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03-13-2010, 03:56:39 PM
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logging truck video
check this onboard video of a logging truck heading down a steep logging road with 100k lbs or more of lumber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLh5_6KrQJs
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1972 chevy camaro ss
old school / day2
1970 LT1 350sbc / 425hp 11.1:1 comp, GM #140 off-road solid lifter cam ,holley strip dominator
2" open spacer and holley 750dp ...........all old school 70's performance parts
baldwin motion phase III Z/30 clone
engine
my camaro
open headers
thru the mufflers
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03-13-2010, 04:40:24 PM
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L. G. M. / Moderator
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Interesting. I guess the guy who labeled it "crazy loud" doesn't get the concept of a jake brake.  |
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03-13-2010, 05:07:53 PM
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Not that many people even know what a Jake Brake (exhaust brake) is!
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03-13-2010, 08:58:53 PM
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without a jake brake and carrying 100k lbs plus of logs those trucks would easily lose their brakes and end up on the bottom of a steep drop off
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1972 chevy camaro ss
old school / day2
1970 LT1 350sbc / 425hp 11.1:1 comp, GM #140 off-road solid lifter cam ,holley strip dominator
2" open spacer and holley 750dp ...........all old school 70's performance parts
baldwin motion phase III Z/30 clone
engine
my camaro
open headers
thru the mufflers
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03-13-2010, 09:06:47 PM
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L. G. M. / Moderator
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Where I'm from we use off road truck called "Fat trucks" 16' wide bunks, some 60% more payload than regular trucks and built to descend blast rock mountain roads, roads that most of us won't take a beater 4x4 on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdj6dJsq4GM&NR=1
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03-13-2010, 09:42:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ZS10
Where I'm from we use off road truck called "Fat trucks" 16' wide bunks, some 60% more payload than regular trucks and built to descend blast rock mountain roads, roads that most of us won't take a beater 4x4 on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdj6dJsq4GM&NR=1 |
those fat trucks are definate work horses pulling that much weight over nasty down hill grades . no jake brakes ,how are they not burning up the brakes ??
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1972 chevy camaro ss
old school / day2
1970 LT1 350sbc / 425hp 11.1:1 comp, GM #140 off-road solid lifter cam ,holley strip dominator
2" open spacer and holley 750dp ...........all old school 70's performance parts
baldwin motion phase III Z/30 clone
engine
my camaro
open headers
thru the mufflers
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03-13-2010, 09:51:41 PM
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L. G. M. / Moderator
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Big 2 part, water cooled disks on the wheels and drive shaft
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03-13-2010, 09:55:28 PM
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Originally Posted by muscl car
those fat trucks are definate work horses pulling that much weight over nasty down hill grades . no jake brakes ,how are they not burning up the brakes ??
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They're in first or second gear.
It's possible to drive a truck down ANY grade without Jake brakes if you go slow enough.
I had a 95 Peterbilt for two years that had no Jake Brake that routinely went down 25% plus grades. Yes it sucked, but it can be done |
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