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Re: Engine exhaust brakes on diesels
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Posted by NC Wayne on September 06, 2006 at 20:59:57 from (64.12.116.74):
In Reply to: Re: Engine exhaust brakes on diesels posted by PAGlenn on September 06, 2006 at 20:38:08:
Hey Glenn, I don't want to start a big deal here but what do you mean by "Play with them?". My service truck is a 20+ foot long Freightliner weighing in around 30,000lbs. It's got a Series 50 Detroit with a Jake Brake installed. I can't speak for ALL other truck drivers but you can bet when I activate the Jake I'm definately not "playing". It's nice to be able to let the truck slow itself down when you come up behind someone running slow in the fast lane, etc anything to keep from tapping the brakes and causing them to glaze. When they glaze the truck may not actually stop the next time you really need it. More commonly though it's used to keep me from killing some STUPID IDIOT that has the "big truck big brakes" mentality and pulls out in front of a 30,000 vehicle moving at 60 MPH, going 30 MPH, thinking it can stop on a dime. Better yet the ones that take the safe stopping distance I've left myself (because I know how much I need, they don't...see 'big brake mentality above') and cut it by a half to a third by pulling in front of me just as traffic comes to a complete stop....With the Jake I might stop on a penny but never a dime, the important thing is I don't stop on top of the idiot in question. Not only don't I want a death on my conscience I know as far as the media is concerned the accident is alway gonna be the trucks fault no matter what the actual circumstances might have been. Lastly and important but not as important as the above mentioned reasons is it's nice to be able to get a little extra life out of your brakes when it costs nearly $1200 a year to do all four corners.......Just my .02 on the subject though.......
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