Effect of weight on braking for trucks.
Instead of further morphing the other thread, I thought it would be interesting to discuss the effect of weight and speed for trucks since we obviously increase our weight when we add TCs. Obviousl...
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Great theoretical explanation, but for me it is hard to visualize.
If the subject would be so simple, we would not have so many professional drivers
going on run out ramps.
Per my experience, you need to gear down so the rig will not speed up too much.
Using brakes for 3-6 seconds every minute is acceptable to me.
When you need to hold the brake longer -immediately slow down and downshift.
Only once in my life I "let it ride" for too many seconds and it is not pleasant memory.
If the subject would be so simple, we would not have so many professional drivers
going on run out ramps.
Per my experience, you need to gear down so the rig will not speed up too much.
Using brakes for 3-6 seconds every minute is acceptable to me.
When you need to hold the brake longer -immediately slow down and downshift.
Only once in my life I "let it ride" for too many seconds and it is not pleasant memory.
