Best Truck For Mountain Driving
Hello forum, My wife and I are getting ready for full time RV living. We will be spending the majority of our time in Colorado, Northern California, Washington and other states with mountainous t...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
I figured with the cruise on it was not giving full throttle so I put it to the floor and it made no difference. So the fact is with the cruise set to lets say 60 the truck will try it's best to maintain that speed and it will give full throttle. I do use the paddle shifter to drop a gear before the speeds drops enough for it to drop a gear it's self. I can se the hills coming before the computer can.
X2. In my case my 5ver weighs 19000 lbs. When I start climbing steep I drop down to 5th. If that isn't enough I drop down to 4th with the paddle shifter. Still on cruise. No biggey. We have some really steep and long grades out here. I like to drive relaxed.
