I'm sold on light steady pressure rather than snubbing
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Reaper'sTrucking, Nov 27, 2022.
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I think I’ll stick with ‘snub’ braking for the simple fact that I d+h a lot of out of spec trailers.Last edited: Dec 23, 2022
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Well... The decent drivers did anyways... Wasn't unusual to get several full turns of you grabbed a trailer a lazy ####### had been dragging around. -
It makes sense because the real goal is to go slow enough that the engine does most of the braking and then your brakes assist.
The other problem is with snub breaking you're braking harder you're using more friction material your drums are heating up and that is going to cause premature brake and drum wear.
My goal is for my stuff to last me as long as possible. And when it's time for replacement I'm happy to do it. -
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Mechanic for one of the depots has this tool for adjusting automatic slack adjusters, when I bought it and showed it to my boss, he laughed, then he went tried it, he decided it was a cool idea.
Amazon.com: Lang Tools 4651 Automatic Slack Adjuster Release Tool and Wrench, One Size : Tools & Home Improvement -
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Snub braking gets the area of the drum that contacts the pad to a higher temp than constant pressure , this is true
But
We have several things working for us now.
One is that the higher the temperature differential between the brake drum and the ambient air temp, the faster the relative cooling
So once you let off the brakes, some of that heat soaks into the steel brake drum but a good portion is also able to dissipate into the air
This cooling phase is the most important part of snub braking.Bean Jr. and scottied67 Thank this.
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