Eddy of Ky. We own three semi tractors and five trailers. My two sons and Their two brother-in-laws do 90% of the driving. I just drive as a fill in. We don't have any "hired" drivers. We use the Jake brakes just about all of the time out side of towns. The biggest difference is that we keep the exhaust full factory stock. I hate a loud truck. The two that have Jakes on them are not very loud even with the Jakes turned on.
As far as idling we don't have to do that much as we rarely ever have to stay out over night.
I hate the loud exhaust on many of the trucks today. I would not mind a $1000 fine for first offense for loud exhaust. Second lose your license for one year and a $2500 fine to the owner of the truck. Third offense just seize the truck like a drug offense. I want the motorcycles done the same too.
For the guys that say they drove for ever without Jake brakes and they never wore out brakes. BS If any of that is even close to true then you drove in flat country or did not haul very heavy loads. We have up to 7% grades on many of the roads around us here. We are license for up to 97,000 in Iowa and MN. So that puts a little more strain on things. Most of the driving is on two lane small roads that you don't have high speeds but you have hard blind drives/curves and etc. You just about have a panicked stop every day. The car/cell phones are driving me crazy.
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