ELI5. What’s the point of a Jake Brake?

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Couldn’t you just put the truck in neutral and use the regular brakes?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

as my truckdriver step dad explained. It cools the engine and doesn’t wear on the brakes.

using neutral and braking would put a lot of wear on your brakes when your carrying 80,000lbs. At the very least using the gears would help slow you down and save your brakes too. Im not a truck driver so dont quote me on anything

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