I really appreciate all this information. Took the truck through the mountains without trailer and tried the manual gears. My first car was a Volkswagen fastback and then the Westfalia so I'm familiar with a stick shift. I suppose this is similar. One question, coming down a hill, I geared down. Then into 2nd then 3rd, and then we were flat. I stopped to put it back into drive, as i didn't think i could go from 3rd to D direct? Haven't tried going up yet but seems like i want the rpms fairly high ( especially with a trailer) going up?
I'll be taking the truck to a trailer shop to check on the position of the brakes. It will be good though to go in with this extra information. Much appreciated. I was just told that once they were set you were good to go.
I did take a trailering course but of course, we didn't do mountains.
. Also practiced driving a truck for a year before getting a trailer.
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