Ramps and Curves

Slow down ahead of time.
Nothing good can happen having to brake hard already in a curve too fast.

Snow is right around the corner.

 

Everybody should train in a smooth bore tank half full of cream.

You touch the binders after being in a tight curve your going over.

I have hit a few of those tight interchange ramps that get tighter and tighter and tighter with my tank full of raw milk which is nothing compared to the mass of cream .

There was a few days that I thought I was going to roll over but did not dare hit the brakes.

 

Do what you need to do to to exit safely under whatever conditions. As long as you signal your intent to whoever is behind you.

That being said, I do everything I can to not slow down in a lane of travel before an exit. And that depends on what is immediately behind me. I tend to take the exit and then slow down. Winter driving is another story...

Just do what you need to do and communicate your intentions to thoes around you early and not at the last minute.

The only people that it will really piss off are people that have thier head up your butt trying to go somewhere "faster".

 

It's been my experience that most trucks behind you will respect a turn signal indicating that you are going to take and exit and need to slow down.

If you know the exit, or can see the speed and direction yellow signs, it's easy to gauge speed. If not, go a bit slower and live to tell the story of the steering wheel holder you pissed off on exit no. 123

 

I usually find a speed i can hit the stoplight or stop sign at the exit, only using the jakebrakes. Practice driving the truck with the mindset that u have no brakes. It will make u buttery smooth on the controls and it will teach u how to flow in heavy traffic and also how to time stoplights when ur in a small town

 

This. I use the jacks all the time to get down to approach speed.