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Posted by heypaul on Sun Jun 27 15:15:30 2010, in response to Re: Bus Tales From The Early Days Of MaBSTOA 1968, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jun 27 15:02:04 2010. Did the old looks have a mechanical hand brake that you'd have to pull forward or up, or did they have a button that would only release the brakes if the pressure was above 60 or was it 90?I used to shift tractors around the garage at the Railway garage at 21st near 10th, right alongside the High Line. One night I had to move an International tractor, which usually had an air operated parking brake. This one had a mechanical pull arm, that I released even though the buzzer was warning that there was no pressure. I glided into a pole, coming close to taking out a mechanic. It taught me to be more careful about moving without having air. In later years, we got some GMC over the road diesel tractors. I got a real bang out of them as they sounded just like a bus. In your father's day, if you finished your job early and could show 8 hours of work done, could you retire for the evening on a midnight shift? |
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