Jake vs Exhaust Brake
Pulling a 2012 39 ft. 5th wheel with a 2008 Chevy Silverado 3500 dwd. Question is: what is best ? Jake brake or Exhaust brake ?
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Trixie47 wrote:
Pulling a 2012 39 ft. 5th wheel with a 2008 Chevy Silverado 3500 dwd. Question is: what is best ? Jake brake or Exhaust brake ?
I can't say what is 'best' on a Duramax. But I can attest that the factory exhaust brake on my Cummins works fantastic. I have pulled my 14,000lbs 5th wheel down a curvy, 9.5 mile long 10% grade. The OEM exhaust brake is rated at 230HP and it definitely did the job extremely well. I barely had to use the service brakes to keep my speed down and a few times had to give it throttle because the EB slowed me down too much.
KJ
