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rjstractor
Feb 06, 2016Nomad
06Fargo wrote:
It is customary for commercial semi trailers to have their own brakes
Which default to "on" not off when air pressures is lost...
They either added a compressor and manual brake valve to the Chevy, or caged all the trailer brake drums. If they went with option 2, on any type of hill it would be like trying to stop a 40 foot 5th wheel with a motorcycle.
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