Descending down a mountain
1st timer hauling North Carolina mountains. Little nervous about the descent on the way back to flat land. I will be towing my parents TT which is 7500lbs total weight. Give me any tips or pointer...
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Monaco Montclair wrote:
in 18wheeler school, they say to apply the foot brake enough to keep the speed from building, the material in the pads, are desgined to take care of that much.just drag the brakes, ever so slite. works for me. now its all happy-camping
That is the way I was taught. First time I started down the mountain in the big truck. I was stabbing, and coasting. Driver of 28 years looked over at me and asked. Whick runaway ramp you plan on using? Cause if you keep that up. You gonna need one. Told me just to hol it at 35 MPH with the brakes. We didn't have a exhaust brake, so service brake was all the braking we had.
