Stab breaking or continuous light pressure

i agree not a great feeling when things shift.

i see alot of people saying they won't chain. i guess that is an option in your not in the northwest but you would not make any money whith that attitude

 

keep your pressure under 10lbs. you can keep the brakes on all the way down the hill. mine heat up a little but not to the point of smoke.

most of the time i'm usually in the right gear for jakes. and only have to stab every so often. but hardly ever do i go over 10 lbs.

a lot of times i'll sit and wait too as long as i can get the load there in time.

last year. we had a driver that sat 4 days though waiting for the chains to lift on cabbage patch in oregon.
i delivered my load in washington. picked up and went to new mexico. delivered and picked up for colorado. delivered and picked up for idaho. back in the yard for hometime and he was still waiting. cuz now it's the weekend. and he's not delivering till monday. 7 days to deliver his load. and i'm in idaho delivering my 4th load.

 

My rack has dents in it from lumber coming forward.
I want to ask that 4-wheeler, "Are your 3 infants worth that exit you needed at the last second?"

 

I personally dont like to drive in that kind of weather, but if I had to, I'd prefer to go slow enough for the engine brake, but if the only chose i have are ether stab or light pressure, id do light pressure

 

Amen! Why they don't seem to get that is beyond my comprehension.

 

you'll have to share the love some day. cuz business has been sucking in salt lake.

 

This is the age old question. Personally downshift into a lower gear and let the engine do the work. The real issue is to stop the truck before the brakes heat up and fade.

 

Courtney (Mountain Hummingbird) here. Anyone who uses their jake on snow or ice are a few bricks shy and suicidal. The sign for a slope is usually posted far enough that you should be in a low enough gear that you should only need your brakes in an emergency. In an emergency you should use steady pressure, not all trucks come with antilock braking systems for all your wheels, some trailers have no antilock at all. Best to gear down before the slope, when you are about 3/4 of the way down depending on the conditions you can start gearing back up. Sudden braking or steering moves could put you into alot of trouble fast. It is not a race out there, no prizes given out for the best crash, or near miss.