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Subject:Re: Milestone reached and Traction question
From:Benjamin Tan
Date:Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:41:25 EDT

In a message dated 6/1/01 9:25:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, hjackson@WELL.COM
writes:

<< Not sure if they are still available, but years ago I ran across a dual
 handbrake conversion for off road buggy use.  If one wheel is loosing
 traction, just notch the brake handle up a bit on that wheel to get traction
 to the other. >>

They are usually called steering brakes. They simply pull on the parking
brake cables one side at a time.

BenT
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