer, activated by a long rope is about as primitive as it gets!
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3 comments:

  1. VectorWarbirdsMay 1, 2020 at 9:20 AM

    And if that sign in the back tells us its Russian Hill in San Francisco that is one brave dude!

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  2. JPMay 1, 2020 at 10:34 AM

    A load of wood and no brakes, "schlitter" in the Vosges mountains, another job you probably wouldn't want to do...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYThJMSwUMo

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  3. VectorWarbirdsMay 1, 2020 at 7:43 PM

    HMOG JP! One trip, slip or bum knee and its curtains for those guys! Getting run over by my wood wagon is not something I would risk.

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