RE: RE:[ihc] About those Allisons

["Urvig, Chad A" <chad.urvig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Moore [mailto:baradium@domain.elided]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:37 PM
> To: Allan Ericson; Urvig, Chad A; ihc-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: RE:[ihc] About those Allisons
> I think he meant it'll hold the bus from moving if the engine
> is shut off
> and it sitting there.  Thus, if you lost brakes, you could put the
> transmission in nuetral and use the parking brake to slow down.
>
> The thing about the engine moving it isn't fair, even a tahoe
> or suburban
> can pull past it's parking brake or e-brake.  ;)
>
> -Ryan
>
Yeah, that's what I meant....it's a parking brake, not a driving brake
:)  Yes, I can over come it with the 8.2L in my bus, but I have also
driven my Scout with the e-brake on and not noticed right away.  I think
in something smaller than a 28,000 lb bus it should be a pretty
effective parking brake (as long as you are not trying to drive with it
on).  Something like that would be nice to have on my Scout....my
e-brakes have never worked that well, especially after going through
mud.

Chad
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