i think u should think of the legal issues as well, if get intot a accident that they deem your fault and find that had disconnected safety system on your truck i don't i would want to be in your shoes at that point. just something to think about.

Mac.

 

I agree with everyone else dont do it.

 

Yoman, If you want to skid/slide in the snow for fun, just use the emergency brake! I agree with the others, its not a good idea to disable the ABS.

 

Geez...chill...out...people



YOMAN

 

yoman,

jbone108 already told you to pull the fuse.
Don't try to convince us we're all over reacting - just pull the fuse.

 

I did and took a bit wild riding by beach with covered snow.

I tooka some test braking between ABS and non ABS for fun...My friend and i just discussed about it (BS BS) thats all.

Of course i put fuse back in and leave it alone..

I agreed with you its dumb to pull fuse for daily driver .

Never own a vehical with ABS in past and most of rockcrawling dislike ABS when off roading.

YOMAN!

 

When I was in the the police academy we did our EVOC at the State patrol academy. They have this huge flat area called a skid pan. It's like 400 feet long I think(might be longer). a shallow flat pan coated with a special epoxy and covered with like a 1/4" of water. Its just like driving on pure ice. We ran our patrol cars at it from dry pavement at 35mph. as soon as we hit the pan you slam on the brakes...with ABS we were able to hold it in a straight line and stop in a very short distance.....then they took out the ABS fuse.....same thing till you hit the brakes...at 35 mph we slid the entire 400 feet......I'm sold on ABS

 

snobanker thats funny when I went through the big deal was not to use the ABS to lock up the tires but to do what they calleda 9 brake. That is when you get the rear tires to lock up but not enough to lock up the fronts. Funny how things change in 12 years.

 

Help me out here....

In loose dirt/mud/snow conditions, don't you want for your wheels/tires to lock up and build up a "mound" in front of your tires? Doesn't this help you stop faster in those conditions

 

Nope you start to plow and 99% of the time once you loose the ability to steer you in trouble (at least on the highway). If you can lock up the rear tires and still be able to control the truck you will have a fighting chance.

 

Fatherford is right. When you drive on 'loose' gravel the studies suggest turning off your ABS. Some vehicles have that feature.
You can also stop faster without ABS.

But I won't own a car without it.
The exceptions are very limited.

Most important is the control ability in braking. The ability to 'steer around' the accident is more important than pure braking ability.

Even more important, on an empty truck, with a full size bed, the rear always locked up before the fronts got a good grip. Trucks always slid into trouble before rear ABS. Ask anyone who drove the old trucks for a lot of miles, without campers or weight in the back. Who remembers 'flat spotting' your tires in an emergancy stop?

We drive these trucks like cars. On the reg cab-super cab, without the rear ABS they can get squirrly pretty fast.
Chris