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Originally Posted by Fredog
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Originally Posted by ToxicWaste
If you use the jake for anything else but a grade, you are an idiot!! Thats what the brakes are for, designed to stop heavy big trucks, DUH!!! There's nothing I hate more than when I'm parked on a ramp and someone rips by w/ the jake on high, or using the it approaching a stop light. Who taught these people how to drive???
If you only use the jake for grades you are an idiot, that's what jakes are for, to save your brakes. just because someone disagrees with you, does not make them an idiot. by the way, it's illegal to park on ramps. that's what truck stops and rest areas are for DUH!!
Sorry my friend did I strike a nerve? So what do you do at 2am when truck stops and the rest areas are packed and you are out of hours??? Oh, if I had the luxury to run 8.75 hours a day and make it to the J to get the dinner buffet at the lunch price I wouldn't stop on a ramp either!
I'm not on here to fight, life's too short and maybe I was a little harsh on getting my point across but here's my argument:
I dont know how long you people have been driving, but I've driven quite a few trucks w/o jake brakes running heavy. By downshifting properly and using the brakes like they were made to use, you can stop a truck alot faster than switching on the jake and waiting for it to stop the forward momentum of 80K at 65 mph. Instead of the oh :dung:, I'm about to miss my exit to the Flying J, I'd better get out of the hammer lane, hit the jake, and get over 3 lanes of traffic because Law and Order reruns are playing in the driver lounge! Try knowing where you're going and preparing to get off the highway. I hate truckstops and go there only to fuel and occasionally grab a bite to eat.
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How many rollovers have you seen laid over in the center of the highway?? Compared to wrecks where a driver hits another truck parked on a ramp? Ditch=too many to count. Ramp=1. You want to know what's dangerous, new drivers who think they can drive, change lanes too fast, dont know how to avoid collisions, or drive too tired. End result= they wind up turned over in a ditch while the rest of us wait in a 3 hour back up so they can clean the mess up. When I'm too tired I stop, case closed! And please, if any of you have driven at 2-3 am and decide to stop, dont tell me you are going to scour the lot at the J looking for a spot either!
I dont park on ramps all the time and certainly dont park on the off ramp!! Well I probably would if I was a company driver and didn't care. I would also keep my jake brake on all the time as well, so after 50k miles of that, the motor would need a new top end. I wouldn't need new brakes though...