Loud pipes and booming stereos are two items that have no actual 'use' and therefore are unecessary. On the other hand an engine brake is something that, although it might not always be necessary, has a definate use. Think about it this way before you talk bad about an engine brake......Your headed down a hill with a loaded truck and someone pulls out in front of you, or it's a LONG hill (ie mountains)and riding the brakes to keep your speed down isn't an option...what are you gonna do???? In my case I hit the switch that turns my Jake brake on high and pray. In the first case, I pray that between the Jake and the service brakes I can stop before I plaster the idiot in the other vehicle all over the front of my truck, and in the second case I just thank heavens that I can keep my speed down enough that I don't get plastered all over the side of the mountain myself...........
In either case how much noise it makes is irrelevent as long as it does the job it's designed to do. That said I also know they often get used in cases where they aren't really 'necessary' and I personally try not to use it when I'm in a residential neighborhood, etc. Still given the cost of putting brake shoes, drums, etc on a truck nowdays (nearly $700 the last time I did all four corners, a couple of years back, on my Freightliner service truck with a single rear axel. This is typically a once a year expense when times are better and I'm rolling every day). So, even though I try to be respectful of others, ultimately I really don't care wether anyone else likes the noise or not because it's saving me a ton of money by extending the life of my brakes every time I turn it on.
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