USA Truck: Why no Jake Brakes?
#12
08-21-2007, 12:20 PM
Some of the big fleets didn't have them on their trucks because of the cost. When I started we didn't have Jake brakes on our trucks. I recall hearing something about them, but don't remember seeing any trucks who had them. We just geared down and went sloooowwww down steep hills. The first truck I bought didn't have a Jake brake. I swore that I would never buy another without one, and I haven't. I didn't have a Jake brake on a truck until I bought my second truck. It is more a matter of safety. It saves the brakes, if used properly. There are still those who don't use them as they were designed. :roll:
#13
08-21-2007, 12:49 PM
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Re: USA Truck: Why no Jake Brakes?
Originally Posted by Midnight Flyer
 I have always wondered why USA Truck doesn't have jake brakes on their tractors? I thought it was a DOT regulation that big trucks had to have jakes. I know their trucks are pretty stripped down but having no jakes is taking it a little too far. 8)Beware of oufits that skimp on their equipment. Next thing you know, they'll be skimping on your paycheck.
#14
08-21-2007, 01:06 PM
Beware of oufits that skimp on their equipment. Next thing you know, they'll be skimping on your paycheck.
Beware of oufits that skimp on their equipment. It's guaranteed that they'll be screwing you on your paycheck.
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#15
08-21-2007, 01:19 PM
Re: USA Truck: Why no Jake Brakes?
Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
Originally Posted by Midnight Flyer
I have always wondered why USA Truck doesn't have jake brakes on their tractors? I thought it was a DOT regulation that big trucks had to have jakes. I know their trucks are pretty stripped down but having no jakes is taking it a little too far. 8)
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#17
08-21-2007, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by MADLUX
USA's trucks do have Jake brakes, and cruise control and all the other goodies. My uncle drivers for them, and Ive been in the truck.
I know about three or four years ago they didn't have them so they must have begun equipping them with jakes just recently. I went to USA Truck's Van Buren headquarters after I got out of truck school in 2004 and they seemed proud their trucks didn't have jake brakes. No one seemed to know why they didn't have them back then. 8)
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#18
08-21-2007, 01:38 PM
About 3 years ago is when they started putting them on, so its still a slim chance you might get one with out, but they only hold on to there trucks for about 4 years. The only complaint my uncle has is all the trucks are Mid roofs, he misses his full condo sleeper on his FLD when he was an o/o. But the truck makes him money, so he doesnt complain to much 8) :lol:
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#19
08-21-2007, 01:57 PM
Re: USA Truck: Why no Jake Brakes?
Originally Posted by PackRatTDI
Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
Originally Posted by Midnight Flyer
I have always wondered why USA Truck doesn't have jake brakes on their tractors? I thought it was a DOT regulation that big trucks had to have jakes. I know their trucks are pretty stripped down but having no jakes is taking it a little too far. 8)Air conditioning? LUMBAR support? Power steering???? Man.....you would not have liked trucking when I started. You would never have made it. We were lucky just to have a window that rolled down. We didn't even know what lumbar was. Power steering was what you had in your biceps. APU?? We never turned the engine off. It stayed on from the time we left until we got back home.
#20
08-21-2007, 07:00 PM
Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379
Dunno why USA Trucks done have Jake Brakes. I guess, I've never thought about it. Some trucks have them, and some dont. I dont think it's a requirement by the DOT to have Jake Brakes.
It's always amazed me that no bigger than Ft. Smith is, they have bookoos of trucking companies, warehouses, etc. Of course, there is I-40 that runs right through there. Major interstate. I'm sure I've said this before, but my mom's family lives in Ft. Smith. (with the exception of her parents-deceased) I have thought about moving to Ft. Smith in the past, because of the trucking jobs there. Trucks gotta break some time. Come on down man Its a nice area and between Tyson, OK Foods, and the oil fields, there are ALWAYS open trucking jobs 8) |
