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same reason you'd use them on a down grade, to help conserve the regular brakes or to augment them. if you're on level terrain and don't need to stop too quickly it makes it easier on equipment. try driving a semi-truck with an engine brake, it makes handling one quite a bit easier by not having to be on the brakes all the time. plus it sounds pretty cool. <br /> <br />my question about dynamic brakes is what if you're lead engine wasn't equipped with them but the following 3 units, for example, were. is the DB 'lever' or whatever still on the unit w/o DB?
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