Karlos28
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You had better get some air brakes fitted first!
johnny curt 1
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at first i thought the op meant lorry type air brakes wich would be a pretty cool idea
wouldnt arf sound cool that hiss when a fookin bigass 110 pulls up :scratching_chin:
wouldnt arf sound cool that hiss when a fookin bigass 110 pulls up :scratching_chin:
Karlos28
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I thought that too!
landroverjack
New Member
Note to self: Don't try that again.
The Isle of Man Man.
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Fitting a lorry air break system would make the Land Rover stop so fast the doors and trim will still carry on at normal speed 
landroverjack
New Member
Fitting a lorry air break system would make the Land Rover stop so fast the doors and trim will still carry on at normal speed
Actually i reckon it would just skid ! I have skidded mine with the standard brakes in it!
Depends how the feedback through brake valve is set up-my lorry is air over hydraulic and good feedback-man lorry I drove was frightening as slightest press it locked right up at speed
The Isle of Man Man.
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Must've been a mess in your pants! In a normal car it's scary enough!Depends how the feedback through brake valve is set up-my lorry is air over hydraulic and good feedback-man lorry I drove was frightening as slightest press it locked right up at speed
landroverjack
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Depends how the feedback through brake valve is set up-my lorry is air over hydraulic and good feedback-man lorry I drove was frightening as slightest press it locked right up at speed
johnny curt 1
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i was actually thinking an airbrake system off a lorry as a secondary system for when towing heavy loads at speed
sort of thing that can be turned off or dissabled when not needed
or is that just me mad professor alter ego going too far as usual
sort of thing that can be turned off or dissabled when not needed
or is that just me mad professor alter ego going too far as usual
bevhelee
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i was actually thinking an airbrake system off a lorry as a secondary system for when towing heavy loads at speed
sort of thing that can be turned off or dissabled when not needed
or is that just me mad professor alter ego going too far as usual
Are you saying the trailer should be braked? think that's been thought of before.
johnny curt 1
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Are you saying the trailer should be braked? think that's been thought of before.
no ive see an aditional air brake system someone put on his old volvo (the guy was bout 83yrs old) and spent his life creating this system and i had the pleasure of seeing this system or rather its prototype in action
he had a car trailer on the back with over 6 tonne of scrap iron on the thing the car struggled to pull it but at 50 mph tests with and without the system the stopping capabilities had a massive distance on them
the air brakes were hooked up to the trailer from a main unit in the car soon as he hit that valve he never used the car brakes and the entire thing stopped in half the original distance and straight as an arrow aswell
only thing is you could fry an egg on those trailer wheels after hed done it
bevhelee
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no ive see an aditional air brake system someone put on his old volvo (the guy was bout 83yrs old) and spent his life creating this system and i had the pleasure of seeing this system or rather its prototype in action
he had a car trailer on the back with over 6 tonne of scrap iron on the thing the car struggled to pull it but at 50 mph tests with and without the system the stopping capabilities had a massive distance on them
the air brakes were hooked up to the trailer from a main unit in the car soon as he hit that valve he never used the car brakes and the entire thing stopped in half the original distance and straight as an arrow aswell
only thing is you could fry an egg on those trailer wheels after hed done it
Just a bit too powerful, shame something like that never made it into production
johnny curt 1
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he was doing a test to destruction run to see what would break in the system to find any weak spots he was running the entire thing off a scooba tank with some kinda home engineered regulator and had it to a maximum pressure of 40bar before it blew the coupling off the hitch between the car and trailer
ive also toyedd with the idea of a pneumatic ram built in jack or air ride system for jacking landys up when offroad kinda like the ones on builders merchant trucks when they use the hiabs butthats just a mad idea
