Need advice for towing downhill....
Hello, I pulled me 30' fifth wheel up a 10 mile grade with 6-16% slopes. Like a cat that climbed the tree, I'm wondering the best way to get down. My trruck is an '01 F250 with an auto tranny. To keep...
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Back in the 60’s when I was young I made my first non tent camping trip with a borrowed, heavy wooden PU with no brakes and I lost my TV brakes coming down Teton pass. I pointed to a small town visible through the trees and told the DW and two sons that’s Jackson Hole, get out and walk down the mountain there and wait for me. I made a hairy decent about 100 yards at a time to try and cool the brakes and survived the experience. But I learned my first lesson the first time out. Don’t pull anything without brakes and use the transmission to control the descent.
Keep your speed down as you start and mainly use the transmission to control it. The speed will increase beyond what you’re comfortable with and then use the brake fairly hard to knock it down maybe 10mph or so below what you want. And repeat as necessary. The object is to minimize the use of the brakes; you do not want to ride them.
Keep your speed down as you start and mainly use the transmission to control it. The speed will increase beyond what you’re comfortable with and then use the brake fairly hard to knock it down maybe 10mph or so below what you want. And repeat as necessary. The object is to minimize the use of the brakes; you do not want to ride them.
