the unnecessary usage of j-brakes, why????

Sounds like Ivanhoe ia a chronic whiner with no knowlege of big trucks.

We're not at the top of "The Most Hated List" right now, bankers & politicians are. GET WITH THE PROGRAM !

You can cry about truckers after that blows over.

 

Why does every one except Jake Brake Co call them Jakes? They are a Jacobs Engine Brake, singular.

 

Who knows. Why do we call William Bill, Robert Bob and so on. AS long as they work when I need them I call them sweet thang.

 

Hmmmmmmm, ......
Are you aware that your first sentence, a question, is factually incorrect? Why do you exaggerate?
Aside from that error, how do you know WHAT pet name Jacobs Tool Company calls their invention?

Perhaps some folks use the word "Jakes" as a term of endearment?
Jacobs Tool Company invented the diesel engine brake so it probably became habit to refer to engine brakes, in general, as "Jakes" because, at the time, there were no other engine brakes being manufactured. Jacobs Tool Company did, after all, produce more than one (singular) engine brake. Wouldn't more than one manufactured engine brake be plural, (Jakes)?

BTW, ..... When Jacobs Tool Company presented their invention to Cummins, Cummins (Come-Along or Corn-Binder) failed to recognize the benefits of an engine brake and didn't incorporate the safety device on their engines. Jacobs Tool Company also manufactures other things such as drill chucks.
But I digress, --------------

Whoop-De-Do!
Name wise, "Jakes" or "Jake" is a shortened version of Jacobs, just like Rod is short for Rodney, Tom is short for Thomas.
(Just don't ask me how "Bill" and "Bob" became shortened versions of William and Robert, respectfully.)

How 'bout if we say "Jake's Brakes" or "Jake's Brake"?
Would you consider that to be correct?
Or, in your opinion, would the owner of said Jacobs Engine Brake have to be named, "Jake"? What if a Big truck truck driver named his engine, "Jake", or had two engines?
How 'bout a V-8 diesel engine with one "Jake" on each side, thereby, in essence, utilizing two "Jakes"?
Jacobses sure doesn't sound right. Jacobs' Brakes?
Hmmmmmmmm ------

Big truck truck drivers call thrown rubber tire tread, "Alligators" or "Gators", cops, "Smoky" or "Bears", scales "Chicken Coops", rest areas, "Pickle Parks", truck weight, "Ground Pressure", flatbeds, "Skate Boards", log loads, "Toothpicks", Interstate highways, "Big Slabs", car haulers, "Parking Lots", prostitutes, "Lot Lizards", log books, "Comic Books", or "Coloring Books", trailers, "Donkeys", GMC trucks, "Jimmys", Chevrolet cars, "Chevys", Cadillac cars, "Caddys", Chrysler products, "MoPar", ......... and the list goes on and on.
So what?

Some folks call tissue, "Kleenex", refrigerators, "Ice Box(es)" and engines, "Motors", --- but we still know what they're making reference to. Why split hairs? Is your grammar perfect? How 'bout your sentence structure?
Spelling?
Pronunciation?

Neither is mine, ......... however, ---------

I used the word "Jakes" in my recent post, with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, because I was making reference to more than one Jacobs Engine Brake, ergo, plural, ie, "I really like Jakes". All of them. What do you call more than one Jacobs Engine Brake while still keeping it short and simple(r)?
I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Ain't no big deal.
It's all good.

 

LOL To funny aftershock...

 

Thank yew, sir.
Seems I'm funniest when I'm serious.

 

lmao too good!

 

WHY jakes or Jacobs engine brakeS cause there is one actuator on each cylinder hence jakeS
Why do you worry about this or are you just bored???

 

I have straight 8inch pipes on the 99 eagle I drive, with a old style m series 550 cummins. I'm new to trucking, so I like to just parade around with jake on, empty, on flat ground, going up hills. I don't need a reason. I just like hearing my truck make alot of noise.

Its fun, and its saving brakes.