n What is the payload capacity of a 1965 Dodge
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0308 tractive unit and is this vehicle up to the MoT specifications regarding brakes?
AThe 0308 was designed to operate at a gross train weight of 18 tons.
You appear to have named one of the few Dodges on which anything like major brake conversion is required to meet the specified brake efficiencies-50 per cent main system and 25 per cent secondary.
But only a small amount of conversion is required to reach the interim standards of 40 per cent and 15 per cent secondary. This costs about £45 whereas the conversion to the full standard would involve changing the vacuum/hydraulic system to full air pressure.
THE interim braking efficiencies required for an existing 3-ton rigid truck (CM. November 171 should have read 45 per cent footbrake and 20 per cent secondary or handbrake.