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01-26-2015, 09:36 AM
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Just take it slow as others have said also remember to use your flashers so others coming up behind you know you are going slow. be safe not sorry!
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01-29-2015, 04:19 PM
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Just to make you feel a little better; every steep grade I've encountered on a major highway has some sort of pullout or wideout every so often so that you can pull off and let your vehicle cool down if needed. I don't know that stretch of highway but hopefully that is the case and you won't have to worry as much about it. If your brakes do start to overheat be sure and pull off before they become ineffective.
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01-29-2015, 04:44 PM
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We have run away truck escape ramps on several down grades here. They were a spot that got passenger vehicles a ticket. They would park and photograph the hills or eat lunch not knowing they could become road kill at any second.
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01-30-2015, 08:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sourdough
Just to make you feel a little better; every steep grade I've encountered on a major highway has some sort of pullout or wideout every so often so that you can pull off and let your vehicle cool down if needed. I don't know that stretch of highway but hopefully that is the case and you won't have to worry as much about it. If your brakes do start to overheat be sure and pull off before they become ineffective.
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No, this stretch doesn't have a run off or cool down area but it did have a few spots where it did level out some.
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02-01-2015, 11:27 AM
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Other than the use the trailer brakes only thing, you've gotten good advice here. Setting the tiny trailer brakes on fire to save the much bigger and more capable TV brakes, is downright silly.
Towing on steep grades if you head west, is pretty much all we do here. Been doing it since I was quite young.
What'll really get your attention is missing a downshift in a manual.
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02-11-2015, 07:30 AM
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Lake City should be called, Cloud City ( high enough to be in the clouds), roasted my breaks coming down from there without pulling anything!
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02-11-2015, 07:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kguess
Lake City should be called, Cloud City ( high enough to be in the clouds), roasted my breaks coming down from there without pulling anything!
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X2, I'm lucky enough to live north of Lake City, even the Mountain Goats take the low road to Creede.
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02-14-2015, 04:28 PM
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Haha, beautiful place , that section of Colorado is our favorite. Love Creede, Silverton, Ouray........Lake city!
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08-12-2015, 07:40 AM
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Thought I'd give you guys a big thumbs up for the tips and advice because going down this section of highway #111 in the Tenn. mountain's was easy, I do have too make a HUGE confession, I have a new 5th wheel, and forgive me it's a Heartland Prowler, and "yes" it has me over my F-250's GVWR, but in the near future I have plan's for a larger TV, so please be gentle on me
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08-14-2015, 11:53 AM
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Your trailer brakes should be set so it will stop the weight of itself and the truck the weight of itself.....This way the braking is equally divided between all brakes.
Run in a gear that requires only occasional brake applications to hold your speed and brake applications should be moderate and short in application giving cooling off periods in between each.
An exhaust brake is a huge +++
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08-14-2015, 08:23 PM
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Another lil' quick tip...when your speed is below 45mph always turn on your emergency flashers as a courtesy to those that will coming up behind you at a much faster rate!
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08-15-2015, 05:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LittleJoe
Your trailer brakes should be set so it will stop the weight of itself and the truck the weight of itself.....This way the braking is equally divided between all brakes.
Run in a gear that requires only occasional brake applications to hold your speed and brake applications should be moderate and short in application giving cooling off periods in between each.
An exhaust brake is a huge +++
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I actually found a video on youtube about braking on downhill grade's, and the technique was called "snubbing" and it worked perfect for me.
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Originally Posted by Alpine
Another lil' quick tip...when your speed is below 45mph always turn on your emergency flashers as a courtesy to those that will coming up behind you at a much faster rate!
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I did and also going up steep grade's
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08-15-2015, 05:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by homer3
Don't you find that relying on the tow/haul alone a little hard on the engine. Mine seems to run the RPM a little to high for. I usually shift into M-4 on my Allison with occasional braking all the while watching both my speed and RPM's.
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Wanted to comment on this one. The Duramax can rev to ~4500 on braking so leave it in tow/haul and let the Allison do what it does best. I've towed down the snowshed hill in BC and the tranny does a great job.
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08-16-2015, 04:18 AM
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Tow haul, use exhaust brake and be in a low enough gear to get u down. I am usually locked in fourth gear going down long 7-8% grades and usually never touch the brakes...even on 4 mike long sections. I have had to lock it in second gear on 15-17% grades on a backroad in pa mountains
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