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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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CA_Traveler
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Aug 09, 2015
old guy wrote:
if you are on the flat and you come to a town and you have your jake brake on you might get a ticket. many town frown on jake brakes being used in their city limits.
You're referring to unmuffled jake brakes which just doesn't apply to most RVs.

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