For those of you that use exhaust brakes, which one do you recommend?

I'm thinking of putting one on my truck.......tired of worrying about those grades...........

96 7.3 mostly stock

 

Try this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-write-up.html
Reps to bkcowboss for the writeup.

 

Wow, thats a fun read there Jim. haha.

I miss foremanES.

 

Had a stroker on the farm that had a bully dog exhaust brake on it. If I remember correctly it was articulated by air and seemed to work well when it was hooked up.

It was on the truck when we bought it and we disconnected it. I believe it had an air leak or something. I wish I could say how long we used it but the odometer was stuck on 241k we purchased it over ten years ago.

I wouldn't spend the money on one. I'd do the mod that Cuda posted above.

 

i have done the evpv break on mine and it works good, leaves a little bit to be desired but for an almost free mod you cant go wrong.

 

Same as 884x4bronco here. Free (well, almost) works for me. Use it all the time and really noticed it the other day when I had forgotten to plug it back in. Not worth the investment as far as I'm concerned when the EBPV brake works as well a it does for as cheap as it is.

 

Awesome link Jim. Thanks.