Is exhaust brake really needed?
Morning all, The wife and I where discussing vacation plans. We were talking about places to go on vacation. Colorado came up. We haven't been out west in quite a while. Never been there with a TT or...
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For many years we drove our light truck without exhaust brakes (I don't think they were invented yet). When Banks offered to sell Exhaust brakes I started installing Exhaust Brakes on our Ranch Trucks since we have always had Jacobs Engine Brakes on our Semis.
We live and drive in the Montains of Colorado so we have Exhaust brakes on all of our light tucks, Dodge 250's and 350'. All of our trucks have Cummins Engines and our Dodges pull ranch trailers loaded sometimes to 20,000 pounds. So, yes you can drive and pull an RV without Exhaust Brakes in the mountains but you will be happy if you have Exhaust Brakes for safety, less wear on wheel brakes and comfort going down long mountain grades.
We live and drive in the Montains of Colorado so we have Exhaust brakes on all of our light tucks, Dodge 250's and 350'. All of our trucks have Cummins Engines and our Dodges pull ranch trailers loaded sometimes to 20,000 pounds. So, yes you can drive and pull an RV without Exhaust Brakes in the mountains but you will be happy if you have Exhaust Brakes for safety, less wear on wheel brakes and comfort going down long mountain grades.
