# burnouts **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 17, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/burnouts/196915 "2008-04-17T20:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![JC\_Turbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@JC\_Turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JC_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/burnouts/196915/8 "2008-04-19T11:15:55Z")
> [@Philly up to they're old bullshit again](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/philly-up-to-theyre-old-bullshit-again/35983/23): > > spiking the rear brakes: we use them when towing the big trucks and and air cant be run to the brakes that are on the ground. (if lifting from the front, spike the rears: if towing from the rear, spike the fronts) > > they are T-bolts that go into the canisters and grab the springs and pull the brake shoes away from the drums. basically spike the rear 4 canisters and then the rear 4 brakes dont work. and only the fronts will… Do you mean caging them? I’ve caged truck brakes but never heard of spiking them. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/burnouts/196915)._