Jake Brakes on full

Loaded from our yard near Belfast, heading down the hill with the jakes on full

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Jake
• Brake
• Foden
• Cat
• Caterpillar
• C10
• Jacobs
• Truck
• Lorry
• Trucking
• Wagons

[rodedawg74]

nice view, how much weight do you haul in those euro trucks?

[ashpeden]

Up to 44tonnes in the UK + Eire, usually 40 throughout europe.

[ZoeToots]

I gotta say...when you first passed the traffic it scared me! I'm so used to seeing it coming on the other side! GREAT video! I enjoyed the sound of your truck.

[ashpeden]

thanks for the comment, jakes are the best tool but so many lorries here don't have them!!!

[ZoeToots]

What's a lorrie? Is that slang? More stars for you while I'm here!

[ashpeden]

A lorry is a truck to most people in the world, but to us from the UK lorry is the correct term, trucks are american.

[glurbpot]

Wanna have fun with a Jake brake on a Foden with a C10 cat.............. try driving down a steep hill with cars parked either side of the road. Let the revs drop down and listen for the car alarms to start going off. I had about five go off on the way down a hill in Brighton... grow up?.........not on your life. (Could do with some smileys on here)

[Royalhighlander]

Where I drive in the hills I find the best gear to be able to run down the hill on the engine brake and have it hold the speed steady and not have to use the brakes(air) at all. Thats the proper way of doing it.. Choose the right gear BEFORE you start down the hill

[motoCrossRider211]

@BlueSsV it stops the feul from goin to the motor when you put the jakes on

[ZoeToots]

@HedgehogOutdoors Well hello to you! lol

[HedgehogOutdoors]

@ZoeToots Fancy seeing you here! I asked about the song on one of your videos a while back. My grandmother has an English neighbor, I think he still calls them lorries, so he stands out quite a bit in the US.

[gatesyboy1018]

Anyone notice the rpms at :50 seconds? Wow, someone will be blowing a motor.....

[BlueSsV]

jakes are actually the engine turning backwards

[Logementos]

@rodedawg74 Within Sweden 60 tonnes is allowed and a total length of 79 ft.

[snoopybiggs]

@ashpeden Down south here we call em tractors or Rigs.

[britdemo]

god this takes me back to running with my dad when i was a kid. he had a 411 sed ak..80mph up hill darn dail 35/40 tonne all day never missed a beat

[toptrucker2k8]

What Lorry Is It Scania,Mercedes,Volvo

[ZEEMADMAN]

For those who don't know Jake Brakes or a Jacobs Brake is a Switch You can flip to cause the engine to use it's own Compression against itself to Slow the Engine which when in Gear includes slowing the Truck down without the use of the Brakes which can Overheat with repeated or continous usage down a long Downgrade. It does generate a lot of low bass noise, so some places have signs posted saying No Jake Brakes Here. Usually in Urban Areas because the people who live there whine about the noise!