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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GasHauler, post: 1255731, member: 2164&quot;]Whatever works for you. It doesn&#039;t work for me with real heavy loads on with a long downgrade. So I stick with applying the brakes to slow the truck down 10mph slower than I plan to go down and let it drift back up to that speed, unless I have a good engine brake.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first experience with heavy loads was with a rented Ryder tractor with no engine brake and loaded up with specialized construction equipment weighing over 110,000lbs gross. I had to move that equipment all over the states but mostly from MD to UT. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then when I was hauling gasoline we were loaded up to 105,000lbs but we drove really nice trucks. The engine brake worked very nice but still stayed around 25mph going down a 6% grade but hardly touched the brakes. So the object of applying brakes is to not smoke the brakes so you can stop any time when going down. You do that and you won&#039;t have any problems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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