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paulsm87
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Jun 06, 2013

Down shifting the transmission for braking assist

I have a question about the proper use of down shifting my transmission in my motor home I have a 2001 Jayco With the V-10 The question is; when driving and towing my Escape I will down shift my...
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carringb
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Jun 07, 2013
I always use mine for engine braking, for some really heavy loads. If I'm towing really heavy I will use the transmission even for just getting off the freeway, or traffic lights on highways. You can't really hurt it. The computer won't let you over-rev it. 353,000 miles on my transmission, so far so good (and that's with combined weights over 25,000 pounds.

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