From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 16:36:52 PDT
Joe...did you ever watch when a wrecker pulls something out of a ditch?
They have a pair of steel chocks with chain attached? The chain hitches
to the frame of the wrecker and the chocks go up against the rear
wheels. It doesn't seem to want to go anywhere with this setup. Fred Martin
GOTAM35 wrote:
> I once borrowed a fork lift that the owner said the brakes didn't work on.
> I didn't like this since brakes are good for stopping so I tried them
> anyway. They didn't move much and were very hard. I noticed it had the
> Mico lock on the panel and I moved it. Brakes worked fine. When I returned
> it a few minuets later I was sure to tell the dude and he said "what lever".
> Some people shouldn't own heavy equipment.
>
> I am now thinking of getting one of these for my deuce. I would like
> something to brake at the wheels when I am winching and would like to have
> my feet free. I wonder if they still make them? I haven't seen one in a
> truck any newer than our 72' boom truck we used to have at work.
>
> Joe Trapp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Everette" <194cbteng@pchnet.com>
>
> These are on lots of tow trucks to give all wheel
>
>>brakes for winching.
>>
>
>
>
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