Newell Gurus

Not to take away from Forrest's excellent post on his close call, let me make a second post on another incident.

Outside St.Louis, ten drivers in my lane decided to panic stop. I didn't hit them, but I will always be convinced that two recent changes in my setup kept me from hitting them.

First, I have towed for years without supplemental brakes. I decided to install an M&G system before this trip.

Second, I never ran with the jake on in flat ground because it fights with my cruise control. I customized the jake brake wiring to have it activate off the brake pedal. I was in that mode when the panic stop happened. I also installed a switch that allows me to use accelerator off as the jake activation per normal.

I got on the brakes as hard as I ever have and happy to say I had twenty feet to spare.


But, without jake on full and toad locked up, I don't know.


PS. Father in law says he will never shave in a moving RV again.

and what about the underwear?

Glad you were able to tell that story Richard.... My falling off the roof story isn't worth the writing.

Richard, I rigged my Jake brake the same as you have and feel much more comfortable now. However, when I first acquired the coach, I did a panic stop without the Jake which resulted is serious flat spots on my tag tires rendering them worthless.