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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Me Again wrote:
ChuckV1 --- What does cruise control have to do with it. It just applies throttle similar to the foot pedal. I found the issue with my second gen that had to much slack in the pedal cable to the APPS because the cruise control pulled hills faster than the foot pedal. Throttle is throttle whither the cruise control is applying or your foot.
Chris
Dare I express my opinion? As stated, I have not towed out west, but there are 5 & 6% grades in the east. With my TV I set the cruise control and let the computer and engine handle the grade, going up you are correct, should make little or no differance. Going down it is another matter, with cruise control on the system uses the engine to keep the speed in control, downshifting as required to hold the speed within 5 mph of the set speed. Otherwise I would have to continually stab the brakes to keep the speed in check! Convential wisdom is you should go down at no more speed than you went up.
