Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. stwik

    stwik Road Train Member

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    Brake failure or not..

    Entirely preventable. Yeah yeah, it’s the bottom of Vail and we can all point and play the “what if” game... none of that will get him out of this.
     
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  3. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    He told his brother that his brakes failed, CNN reported
     
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  4. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    I stop at the truck stop there whenever I come through. Love that place.
     
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  5. He rolled by this dash cam no smoke from brakes.

    Unless like mentioned above linkage broke. IMG_20190426_122534.jpg
     
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  6. snowman_w900

    snowman_w900 Road Train Member

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    Dam if CNN reported it then I'm positive they blamed those failed brakes on Donald Trump somehow
     
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  7. sawmill

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    They'll say his policies have increased the grades in the mountains. If it weren't for that people wouldn't be radicalized and thinking that they need brakes. All we need is common sense speed reduction technology.
     
  8. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    The two knobs on the dash wouldn't have slowed him down/got him stopped? That'd be the first thing I'd have reached for in that scenario.
     
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  9. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    If the brakes were glazed it wouldn’t help.
     
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  10. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I meant if the pedal linkage was broken.
     
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  11. jamespmack

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    You can apply more brake with air, than spring psi. But in a emergency they might help. But if they are hot and glazed nothing will help
     
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