Air/Hydraulic Brake Question

From: Recovry4x4@aol.com
Date: Sat Jan 27 2001 - 06:15:52 PST


List members; anybody out there have a 2 1/2 or 5 ton tractor? My question
is this, air/hydraulic systems use air to apply the hydraulic brakes,
correct? Can one of these tractors pull a trailer with straight air brakes?
Doesn't the air in a straight air brake system release the brakes? If the
air pressure applies brakes in a air/hyd setup, how could it release air to
apply straight air brakes? Thanks in advance....

Kenneth Engle
Loxahatchee, FL
Reo M-275 tractor (not home yet)
Recovry4x4@aol.com



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