Monteagle claims another one today.....

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  1. Jun 6, 2013 #1
    MNdriver

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    Got flack for coming down Monteagle today at the speed limit.


    Ol' Boy at the bottom was a wonderful example of why you do....

    MM 149 he finally stopped with flames coming off his trailer right front brakes.
     
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  3. Jun 6, 2013 #2
    airforcetoo

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    Wow ... Went thru there myself today ... Probably happened afterwards ...that's crazy ...my rpm's were up in the 2000s too; but I saidz to myself " it'll hold it at 25 like this ..don't shift.. "
     
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  4. Jun 6, 2013 #3
    truckon

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    good to know no one was hurt..
     
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  5. Jun 6, 2013 #4
    Drifter42

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    Yeah people come barreling down through there all the time and you get to smell those brakes

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  7. Jun 6, 2013 #5
    Homemade1959

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    Where's this at?
     
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  8. Jun 6, 2013 #6
    Drifter42

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    On I 24 between Nashville and Chattanooga

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  9. Jun 6, 2013 #7
    Roadmedic

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    Not all trucks have jake brakes.

    One company years ago, the jake would only work while you had the brake on.
     
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  10. Jun 6, 2013 #8
    DrtyDiesel

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    East side of i24 in Tennessee I do believe

    Never mind. Drifter beat me to it
     
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  11. Jun 6, 2013 #9
    DrtyDiesel

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    If you don't have a jake I'm assuming you should know not to go down Monteagle in anything above 6th or 7th at the most, in a 10 speed truck anyway. Not sure what the gears would be on a different transmission.
     
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  12. Jun 6, 2013 #10
    Roadmedic

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    Be a lower gear for sure.
     
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