Is exhaust brake really needed?
Morning all, The wife and I where discussing vacation plans. We were talking about places to go on vacation. Colorado came up. We haven't been out west in quite a while. Never been there with a TT or...
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Veebyes wrote:
Done my share of mountain driving with a heavy trailer. No exhaust brake but I do slip into the 'manual' mode for long grades up or down. I don't like to hear the engine screaming at high RPM for any period so the method is to get into whichever gear is suitable for the grade then let it build up speed, brake down to a low speed, let it build again & so on.
Can't say that the smell of heated pads has never been experienced, but not very often.
Similar to what I do ,but I don't mind 3000 RPM with my old 7.3, so I usually stay in a lower gear, and that usually keeps me off the brake pedal for any length of time.
Did come off the hill going out of Ennis ,Montana into Virginia Ciy, Montana, going faster then I should of. Not a very long hill ,but pretty steep, got on the brakes more then I should of, and got the brakes pretty hot .
