Air Disc Brakes
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by farmerleach, Jan 27, 2013.
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really Disk brakes show many benefits w/o EBS, with simple acceleration valves, traditional for US trailers.
But with EBS (especially new) semi brakes better any four wheeler -
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Oh my....You moved to NA? How do you like it here? Can you really drive on wrong side of a road 100% of time?Cat sdp Thanks this.
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I'm actually used to driving on the 'wrong side' cos most of my work was in continental Europe it's just driving from the middle of the truck is weird, #### these cabs are narrow lol
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After talking with my sales guys, from Peterbilt Kenworth, and Western Star. and a couple of different trailer sales places it sounds like the cost would be somewhere between $800 and $1200 per axle to go to disc's over drums. So really its not going to be a huge expense.
Got to talk with several guys who are running disc here in western Canada. They all seemed extremely happy with them. So hopefully here in about 3 months I'll be able to give my initial opinions on what I think about them
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That actually sounds expensive I think! But then again they are standard in Europe so whatever is manufactured in higher volumes tend to be cheaper. Either way- for safety sake they are worth it!
Thank you, it's good to be here! I , very nice people here and most of them have a great sense of humor , I got my first adventure on a snowmobile (skidooing I think??) on Sunday and ribs n beer afterwards, I'm fitting right in lol -
Can Air Disc Brakes be retro fitted to a '05 Peterbilt 387?
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really yes. But not on all axles, sometimes it is easier to find axles from wrecked truck on JY -
Better have your cargo secured quite well! That kind of stopping power is incredible. Very impressive stuff.
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