2013 GMC 2500 HD 6.0/gas - Breaking questions
Anyone with experience towing with the '13 GMC 2500HD with the 6.0 gas engine? Specifically breaking, engine compression, help with slowing vehicle and rig down on steeper terrain. Trailer is GVWR 7...
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Lynnmor wrote:old guy wrote:
I was taught to push on the brakes and slow down fast then let up for the brakes to cool.
Sure, stomp the brakes really, really hard, that'll work great!
Old guy is right; Apply the "brakes" relatively firm for a short burst to reduce speed and then let up on them. Just the opposite of riding the brakes down a hill. This allows the brakes to cool.
This is just as valid for disc's as it is for drums.
