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RockyMtnProDriver 07-14-2006 06:51 AM


Originally Posted by uncleal13
Hey RockyMtnProDriver... that 16 miles of jaking, you must be referring to the Salmo-Creston road. Been over it a few times, fortunately only in the summer. A real treat.

Ya, thats the one.

Here are some pictures of it in the winter. All of our students cut their teeth on it, summier and winter.

http://www.rockymtnprodrivers.com/Pi...es/pict.1.html

I probably have been over that bitch a couple of thousand times, half summer, half winter. And it was with A-trains in the middle of the night.

yoopr 07-14-2006 09:43 AM

It's very "Summier" here too :P

tumbo1 07-21-2006 07:48 AM

i talked to a few drivers who had them and they love them plus the power to weight is great as far as service u can get them serviced at any freightliner dealer and just about everywere that services detroit.

icedad 07-22-2006 06:56 AM

The 2 guys I know who have them love them. They say they get really good fuel mileage them also.
I still haven't been converted. Still like the Kitty's.
I think every motor has it's pro's and con's.. It's just personal preference and what you wanna believe.

Ian Williams 07-22-2006 09:39 AM

Just checked out your web page..

16mi of 8% then another 8 of 6% :shock:

It makes Donner look like the Kiddie Hill.

How often do you see & smell drivers smoking the breaks?


Originally Posted by RockyMtnProDriver

Originally Posted by uncleal13
Hey RockyMtnProDriver... that 16 miles of jaking, you must be referring to the Salmo-Creston road. Been over it a few times, fortunately only in the summer. A real treat.

Ya, thats the one.

Here are some pictures of it in the winter. All of our students cut their teeth on it, summier and winter.

http://www.rockymtnprodrivers.com/Pi...es/pict.1.html

I probably have been over that bitch a couple of thousand times, half summer, half winter. And it was with A-trains in the middle of the night.


460 cummins 07-22-2006 01:17 PM

hey
 
my brother recently bought a truck with the same motor in it, he says it runs great on the big road but when it comes to hills, it dies down, and also the fan sensor went bad on his about 50,000 miles, and also like i read in another post, the jake breaks are whimpy, they dont go bum bum bumbum they more less whistle, and they dont do much in the meens of slowing down, but one good advantage is its very quiet!!!!!!

allan5oh 07-22-2006 02:10 PM

It should work very well, maybe the driver isn't using it properly?

yoopr 07-22-2006 02:24 PM

the jakes we had with them in Iraq were pretty much useless too but we were pulling pretty heavy loads.

07-22-2006 07:43 PM


Originally Posted by yoopr
the jakes we had with them in Iraq were pretty much useless too but we were pulling pretty heavy loads.

I didn't know there was any hills in Iraq or are you talking about going in
and out of the bomb crater berms?

460 cummins 07-23-2006 09:57 AM

umm
 
It should work very well, maybe the driver isn't using it properly?



there is no wrong way to use jakes.......


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