Jake breaks in the rain

Are you sure about that?

 

I thought this was about some guy named Jake taking his breaks in the rain. Oh well.

 

Lower gears, higher rpms. BUT not so high you blow the engine.

1500 - 1700 is about a good average. You can go much lower. But much higher isn't recommended. The higher the rpms. The more pullback will be used.

 

i would say RPM range is more important than what gear you are in.high gear at 1000-1200 not gonna have any hold vs 1500-1700. Such as Black Mountain being in a high gear that jake is gonna be pretty well useless where you can ride east side of Monteagle in 9th or 10th/13th/18th pretty much to the bottom riding jakes. You will get a feel for the comfort side the more you tset it just dont do anything stupid thinking its cool and you will be fine. You can spot the cool ones by seeing them jake up to the fuel island

 

Most trucks have a High/Lo setting.

I practically live on my jakes for speed control. In cold icy regions I will use the low setting as to not catch any surprises. Its useless on a hill with a load,.. then I use high setting.

In the rain? That would have to be one slick road or some really bad tires for it to cause the tires to slip. That or a really bad driver I suppose.

Hurst

 

I'm talking about in slippery conditions. Of course when traction is good, you're right.

 

Slippery conditions as in ice? i wouldnt use them at all. slippery as in just started raining? use mid and stay in1400-1600 range and dont brake hard. alot of accidents are due to driver error in applying brakes more than anything. dont brake hard in curves and dont take curves faster than you are comfortable with. i have never actually heard of anyone jaking in the rain an causing a problem unless they was doing something stupid. in the ice dif story

 

but jaking on ice well thats about like getting home a day early and your wife not know you are coming

 

Most of us don't use jakes on slippery conditions. But apparently some members do.

It's not a risk i personally would take. Although, getting caught off guard has happened.

 

Im not sure if its a cummins or pete option but my truck will kick the jakes OFF it locks a wheel up. From back ice to dry pavement of the jakes are to strong the computer will turn them off. Now it dosent mean dont do your job and read the roads and conditions but its helped me out a couple times.