3/4 ton versus 1 ton

[Phil P]

Hi

Too bad I didn’t make pictures of the 4 axels I scrapped a few years ago. They had 6V brakes on them and the technology was much different than the electric brakes today.

First off they were a band brake. The brake shoe was on continuous circler band that applied to the inside of a brake drum just like to today’s except they used a solenoid to apply the brake. These axels were wired so they could be used with a 12v system. They sure didn’t look like they would give a very good brake because of the lack of a master / slave system like is used today.

I just don’t remember the brand name of the axels I saw in MO but the width of the brake shoe would give those axels more stopping ability than what our trailer has on it.

I considered having the young man install them on the trailer but I was already a week late getting to my next consulting job.

Phil P