Down Grades & Gear Selection

yes, it will for a while. But, then it will not. Then I'll flip it off and then back on numerous times and from there on out it won't. If I'm on a long trip it will magically work again. Usually I'll stop for a break or restroom and then it will like reset because the truck will be turned off and then on again. But, eventually it does it again. It's been going on for weeks now but I don't want to be in the shop. On the other hand with summer xoming it could be a problem. I think I might just request which probably won't happen a newer t660 or a t680. This trucks been giving me all kinda of problems so I think there is a chance they could put me in somthing newer or different model. Well see.

the truck is faulty new 2012 281,750 on it and I put probably 35,000k on it

 

Wow. Why are you so quick to judge off of my one little sentence? I never stated I was blowing down a grade or hill at 65MH. You took that way out of context. I ment I was driving at 65 approaching a down grade and before it to slow down I tried to flip on my jake brake and it didn't come on. Why are you questioning my training? I was taught at one of the best schools around I never go around corners at the posted speed limit whether it's 65 70 or even 55. I'm always going around corners, down grade corners, off ramps, clover leafs 10 mph BELOW the speed limit posted. My trainer always said you can go around a corner as fast as you want ONCE, but you can go through any corner every time if you drop your speed. To answer your question about if I was to go around a corner blind and there was a wreck with people everywhere out of the cars I would slow down as much as possible and do what I was trained in school, steer to the right. And if that means going over the median and possibly dieing that's the price I'll take with this industry to save others life's. But that's the last option for I was trained to always have some kind of out and keep your head moving and know what's going on around you. It's already happened to me once in training. In PA at 10:30 I'll never forget me and my trainer who was sitting to my right experienced this. Four pack of cars where about one and a half football field ahead of us. I knew somthing was up one brake lights and cars both went to opposite sides. We were heavy and I couldn't stop in time. The middle of the double lane was open and that's when I realized a deer had been struck but was still doing the one the side run but couldn't move. I decided to drive over the deer we clipped it on the under carriage but we saved our lives and the other drivers. My trainer was upset saying you could have pulled an air line out. In sure he didn't want to damage his truck be he realized like me we saved lives and no body was hurt. We pulled over and checked underneath and all was good so we went on.

don't question me and maybe it's my fault if I didn't make it clear enough. I take pride and use common sense when it comes to driving.