| Re: [GMCnet] Overloading Tires [message #326144 is a reply to message #326142] |
Sat, 18 November 2017 10:44   |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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Billy,
The aluminum blocks I saw from Tom were not long enough to support both
arms simultaneously. The load on the bottom of the bogie increases as the
distance from the contact point on the support device decreases, so a very
short bar REALLY loads the bogie bottom.
Ken H.
On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Billy Massey wrote:
> Single sided spacer block? Do you mean a block that only works on one side
> at a time?
> I've got a block from Tom and use it to lift both bogies simultaneously.
> It's a piece of Aluminum barstock 3/4 x 6 x ~2.5".
> What's the problem with this? (if it's what you're referring to)
>
> bdub
>
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Ken Henderson
> wrote:
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>> Those are undoubtedly Warner blocks -- bad juju.
>>
>> Leigh Harrison supplied a manifold for each side with a ball valve for it
>> and another for each bag, plus a gauge and a Schrader valve. Most
> mounted
>> that in the wheel well. I moved mine to the Generator and "Propane"
>> compartments so I can reach them when the bags are down.
>>
>> Ken H.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Rob Mueller
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> I did find two aluminum blocks in Double Trouble when I got it. They
> were
>>> "witness marks" on both of them where something had "dug" into them
>> pretty
>>> well!
>>>
>>> Now I have "manifolds" on both air bags from Dave Lenzi:
>>>
>>> http://www.bdub.net/lenzi/index.html#AirManifold
>>>
>>> As you can see they have shutoff valves, tire valve stems, and gages. I
>>> can shutoff the air supply and bleed the pressure out of the bags
> easily
>>> when I have a flat tire.
>>
>>
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