# Just WATCHED a truck roll over **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023 "2012-06-07T16:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/1 "2012-06-07T16:09:52Z")
I was on my way to work on I890 headed toward Schenectady and saw what I believe was a new maroon Dodge Ram pulling a 5th wheel car trailer and loaded with two vehicles (one was white) flip over exiting 890 exit 7! Watched the whole thing happen. Looked like maybe he came in too hot. First time I have actually called 911! Hope everyone is ok! ---
**Author:** ![Sully93vr4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sully93vr4/32/6278_2.png) [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/2 "2012-06-07T16:36:36Z")
O SHIT, SOUNDS PRETTY NUTS, DID YOU STOP?? (SRY CAPS, LOL) ---
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/3 "2012-06-07T16:38:28Z")
I stopped pulled off exit 7 westbound (opposite side), pulled over and called 911. I then carried on to work. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/4 "2012-06-07T17:56:07Z")
> [@HELP: soldering](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-soldering/49829/4): > > O SHIT, SOUNDS PRETTY NUTS, DID YOU STOP?? > (SRY CAPS, LOL) :rofl ---
**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/5 "2012-06-07T19:02:10Z")
was hoping for pics, disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/6 "2012-06-07T19:18:06Z")
I saw the aftermath but it was already upright. One car was a white G8. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/7 "2012-06-07T19:54:33Z")
If he had a real diesel and jake brakes that wouldn’t have happened 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/8 "2012-06-07T20:01:56Z")
newer Dodges do have jake brakes ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/9 "2012-06-07T20:06:22Z")
NO THEY DO FUCKING NOT. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/10 "2012-06-07T20:07:38Z")
yeah they do. I rode in one with one last year. Maybe its optional but that truck was pretty basic and had one (fleet truck) ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/11 "2012-06-07T20:08:51Z")
IT IS NOT A FUCKING JAKE BRAKE. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/12 "2012-06-07T20:11:43Z")
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab\_OHWmWKP4[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab_OHWmWKP4%5B/ame%5D) ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/13 "2012-06-07T20:18:32Z")
Doesn’t that FUCKING say EXHAUST BRAKE right in the fucking title PJB? ---
**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/14 "2012-06-07T20:27:19Z")
A real “jake brake” is an engine retarder. Although technically speaking…an exhaust brake is a type of jake brake… It really is not at all. " The term “Jake brake” comes from a Jacobs Engine brake, or engine retarder. It works when exhaust valves in the cylinder head open, releasing the compressed air that is trapped by the head and slows the truck down. When the accelerator is released on the truck, its forward momentum continues to turn the Diesel engine’s crankshaft. That intern compresses air in the cylinder. " ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/15 "2012-06-07T20:28:55Z")
an exhaust brake is NOT a type of jake brake. A jake brake is a god damn compression brake. Not even in the same fucking ballpark. FOR FUCKS SAKE. ---
**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/16 "2012-06-07T20:30:54Z")
> [@F. U. Apple and your NEW Iphone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-u-apple-and-your-new-iphone/49799/37): > > an exhaust brake is NOT a type of jake brake. A jake brake is a god damn compression brake. > > Not even in the same fucking ballpark. FOR FUCKS SAKE. I do agree with you. But many MANY resources consider an exhaust brake a type of Jake brake. I do not. EDIT: After browsing Jacobs website…they do not consider an exhaust brake to be in the same category as a “Jake brake”. ---
**Author:** ![rainmanpaul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rainmanpaul/32/6485_2.png) [@rainmanpaul](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rainmanpaul)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/17 "2012-06-07T20:34:46Z")
Yeah that’s a damn throttle butterfly in the middle of the exhaust pipe, which honestly I’d feel would be bad for the turbo in some way, or possibly some other component. “Jake brake” = electro-mechanical thingamabobbers actually HOLDING exhaust and/or intake valves open (can never remember exactly) at the right times so that pistons make maximum pumping loss, slowing everything way down. I think it opens everything just before compression happens, so all that pent up energy just dissipates instantly. Don’t others make engine compression brakes? On Jacobs’ site I know it says “jake brake” is a misnomer because that type of system doesnt have to be Jacobs Vehicle Systems-made. And they manufacture other products as well. I anxiously await the day someone starts churning out consumer diesel engine heads with this shit. If I get motivated someday, I’ll goddamn design something myself for my 7.3. Fuck I’m an RPI alum I gotta have some kinda access to the machine tools there LOL ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/18 "2012-06-08T04:08:09Z")
I thought they were the same thing ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/19 "2012-06-08T05:06:56Z")
YEAH WELL YOU THOUGHT FUCKING WRONG DIDN’T YOU JPB ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-watched-a-truck-roll-over/264023/20 "2012-06-08T05:30:00Z")
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