Oh dear Shesus.. Really??
You people are gonna scare the living poo out of every new driver going down a hill..lol.. They'll go down knolls at 20 MPH now..lol..
Going down long steep "DOWNGRADE"
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by dano1971, Nov 19, 2010.
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Old saying is you can go down a hill too slow a million times but you can only go down too fast once. -
Yeah man downshift at the top of a long downgrade.Let your engine keep you slower and safer.Nothing worse than a runaway rig in the mountains.Not trying to be a ########,but didnt anyone ever tell you that during training?
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i wanna add one more thing though, dont be afraid to go slow, if you're on a hill or anything for that matter and the speed limit is 45 and going 45 scares you, slow down until you're comfortable! let traffic slow down behind you, let people get mad cuz the big truck is in their way of getting a latte from starbucks. if you're not comfortable, slow it down.dano1971 Thanks this. -
Thank you very much, he made me feel like if i didn't do 70 to 80 mph that no company would hire me . Now i know he's just a d--k that was showing off. Onn thank you very much!!!!!!!!!
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dano1971 and end of the road Thank this.
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Drive at a speed you are comfortable with. Don't listen to anybody else. Slow down at the top and control your speed going down. The slower you go the easier it is to slow down. That is, if you let the truck roll down and gain speed you will eventually have to slow that down, and if you are screaming down the hill, good luck getting it slowed down enough to remain in control all the way down.
Wait til you head down a big hill like that in the snow. Slow and gentle on the brake.Ranger_309, o.m.d. and dano1971 Thank this. -
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dano1971 said: ↑On thursday morning I was with a trainer going thru W.VA. 1st. time really on the road never in the mountians in a rig, I was picking up alot I mean alot of speed I didn't have a jake break and had no idea what to do. The instructor said don't doanything just keep up the speep. Can you use your breaks on steep downgrades without wiping out and was my instructor right....Click to expand...
That way, they will slide out before you do and you can gauge what speed you should be doing. Just start out slow before you hit the downgrade and keep it slow all the way down, until you get your experience levels up.clbell66 Thanks this. -
jakebrake12 said: ↑Huh?? No dude, I've never used a ramp or smoked my brakes.. This poster who's very easy to identify, has done it many times and even if your RPM's rise way too fast without a jake, you can bring it down.. I'm not quoting some other poster - I'm using real world experience on snow covered, icy, or dry roads.. Evidently 9 years later and 100% accident free I know what I'm doing right.. Maybe??Click to expand...
the first time you quote him, he was quoting another poster without using the quote button....hence his <<.......>>
walstib was taught how to shift on the downside....so he's arguing it can be done....
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