Ive heard of using your e-brake with lsd to send traction to the good wheel, but i had never thought of anything like this.... Its not rocket science or anything but it works. Or maybe you guys had seen this and im too much of a newbie. What do you guys thinkk about this? Pretty much the guy has 2 rear e-brake cables one for each wheel, with 2 levers of course. Locks the wheel in the air with e-brake and voila!!
http://youtu.be/_3oKJWRTjhs

Just thought id share, hope everyone is having a great day!

It really works when you have crawler gears to power though the brakes though.

The point of individual e-brakes is to fully lock the one in the air and not lock the one you want to turn, Then you release the brake once the flying wheel is on the ground. So you wont be going through brake shoes or pads.

Only works with an LSD or electronic brake system. I've tried this work open axles on buggies...cutting brakes...but for different purposes.

I might not be understanding myself, or not explaining right. The guy has an OPEN carier. Think about it, why is the wheel in the air always the one to turn? Cause its the one with less traction. What if u have one rear wheel in the air and the other firm on ground, then you stick a huge prybar through your wheel thats off the ground so it can rest on the leaf spring locking that wheel 100%? Then the wheel on firm ground would have "less traction" than the wheel that cant possibly turn because of the prybar. Then the traction would be sent to the grounded tire.
No? Thats what it looks like to me and also according to what the dudes are saying in spanish. I dont think ive had any drugs or alcohol <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I first used this system on a Meyers Manx, the first dune buggyt, in the 60's. There were no traction aids for a veedub diff, so we had to finagle it. It works with lsd's, by preloading the lsd clutches, and will work somewhat with open diffs to transfer some of the torque to the wheel with most traction, not near as much as an lsd, but some is better than none, and it's gotten me out of stucks.

It is no replacement for an lsd or locker.

Tony, you are correct and yes it works. But a locker is so much better.

Farm tractors have been using a similar system for years. A peddle for each rear wheel so you can turn on a dime, right or left.

What I said already. My racer & buggy friends called them cutting brakes, one handle for each rear wheel. On the flats or in the dunes, you could turn a buggy around in 1.5 times the length of the car.

I've seen buggies blast up really hills. If they think they don't top out, they risk flipping backwards. Keeping the gas on and grabbing one rear brake lever and like Russ says, they can turn nearly on a dime under the free tire. Points them back down the hill for another run.