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holstein13
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Aug 08, 2015

Jake brake on or off driving on flats or small hills?

One of the debates we had this week was whether you should drive with your Jake Brakes on or off while on flat land or small hills. Everyone agreed that you should use them in the mountains or steep ...
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Mr_Mark1
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Aug 08, 2015
On our previous coach (Dynasty), I used it whenever we started to coast too fast and also to slow down in normal traffic. The cruise would not work if the jake was turned on so I kept it off until I needed it. The Jake would kick off at about 20 mph or so and then you had to use the service brakes.

We have a 6 speed retarder on the new coach.

MM.

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