Jake Braking A 5er Down Long Steep Incline
Just arrived at our vacation destination yesterday. I had my factory “jake”brake set and the cruise control on when I crested the top of the largest hill going into this part of the country. I’ve ...
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ReneeG wrote:
With the TV in our signature, we never tow using cruise control, preferring to manually be in control when driving (if that makes sense), but always have Tow Mode on. Going down hills when tapping the brake, the trailer brakes are automatically engaged as well. We only use the manual trailer brake control for extra assurance or a little help as needed, which is rarely. Remember in the Mountain West Directory, in the introduction, the author states, "You can go down a mountain a thousand times too slowly, but only once too fast."
I've found with my 2014 Ram cruise on ,and usually set 5 mph lower then I want to descend a mountain grade, It will gain that 5 mph then maintain the desired speed . I have yet to go down a grade here in the mountain west that it didn't maintain the set MPH that I wanted without any further input from me.
The problem for me with just letting off the pedal ,and letting it slow going down a grade is that it slows too much, then back on the pedal , repeating this several times . Now hearing this explanation for auto I may give that a try , like one said he had the feature ,but didn't know how it worked . This was from a ford owner ,so a Ram truck may be different .
