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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dino soar, post: 11713802, member: 208212&quot;]On any real descent you want to find your gear before you go down. Some places have a pull off that you actually stop and then you start off again to make sure that you&#039;re in the right gear. Trying to downshift on a steep hill is really dangerous because if you get caught in neutral you are effed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;But if you are coming down a hill that isn&#039;t a giant mountain pass, if it&#039;s just some kind of a hill but the truck will pick up speed as you downshift and let&#039;s say you&#039;re coming up to a light as you go down the hill but you have no danger of losing your brakes, then you have to slow down even further like I said to a 1000 RPMs or whatever it is to make the downshift. And if you really want to be tricky you can use your left foot for the brakes and then use your right foot for the accelerator as you shift. That way the truck is not picking up speed as it goes down the hill as you shift. It gives you more control over things.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;And don&#039;t pay attention to what anyone else is doing. Do what you have to do to make sure that you are safe and you are in control of the truck you are in.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The guys that you see flying down the hills are guys that have become more careless, or they&#039;re in a hurry or they travel that route so much they think they can fly because they know the road so well.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If you know the road really well you may be able to go a little quicker but you have to be safe. Any mountain pass you have to take your time because because if there&#039;s a stranded vehicle or hazard in the road or patch of ice, whatever... You want to be safe and keep everyone around you safe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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