Down hill grade on slick hyways

Good posting and because you are new, I get to be the first to thank you. It is always polite to thank a virgin afterwards, if I remember, it was so long ago, I was young, she was young, the fire place crackled, the wine was never so sweet. Then her father came home with that shotgun. "Thanks" I said as I jumped out the window.

 

Excellent advice! Thanks for posting it.

Welcome to TTR! Good to see some of us "ole hands" posting what experience that really makes a difference to some younger drivers.

 

Enjoy Fall now while it lasts (Wolf Creek Pass a few days ago) ..



In a month or two, it'll be this (Raton Summit) ..

 

A few other skills for descending beaver slides. Power braking is a good technique to have under your belt. Run the shoulders and drip line where the gravel has been pushed. OR get a log truck job

 

Also, at least SOME snow/ice situations can be [mostly] avoided altogether by careful planning, perhaps some OOR miles (where cross-nation travel is involved), time management/planning, and monitoring and keeping abreast of the national weather situation at all times.

i.e. there's two viable ways to run Chicago to Los Angeles and there's rarely a lot of winter weather forecasted going BOTH ways. Find a good national weather forecasting web site and use it regularly,

 

I'm not going to argue about Jakes and the setting position for them....however, the power divider issue is another thing.

The old setup of traction (power) to the rear without power divider engaged (rear left was norm) and rear left with forward right when P/D engaged has been changed. The common power is rear left and forward right have continual power without P/D engaged, and all four have power when engaged. the spider gears have been reformatted to the new "theory" as well. When a truck has chains applied, the driver needs to engage the P/D to maintain equal power/traction with the different power/torque application we run on these newer trucks (2005 was the change so I'm told).

 

What if you have Detroit lockers in each axle? Should the power divider be engaged or disengaged?

 

My advice is to always engage the P/D when chained up. It maintains the positive traction from both axles, especially if you have chains on both front and rear drive axles.