Runaway Trucks

Rubber grommets are cheap and spares should always be carried. Usually makes glad hands tighter. Barring the aluminum isn't damaged somehow

 

Not as fast as u think? U would be better off putting brake pedal to the floor than pulling the knobs.. Pulling the knobs only sets the parking break which is most likely only on 1 axle.. Using brake pedal u have brake power to all axles...But then again it should never get to that point...

 

Didn't I just mention something about that?
The engine shut off and there were no engine brakes, with the transmission in N.

 

If you're driving appropriately, the brakes will be cool(er) and therefore more capable of stopping the truck in an emergency situation. If you've been riding the brakes all the way down the hill, they're going to be hot. You're that much closer to brake fade.

 

And that is probably the reason I was able to stop safely.
Thank you for the obvious.

 

So why bother to quote my first post then in the first place if you already know the obvious?

 

Tankers don't like sudden stops and ya hear a few stories of drivers burning to death or worst a driver burned bad but living and you don't do any jerking movements to that truck. Your right about pulling the knobs if the car had moved or cars up ahead but if its clear and you can slow the truck to a controlled stop using other means you do that instead. I was lucky I had other means at my disposal and more importantly had thought about it beforehand.
That's one of the benefits of TTR for drivers. The chance to talk and think about a problem before it happens so if it does you have options.

When the occasion allows practice downshifting and using the jakes to slow down. I've noticed different trucks handle differently.