Date:         Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:31:57 +0600
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From:         Psychic Trucker <mantis@vt.edu>
Subject:      Re: Real Cheap traction

At 11:39 AM 4/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I saw the two hand brakes mod on a split.  It was shortened, and the guy said
>he could make it turn on a dime, and do wheelies.
>

This sounds great, i assume this would be almost the same as a locking
differential.  

I got stuck in the mud in December with one tire on concrete and the other
in the mud.  Could i just have crawled under the bus and disconnected the
side that was on the concrete, pulled the brake and gotten out easily?
Would i have had to release the brake peroidically so the bus didn't have to
drag a "dead" wheel?  

Curious, 
brad
'85 GL

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