. Driving as I found it. Swales, Frank. 158 DRIVING AS I FOUND IT. 1 There is certainly no objection to having the front seat made to carry three or even live persons, but why not have the driver's seat in the middle? It would look equally as well, if not better, ive the driver more com- mand over his horses, in fact bring liim on a straight line and nearer to them. Some persons may say how could the driver apply the brake? But this is very. easily answered. Have a foot brake which is more easy to work and when applied is more effective, always pro- viding it is put on as it ought to be, so th
. Driving as I found it. Swales, Frank. 158 DRIVING AS I FOUND IT. 1 There is certainly no objection to having the front seat made to carry three or even live persons, but why not have the driver's seat in the middle? It would look equally as well, if not better, ive the driver more com- mand over his horses, in fact bring liim on a straight line and nearer to them. Some persons may say how could the driver apply the brake? But this is very. easily answered. Have a foot brake which is more easy to work and when applied is more effective, always pro- viding it is put on as it ought to be, so that when applied with sufficient power will skid the wheels. The brake blocks as a rule are hung too low down, coming against the under turn of the wheel as in fig. 1, consequently when the coach or break is loaded the springs give a little, thereby throwing the brake block. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Swales, Frank. New York Eclipse Publishing Co
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