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!

3 comments:

VectorWarbirds said...

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

JP said...

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

VectorWarbirds said...

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.