Gear Vendor/Gear splitter

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Blanco1 wrote:

BarneyS wrote:
More gears would not necessarily help with slowing the rig down in place of an exhaust brake. It would in a gas rig but not in a diesel.
Going up it would probably help but not coming back down.
Barney

Really?!?!?!

& on what do you base that comment from?
How many years have you been driving Diesels?

Big Rigs?

You ever notice on mountains grades going down hills there are always signs reminding the Big Rigs to use lower gears.

I wonder why that is?

They both have their place I'm sure..

But my main experience is from big rigs with everything from 9 speeds to 13 speeds & with both Engine Brakes & exhaust brakes as well as big rigs with no aux brakes at all.

& in those cases, you basically slow it down & let the trans do most of the work.

That being said, I've never driven a pick up truck with a EB.

Everyone of those trucks have an EB!

Dude no offense!
But you obviously have no idea what your talking about when when it comes to driving big rigs!
You say "EVERYONE OF THOSE TRUCKS HAVE AN EB" WRONG!!!!

I've been driving big for about 1/2 my life & MANY don't have any sort of EB at all!
The ones that do, normally have an Engine Brake ( Jake Brake ) & only one I have driven had an Exhaust Brake & MANY have nothing but that foot pedal to slow you down.

I drove a rig about 9 years that had no EB of any sort!
Trust me not fun on steep mountain roads.

But you just drive much slower using the transmission gears to keep you slowed down & in control.