I love that one of the people who have the intelligence, creativity, and technical aptitude to create an electric diesel hybrid also refers to one of it's safety components as " spinny floppy thing" 😂😂😂 Please never change sir
"Intelligence" Makes a device that makes virtually no noise. For their *_BRAKE SYSTEM_* so no check on that... "creativity" Didn't make the wig-wag so... No check on that. "Technical aptitude" Again. before they didn't make the wig-wag and their air brake system is NOT unique. So... No Check on that. as for "safety" Yeah A Minus check for that I'm afraid. So totally score is... "Disaster awaiting to happen."
I love the wigwag low air indicators better then the buzzers. Because depending on how bad sh8t is going down one may not hear the buzzer over other noises. But the wigwag is hard to miss because it's in the line of vision
When i went to skills usa mentioning being forced to watch shake hands with danger got me an offer at a cat dealership right away shame it is across the state and id like to stay where i am
in addition to what the other guy said, you really don't want to have all yout breaks lock up as your warning, i have had a few "false alarms" in my time where the air got low just because of how i was using the breaks or something.
GOD DAMNIT I can always count on this mother muffler to take an amazing concept and dumb it down to the most minuscule of things but yet highlights it’s importance I love you brother and you inspire me to be more like you in profession and character just an all around great person
Solar isn’t worth it trust me I was the pipe distribution crew lead for the travers solar project (largest single construction project in North American history) everything installed has a life span of 30 years and no smart way to replace it, it’s gonna do what oil did make ya rely on it then crash
So cool , that would definitely get your attention pretty fast. Y'all are killing on this truck can't wait to see her go down the road. Keep pushing Gang Y'all will get her done before you know it. Thanks for sharing the journey of this build with everyone! ✌️❤️🙏
Sheesh. This makes me feel old. When I was studying for the written part of my cdl test, the NCDMV CDL handbook still said your low air warning listed as a wig wag & said some newer trucks were equipped with buzzers
Amazingly, these are still in production and are still OEM spec on a large number of vehicles, although not trucks. Several states in the US, New York and New Mexico being the ones I know of, have them as required equipment on school buses cause with a buzzer it's easy for it to get drowned out by the sounds of unruly children or distracted and ignore it, but with a wigwag in your field of view you can't miss it. Steep price tag new though.
I have had my cdl since 1995. I have driver numerous trucks over the years from 70’s on. I have never even seen a wig wam arm outside of the CDL book and youtube.
I used to drive a water truck in an open pit mine and the low air buzzer always made me pucker coming down loaded. This could have been entertaining and less panic inducing for sure.
As a former diesel repair technician (now turned engine dismantler and parts know it all), low air buzzers drive me nuts! I would rather have a wig wag than a screaming buzzer while I'm working in or on the truck with key in.
You guys are probably the only brand that understands simplicity and analog will make a product last. There’s a reason larger company’s will hang on to 30-40 year old equipment. It will have long paid for itself and has few gimmicks. Please no annoying buzzer for low coolant. Experienced it frequently operating Kenworth T800s. Almost always had faulty/sticky level sensor in the tank and wouldn’t shut up. Or small coolant seep after they’d cool down. Also I love the dozer inspired interior. Please continue that theme if you make two passenger or sleeper version. Lots of leg room and visibility is a huge selling point for drivers.
Electronic and Mechanical safety systems used in parallel have proven to be a very reliable (as long you keep the elctrical wiring as simple as possible)
I teach people how to drive busses, all of ours have air brakes, im almost tired of having to explain what a wig-wag is, because it is in all the literature everyone goes through, but they have no idea what it is.
I agree I’m in the military and I hate every time I turn a truck on all I hear is a deafening buzz most of us just put tape on the speaker but it’s still annoying
I have a thought and it's kind of serious question.. how are you going to handle signaling/lights for regenerative braking? Are you going to do like buses and have a solid yellow light? Or maybe an accelerometer that automatically engages with the brakes?
Does Regen braking have more force than a conventional engine brake? Some trucks light up the brake lights when the engine brake is on with no fuel pedal input, others no indication at all. Theoretically an accelerometer would be more accurate. It gets kind of confusing watching a truck hold 50mph down hill with the brake lights on the whole way.
@@snaprifice some vehicles have a "one pedal" mode. Basically probably? the Regen can actually take a large sedan from 70 mph to stop in a pretty short amount of time. Have a look at the video technologyconnections posted on May 25
@@snaprifice I actually prefer systems where the brake lights are triggered by braking input regardless of source and regardless of whether you're actually slowing down, because from the perspective of the traffic behind you, the thing they need to take into account is whether (assuming same initial speed) they need to apply braking force in order to maintain separation. If you crest a hill and begin going downhill and start applying braking force to maintain a constant speed, whether from the actual brakes, or engine brakes, the traffic behind you needs to do the same or they'll speed up relative to you, which could be a problem. The fact that the lights'll be on when the truck's at a constant speed going downhill isn't confusing if it's consistent and understood. There are cars that do this too, and others that don't, and that's what makes things confusing. I don't want to be coming up behind a vehicle that doesn't have the brake lights on, but actually is applying braking force.
I disagree. I need to know the difference between a truck maintaining speed with the jakes and a truck in front of me braking hard for something going down hill It also looks so stupid when a guy is Jake shifting and it looks like he’s tapping the brake lights while setting off from a light
Please have these in EVERY truck you sell no matter how new it is retro fitted or not. Farm tractor? Put the spinny floppy thing on it. Forklift? Spinny floppy thing everything needs one
Grandpa had one a them on his old western star, I think, it was 76 & I was 8, I remember it wagging around & him saying when asked “it means if they get in our way their done” the man was a WW2 Marine who hopped near ever island we stepped on & walking national treasure,
