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Old 10-16-2005, 01:32 PM
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This thread sure got a few tails in the air.......I was waiting for a good dog fight....but naw....just some sniffin' around....stiff legged.....oh well.

I just use the jake on mountain slide.
Some of us OTRers drive other stuff too...like me...try getting a Fire Tanker with 2000 gals. of water up sides of fires where hazards are everywhere..........mud??....sheeeit...there is no "can't drive cuz of bad conditions." Whatta ya think those boys in New Orleans went through??

We have OTR driver's who have experiance driving in WAR ZONES...and you know they were primary targets......they are the last one's to either whine or brag....this civilian work to them is ....well...I can't speak for them. God Bless you driver's though...and you know who they are.

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Old 11-24-2005, 01:48 AM
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I sometimes use the Jake on upshifts, but only on Stage 1. Anything higher drops RPM's too fast. (Autoshifts with clutch pedal also work this way). I sometime Jake upshifts when skipping gears or leaving a scale that has a stupid uphill exit.

I also Jake down through the gears when I'm slowing to park. I always like to park on cold brakes to help keep the drums round.

The last truck that I drove from new still had over 90% of it's brake linings at 110K miles, and still had all of the chassis paint on the outside of the drums. It ran local in the mountains and it was often running overweight, so the Jake was used a lot.

(I got into another new truck when the earlier truck hit 110K miles but the company went out of business soon afterward).

The trucks had Cats and the 3-stage Jake programmed to add an additional stage for each 2 MPH speed gain in cruise mode.
 
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Old 11-24-2005, 05:02 PM
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It gives me a woody so I shift with it on. (remember I'm a dump rock hauler) Really though its on most of the time and if you do know how to shift it won't come on when your shifting.But we got this killer red head thats is leased to us and she's got straight pipes and she can make that puppy bark (that still gives me a woody).LOL
 
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Old 11-25-2005, 07:25 AM
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if you know how to work the fuel pedal it won't come on between shifts .
 
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Old 11-25-2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG JEEP on 44's
if you know how to work the fuel pedal it won't come on between shifts .
Must be a big Jeep driver thing. I drive one as well it's on 35's though.
Yup use your feet right and it doesn't come on unless you want it to. Better than reaching for switches. At least thats how I was shown how to drive. I haven't thought about it till now.
 
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Old 11-26-2005, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Mackman
dirt dummies what you mean dummies it does take alot of skill to drive a dump truck taking it off road on un level ground in soft mud. Try keeping inside a paver when your going around turns dumping blacktop with out drafting out and spilling 5 ton on the ground. You OTR trucks dont even see off the road your on the blacktop all the time. It is more likely that a dump truck driver could out shift an OTR driver just for the fact Dump truck drivers shifts alot more during the day. With stop and go traffic. dump trucks aint on the turn pike for hours on end in high gear.
Looking at this through a Log Truck Driver eyes, man have they got you all beat to driving and shifting off road, more like moutain mud roads..I grew up around loggers in North Idaho and looking through their eyes I see the jake on and off, just depends on how you drive and just what the hell your driving.... My wife won't let me drive log truck, too many people die in that profession..... I rather be driving a dump truck for sure....
 
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Old 11-26-2005, 06:25 AM
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I allways wanted to drive a log truck i dont know why but i just do!!! :P
 
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Old 11-26-2005, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by nip

What a Jerk!
With a capitol J!! :evil:
 
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Old 11-27-2005, 01:08 AM
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I was kinda suprised that more people don't drive with em on all the time. I only turn mine off when I'm in small towns late at night. In rush hour traffic in Houston when somebody cuts in front of you that extra braking in the second or two of reaction time might be the difference between an accident and not having an accident. And as has been previouslt stated if you ease up on the throttle and don't completely remove your foot it shifts easily and the jake doesn't come on......Don
 




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