| [GMCnet] Last resort emergency panic stop brake system [message #219116] |
Mon, 19 August 2013 14:14  |
Robin Hood
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Registered: April 2011
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Thirty years ago, I was a kid watching TV, and there was a news segment
about Australia nad the terrible truck wrecks they supposedly have there.
With the rest of the continent trying to kill you, why not throw big trucks
into the mix as well?
Anyway, they showed some new invention... when you absolutely positively
had to stop IMMEDIATELY if not sooner, some sort of big rubber mat would
deply from in front of the rear trailer tires. Think of it likea big
conveyer belt. It was connected to the trailer in front of the tires, and
enough would unspool that the rear tires would run up on the
belt/mat/whatever it was.
The tires sat on top of the mat, which experienced a ton of friction (and
no small amount of force when the spool of belt material got to its end and
snapped taut).
I suppose the loss of all four wheels in back being replaced by a big mat
(or two belts, one for each side) might make the rear end fishtail instead
of tracking straight..
Just for a mental exercise, how ridiculous would such a system be? Assume
for the sake of argument that an emergency vaccum pump and all the other
brake upgrades have been done, and that the person contemplating this has
an unlimited budget. :)
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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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