Choosing Gasoline or Diesel Powered?
I realize that this is a long thread but if you are pondering the Gasoline versus a Diesel based on power consideration or are wondering about adding an after market performance enhancing kit to a Gas...
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bhildreth wrote:
Thanks for the replies above.
DP drivers sing praises (even gloat) about taking severe downhills without brakes using engine braking and downshifting. Does this mean no braking by their trailers? That sounds potentially dangerous especially in slick conditions.
Any trailer I pull will have its own brakes, for sure! My goal going down hill is to never touch the brakes, prudent use of exhaust/Jake brakes and down shifting allow this. The reason is cold brakes give you the most energy available for a stop as who knows when you might have to bring all 43K to a schreeeching halt. Hot brakes, as you know fade quickly, I've also seen them burning merrily down the hill with no stoping power left.
