HYDRAULIC BRAKES
The danger of the use of the wrong or an inferior fluid in the hydraulic braking systems of cars is stressed by Mr. J. Fielder, chief engineer of the National Roads and Motorists' Association. Mr. Fielder says that several cases have come under his notice in which the rubber tubing carrying the fluid to the mechanism on the brake-drums has been rotted by unsuitable fluid used in "topping up" the reservoir of the system. This tubing, weakened to danger point, is likely' to burst under pressure exerted when the brake pedal is depressed, thus rendering the bi'aking system immediately useless. He advises motorists to make certain that only the correct fluid of a reputable make is used in their vehicles.
In the hauling of livestock, the motor-truck has made particularly heavy gains in the last' few years in U.S.A. It is estimated that motortrucks haul more 'livestock now than do the railroads. A survey of livestock receipts for last year at Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, and other great packing centres revealed that trucks accounted for more than 50 per cent, of the total, compared with about 25 per cent, in 19o!J.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 67, 20 March 1937, Page 28
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194HYDRAULIC BRAKES Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 67, 20 March 1937, Page 28
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