Say you are 77k gross
You see 6% grade for 4 miles sign
55 max truck speed
What speed do you try to maintain downhill? What gear?
Down hill jake braking, what speed and gear do you use?
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gear to maintain engine rpm at 1850snowmantrucking101, OLDSKOOLERnWV, singlescrewshaker and 6 others Thank this. -
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For me it’s 55mph, 16th gear and 3rd stage on Jake..if I’m slowing down too much I go to 2nd stage then back to 3rd.
Most important is to watch your rpm”s..that is key to not destroying your engine.alds, OLDSKOOLERnWV, gentleroger and 6 others Thank this. -
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I was going about 50-55, 7 low, 1900rpm the truck felt like it kept gaining speed i had to use the brakes alot to keep it from jumping 2k rpm, like the jakes werent holding maybe? Maybe i was too high a gear. I dont know
This was Tennessee - north carolina the last hill downhill southbound thats 6%.
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Drop another gear. You can go down too slow any time, but maybe go down to fast once.
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If you side on safety, and start in a gear lower than actually needed, is it an issue to go up a gear, or does that present an issue of possibly missing the proper gear and causing chaos?Another Canadian driver Thanks this. -
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