From: Tom Chism (tchism@terraworld.net)
Date: Sat Nov 08 2003 - 19:34:42 PST
I have seen these in winch trucks. They work great, but don't use them for
long term parking or to replace a parking brake. They are called Mico Locks.
www.micoinc.com
Tom
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From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <HFackovec@EasternEMS.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Parking Brake
> I think these were called maxilocks or something like that. I had to move
a
> fire engine years ago, and encountered one of these.
>
> Hankie
>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Parking Brake
>
>
> These work fine, just be sure to firmly apply brakes FIRMLY is key word,
> friend of mine jumped in his truck that had this device but brakes had not
> been firmly applied, this let truck move, he was in a hurry and did not
> notice truck pulling hard until smoke started coming from wheels, he was
> known thereafter as "brake shoe"
>
> I wonder also that if this device was in place and applied; if like my
> friend you drove anyhow, would you have brakes or would valve block flow
> both ways???
>
> I always pumped bakes couple of times then flipped swith, do not know what
> would be the effect of flipping switch and then pumping brake pedal.
> >
> > From: MVTrucker@aol.com
> > Date: 2003/11/08 Sat AM 08:22:54 EST
> >>
> > A M135 w/winch I had has a switch to lock the brakes.
> > Apply the brakes and flip the switch. I think what it
> > does is activate some sort of shutoff in the hydraulic
> > brake line. My 5-ton wreckers have a similar device.
> > I don't see any reason one of these couldn't be adapted
> > to a M35A2.
> > Joe Young
> >
>
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