Using Flashers when climbing up a grade

I had the same situation as you Ron. A few years ago I was driving on the Ohio turnpike and had to slow down at the bottom of a grade due to traffic. As I started to climb the grade traffic cleared and I tried my best to accelerate but I could not get going any better than 40. I engaged the flashers and almost immediately had a local fed ex truck start saying to another fed ex driver to "look out for the guy in the bucket he doesn't know what he's doing". I responded and explained that I was only going 40 in the posted 65 and didn't want to kill anyone. He fired back about how that was stupid. I guess you just can't tell some people anything, even if it's common sense.

 

Common sense tells me that if I'm going slower than 45 on an interstate, I should have my flashers on. I see flashing lights, I'm going to slow down, and if I can, lane change, as flashing lights tell me there is something not right up ahead. There I go being logical and using common sense again though!

 

If you gotta turn them flashers on grades Ron then you gotta HP problem

 

in oregon,it's anytime your 20 mph or more below the posted speed limit. But a good idea anyway. Anything I can get my hands on to make myself more visiable to the people around me,I'm there

 

SWIFT IS FULL OF S#@T. ITS NOT AGAINST THE LAW IN CA OR IN ANY OTHER STATE FOR THAT MATTER. IF YOUR TRAVELING LESS THAN 10 MPH OF THE POSTED TRUCK SPEED LIMIT ITS SMART AND SAFE TO USE YOUR 4 WAYS..

 

Wow! I never heard any1 complain or tell me that hazards are not to be used when climbing hills or for whatever other reason you may be slow on a highway. That is why they are called hazard lights

 

I never been up there, but i can tell you i can run the I-17 climb to phoenix (one after the first big drop which is a very long steady climb) doing 70mph with 80k lbs..... I believe its 6%, just split down to direct 17th hold about 1800rpm to keep the exhaust temps down, give it hell and hope the clutch holds lol..... been doing ok so far though.

 

Not like you are dropping into the low side of the trans on the hills, if ya are then you need a CAT lol...... I dont know what im pushing HP wise but if i was a betting man id bet its more than double the stock hp the truck came with.... Will see what the dyno spits out in october.