Water Drilling Rig

[Brian Bell]

02 Feb 2007

Here is a couple of pictures of a little drilling rig I towed yesterday.

This is the heaviest bobtail (50k) that I have hauled since I got my truck.

Since I don't have a Brake Buddy yet I tried to run a air line to use his brakes but came up with no "easy" way to do it..

the lines at the firewall were small w/ the quick connect fittings and under the truck the air lines seemed to run left side

and right side separately? ... I would usually tap into the supply valves on the front rearend but No Dice this time...

So bbrrr...bbrr...br(jake brake).. Is this common on a Mack?

 

 

hookin29 said:

When all esle fails on a mack???? You can use the brake valve on the frame. If you tie into this, it does the same thing.. This is just another way of doing things!!!

 

Brian Bell said:

There was a brake valve on each frame rail??? I why but it looked like if I ran to one valve

it would work the L/S or R/S only ... and I didn't want that... that would be a ride.

 

Scott Burrows said:

New ABS mandates brake valves on each side of the frame. We are currently working on a quick solution, as some of our drivers have encountered the same set-up.

The ABS will 'modulate' the brakes on each side during a wheel-lockup brake application. It will also retain air and slow or stop a spinning wheel in poor traction conditions (traction control).

 

N Mex Tow said:

I did the same thing last week on a Paystar 500 . The Brake Buddy wouldnt clamp on right to the pedal.