bobsallyh wrote:
Huckleberry Hunter, glad you made mention of Teton Pass out of Jackson toward Idaho Falls. We spend quite a bit of time in the Yellowstone and Teton areas during the summer. We travel that road quite frequently with just our dually. It is not uncommon when descending into Jackson to see hot or burnt up RV brakes. And again when pulling the hump to see overheating. RVers, please take note of what Huckleberry Hunter posted and take the bypass he mentioned.
Good point about the brakes on this grade. I used the exhaust brake feature combined with manually selecting gears on my Duramax and rarely had to tap the brakes at all allowing the compression to keep us in check. After the fact when we made it to the next destination, I learned my friend was manually using his brake controller in the TV in conjunction with his TV bakes to help limit stress on his TV brakes. The thought of having to do that made me cringe. Again, we made it safely, but we wouldn't repeat it with his half-ton combo.
