DP going up and down mountains
Hello. I have a 40' 1996 Monaco Dynasty. I am going to be a Snowbirds this year and I hear there are mountains whether one takes I- 75 or I-95. I would really like to hear all advice from those ...
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ricelake922 wrote:
Thank you to all for your responses. My transmission states "a partially depresed position of the pedal will cause upshifts to occur at lower engine speed" My transmission has 6the speeds and I understand going down a mountain that one needs to downshift to make the engine go slower so not to burn out the engine. Sorry if this sounds like panic but neighbours told me their trip down to Florida included mountains whereby they did not think they would make it up to the top snd they could smell heated brakes. I am going to do this trip alone and just want to be prepared.
I can't speak for all DP's, but my motorhome is on a Freightliner Chassis with a 6 speed Allison tranny. I normally never have to manually down shift as activating the engine brake does that for me. But as it down shifts if I depress the accelerator, it will upshift as I'm telling it to speed up. I even use my engine brake on flat roads to help stop at stop signs. Just take your foot off the accelerator and it starts downshifting and slowing you down. Normally only have to use the brakes to take it from about 15 mph down to zero.
