Johnson bar

Well, that was just the method I learned - others would just start out in a gear that would have them going 2 miles an hour regardless of how long the hill was. Still others would just stop half way down, let the brakes cool, and then there were those that - never quite figured it out. Lots of use of those run-a-way ramps. I have to admit that on my first trials going down steep grades I was pretty much peeing my pants....

 

Jonny Bar,Where I come from.FYI (MSG#22)

 

That was when it Blew A Johnson Rod!..######!

 

Then you loaded it on the #### Thang with your Johnson bar!...Hellsfire!

 

Up here in the great northwest when I grew up everyone called the trailer brake handle the "squaw handle" don't even have a seperate trailer brake handle on the truck I now drive,kind of miss it,don't have anywhere to hang my hat anymore!!!

 

This here is what a jhonson bar is. Well the only one I have ever heard of lol. But it in fact is called a Jhonson Bar. Used to use it all the time when I built elevators.

 

Actually a Johnson bar is used to move pieces of freight around. It's been around a long time and is actually a long wood handle maybe 8-10 feet long made out of oak usually with two small metal wheels at the bottom with a piece of metal on the topside of the same end square ended and bent up slightly. You can use it to put under a piece of freight at one end and maybe a forklift at the other end to maneuver it out of or into a trailer or other tight spot. I hope this answers your question.

 

That's what the one I have in my trailer looks like anyway.....

 

why have some trucks two johnson bars (see videos:1981 peterbilt 359Extended Hood!3408Cat wow! and Peterbilt 359 restoration the bleu one )both have two johnson bars.

 

There's only one. The other lever is for the CAT Brakesaver hydraulic retarder.