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Originally Posted by RubyCamaro
I know a secret!
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Regarding ice on brakes, semi's still use drum brakes and when the parking brake is set it locks all five axles, not just one or two. If a driver was running in rain then stops and sets his wet brakes for the night the pads freeze to the drums. Occasionally in the winter you'll see long skid marks where the trailer axles were locked but the driver didn't realize it and drove away
A couple weeks ago in Kansas a driver blew four of his trailer tires, pulled them till they popped!
When they're frozen and you pull forward till they break free it makes a pretty good bang, may have been what you experienced.
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