Lynnmor wrote:
You have to understand that only two tires are slowing the truck and trailer with exhaust braking rather than eight tires with the service brakes. I have considerably more rear tire wear even with my “weak “ 2011 exhaust brake and have no desire to work them harder, but then I have no standing in the bragging rights club.
This may be OK with a smaller trailer, but even then it's not ideal; I experienced this with 2 diesel trucks prior to my current rig. I was blown away by the strength of the exhaust braking capability of the Cummins when I bought my current truck. I very rarely have to use the service brakes at all on even the steepest mountain grades towing my 16k fiver, and find many times that I need to give the truck some throttle because it's slowing down too much.
