Recent Content by Super Trucker

Haven't you weighted your trailer? I wouldn't trust what some dealer put down for the tare of my equipment, maybe thats the truck driver in me.

Did you fail reading comprehension in school? One I don't agree with most of Timmay's post. But that trailer can very well be a 14K GVW trailer. See in his post you linked to. Did you just miss the 14K part?

1st Timmay is a tool, bbbbbuuuuuuutttttttt his trailer is a 14k equipment trailer not a 7k car hauler, so that it weighs more than your car hauler would make since. :rolleyes:

Fred have you ever looked at the parts that make up the Parking Pawl in a auto trans? I have and I haven't trusted the park position by itself since. If fact when I put my truck in park I set the E-brake before taking my foot off the service brakes.

If you go here jake brake you'll see that Jacobs refers to their engine brake as a "Jake" brake but to the brake that fits our trucks as a Jacobs exhaust brake.

I've run REAL Jake engine brakes on all my big rigs. My current Pete with a 2100 rpm limit Cat 3406B I'll keep the R's between 1800 and 2100 on a big hill. With a jake you pick the speed you want to run down a hill then choose the gear and engine rpm for enough braking power. The higher the rpm...

;) Not anymore. Timmy is playing the flute in the Band at CK5. ;)