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holstein13
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Aug 07, 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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creeper
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Aug 09, 2015
holstein13 wrote:
The tire and brake instructor said we should not use them because the brakes need a workout to prevent glazing and if you always use the Jake Brakes, you won't automatically adjust your slack adjusters.



And and instructor said this? Yikes.

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