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Originally Posted by Linus Gump
The last time I had brake fade, I was coming down a mountain at 45 MPH when my jake brake quit working. It was a 6% grade about 7 miles long and windy. I just started down it when it quit. I had to do some serious braking and downshifting to keep my 105,500 lb gasoline laden rig under control. There is nothing more scary than knowing you are a rolling bomb on the verge of going out of control. Talk about a pucker factor, you couldn't put a pin up my ass with a jackhammer after that!
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I can imagine that would be a terrifying experience. When my father was younger, he worked for a couple years transporting rigloads of dynamite for several of the mining companies throughout the province. He got bonus pay for delivering such things, but I do not know if money can justify that sort of thing. I was scared enough with my situation.
