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Old 04-12-2021, 10:18 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
Commercial and Army vehicles are required to have a spring-operated parking brake, which also automatically comes on when the suspension air pressure drops below 30 psi. That is part of the commercial pre-trip inspection, but not normally part of the Army Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) inspection, although I always did the same test, because we had the same air brake system.
Not that it’s a good idea but the brakes can be caged so you don’t have a parking brake, that is what the little metal holder near the frame holds.


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