
29. The pick-up truck in the figure has a mass of 1800 kg and is being towed by a cable supplying a horizontal force. T...
The winch cable on a tow truck shown in Figure 1 is subjected to a force T. The truck has a total mass of 5 Mg and a center of gravity at point G. Assume that the truck is braked and will not slip at EB. a) Draw the free body diagram of the system. (3 Marks) b) If the magnitude of the total brake frictional force for the rear set of wheels B cannot exceed 0.8 of the normal...