Yeah, I did that before and started to smell something burning. I don't like doing the engine like that when coming down a steep grade, what I do is put it into Georgia overdrive and let it ride. lol, just joking. I just leave it in 10th gear cut the jake on and let it ride to 60 then brake down to 55 or 50, rinse and repeat. have not lost brakes yet. you would have no other choice but to do that if u had no jake like in the older trucks. the way the jake work on these new trucks, its like going down the grade without it anyway.
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That's a good way to end up dead. Whoever trained you should be fired.
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Okay, so if I am in the right lower gear and I am over 1700rpm just let it ride like that all way down the grade and it wont burn the engine up? I want to also clear up that I do go down the grade at the posted speed limit for the weight and I cut the jake on so when it does go a little fast than the posted speed limit I slow it down all the way 5 miles below than posted speed and let it go back up to the limit or slow it down before a curve, but i still have it in 10th gear, so it wont rev over 1500 rpm. but if you guys say to put it in a lower gear and it wont mess the engine up the whole way down the grade, I will do that. I find myself hitting the brakes more because the rpms run so high when in the lower gears. the prime meeting they said keep around 1750 to 2100rpm for the dd15 . they did not explain the max rpm for the dd13 which are in the lightweights. just realized as I am typing this, I can ask road assist the max rpm without engine damage for the dd13. by the way monteagle is what interstate and also cabbage patch. Vail is in Colorado right? I've been to co. also is vail near Denver where the trailer home yard is? going I-70 w you have to go past Denver to get to vail right?
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