Hill Climbing
Just want to run this by some of you, at the present time when I climb a (Hill or Mountain) I let the Allison do the changing or down shift as needed, if it don't down shift at 1400 RPM I will down sh...
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bluwtr49 wrote:
On longish steepish grades I'll normally force a downshift to 5th or even 4th and keep the RPM up to 1800 to 2100 (Cat C-12) or so. This prevents any overheating and it's easy to maintain my speed. 4th at 2100 is about 60 or so.
It's all about what feels good. On not so steep I let the tranny do it's thing and keep the cruise engaged.
x2 I usually go to 4th
