Down Hill Braking on a Ford Chassis
Guru's, This may seem a silly question, but, on my DP when going down a long or steep grade, I just downshift my Alison to a lower gear and hit the exhaust brake as needed. I never have to use the ...
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I just got a 2011 Itasca Sunstar 36D and I have driven diesel trucks with Allison and turbo brakes and I had a Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40PDQ with a 400 Cummings engine and I have to say that this F53 with the Ford Torqshift impressed the heck out of me going up and down an 8 degree mountain to Boone a couple weeks ago(our first trip with it) I was worried about power and grade breaking and it was a moot point. It towed a Prius on a dolly and the grade breaking worked as well as the Allison's and the engine break on the Endeavor. I put it on Tow-Haul mode and let the tranny do it's work. I never even downshifted manually down the 4 mile 8 degree mountain road, the tranny did it all for me and held the 30MPH even while hitting about 5000rpms. I'm a believer.
