I like the guys who use it in a parking lot :wink: with straight 6" pipes :shock:,......at 2:00 A.M. :evil:
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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:
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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.
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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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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. |
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Trucks gotta break some time. Come on down man :D Its a nice area and between Tyson, OK Foods, and the oil fields, there are ALWAYS open trucking jobs 8) |
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