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<p>[QUOTE="TravR1, post: 11713613, member: 206908"]That makes a little bit of sense to me. Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as downshifting going down hill, I was told I need to find my gear before I begin going down the hill, then just leave it alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I was going through that in my head. Trucks seem to like slingshotting them selves down those hills. Lol very few trucks slow down before the hill.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm talking about those major passes. The hills I've been doing so far, I just took them in 10th gear and I was fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I wanted to go down Monteagle at 45 mph, then I would probably want to find 7th gear before I descend. Is that what you would do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TravR1, post: 11713613, member: 206908"]That makes a little bit of sense to me. Thanks. As far as downshifting going down hill, I was told I need to find my gear before I begin going down the hill, then just leave it alone. So I was going through that in my head. Trucks seem to like slingshotting them selves down those hills. Lol very few trucks slow down before the hill. I'm talking about those major passes. The hills I've been doing so far, I just took them in 10th gear and I was fine. So if I wanted to go down Monteagle at 45 mph, then I would probably want to find 7th gear before I descend. Is that what you would do?[/QUOTE]
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