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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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wolfe10
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Aug 09, 2015
hershey,

Not sure I understand the term "grade brake" either in connection with a diesel.

Here are the "normal choices":

Exhaust brake
Engine compression brake (aka Jake brake)
Transmission retarder (buses and Foretravel)
And, on some newer diesels variable vane turbo

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