Truck with disc brake

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by gerardo1961, Dec 3, 2010.

  1. gerardo1961

    gerardo1961 Road Train Member

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    Hi ,i see in a truckstop a us express casacdia with supersingles and 6 discbrake .never see this before was bobtail looks good and safety,other trucks have the same disc or only casacadia
     
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  3. Pablo-UA

    Pablo-UA Road Train Member

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    Diskbrakes are usually used with EBS, so this truck brakes better the car brakes.

    In Europe Daimler sells Acrtos with Wabco EBS and disk brakes from 1997.

    System is complicated, brake calipers are expencive but reliable enought and easy to change pads.

    In the USA EBS is option.
     
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