ScottG wrote:
mowermech wrote:
BarneyS wrote:
2oldman wrote:
Bedlam wrote:
I use the EB in traffic as much as I do the hills - It's not just for elevation descents, but for any desired deceleration.
Yes, I forgot about that. I do that all the time..really saves the service brakes. I'm sure we've all heard that incredibly loud FAP-FAP-FAP-FAP of an unumuffled Jake brake (is that right?) in our travels.
They are not talking about Jake Brakes here.
Barney
Sorry, Barney, but my old 1994 Dodge CTD 3500 had a Jacobs Rambrake on it. According to the Jacobs website, if Jacobs made it, it IS a "Jake Brake"!
If Jacobs says it is a Jake Brake, I am certainly not about to argue with them!
As for the OP, get the Jacobs Rambrake. I enjoyed mine greatly! My Gross Combined Vehicle Weight was 21,180 lbs when towing the fifth wheel. I crossed the Continental Divide, the Sierras, and the Cascade Range several times. The Jacobs Rambrake was worth its weight in gold!
Your brake is made by Jacobs but it is not a "Jake brake", which is a very different type of device. Definition of Jake Brake
From the referenced article(copy and paste):
"All of the brake systems made by Jacobs Vehicle Systems can accurately be called "jake brakes," not just their compression release engine brakes. They also produce the Jacobs Exhaust Brakes and Jacobs Driveline Brakes, both of which are nearly silent. The engine brakes are the ones that make that distinctive staccato sound, and if I could make a WAV, I'd include my imitation of it here."
I stand by my statement!
to the OP: As you are on the downside of Homestake Pass on I-90 just East of Butte, MT (Eastbound or Westbound, doesn't matter) just remember, you COULD have had an EB installed.
Then there is Lookout Pass on the MT/ID border, and Fourth of July Pass in Idaho, and the Vantage Hill at the Colu8mbia River Gorge, and Snoqualmi Pass over the Cascade Range, not to mention all the "hills" scattered along the route.
Have fun.
