Going downhill...

stab braking. When youre at the speed limit, or 5mph below, brake and watch your speed drop another 5 or so mph. When you get back up to the speed limit, brke again till your speed drops. rinse and repeat as necessary.

If you have quiet engine brakes, run it on low and go down a gear.

 

+1 if you have a quiet jake use it

speed limits are for cars, there is one hill up on the VT boarder thats about 16% and 3 miles, speed limit is 45, i put the 4 ways on and take it in 4th gear (~20 mph), being non residential zone and at a permited weight I do use my jake, I try and stay off my jake as much as possible, but hills with 104,000 I use every mean necessary to get to the bottom safe

I would slow way below the speed limit and let the cop pull over the guy passing you over the double yellow or in the brake down lane because you are going to slow

 

Descend slower than you think is safe...Trying to slow once descending is where the problems occur, IMO...What's the rush?

 

"you can take a hill to slow a million times, your only going to take it to fast once"

 

Drag your feet.

 

well since my engine brakes are extremely quiet, I would have them on and smile at the cop as a rolled by after stopping.

oh and revving the engine to 2500, on most newer engines, that's enough to destroy them. My redline is 2100, at 2400 it sets an overspeed/overrev code that triggers a electronic fault that must be dealer cleared, anything over 2450 it derates the engine to prevent damage

 

if road is a sheet ice? for me that is a "Stop the truck" moment.Ive driven all over US and Canada ,still haven't found the ice skates that fit. chains work ,but are dangerous and not for driving at speed. I only use to find a safe place to get off and wait for "salt shakers to come by.
Oh and the jake brakes on slippery roads? good way to jack knife !!!!!!!! your braking at the front of the articulation point with the weight pushing on it.

 

Like numb says,park it till the salt shakers come.There is no traction on solid ice no matter how much you brk while going down that hill.What will probably happen is you'll hit the cars in front of you.Your best bet is call the police and see if they think it's safe enough for trks.