Ram exhaust brake at slow speeds.

transamz9 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

CampingN.C. wrote:
I'm not sure if the experience comment was aimed at me or not. I have a decent amount of experience towing in the mountains, just the first time with this truck and a diesel in general. I came down just fine a perfectly safe. I just thought the EB would have played a larger roll in the decent. Some are still confusing a long steep grade on an interstate in 3rd,4th or 5th gear with a 15mph secondary highway in 1st.
It's clear after reading starting this thread why the EB wasn't on on my particular decent.

Did not mean it as a cut as far as experience towing in the mountains...I tow over same mountainous roads year after year, Was talking more about me


I do understand your comments on towing steep, extremely curvy mountainous secondary roads. I tow them in NC, TN,VA and WV... curves so sharp you can't take them more than 5 mph...I've towed them for 40+ years.. You go from one curve, maybe build a speed of 15 to 20 mph before you make anorher switch back, Rt. 3 in WV is just one example, much steeper and curvier than 226. . I have had no issues with trucks EB and/or tranny slowing me down....it' Very rare I manually gear down.

I only used Interstate mountains to say it's a little easier to gain speed there than on those mountainous, curvy secondary roads.

Didn't mean to offend you... Wasn't my intention. My experience with my truck and what I was towing, (39' 9" 5er with CAT scale weight of 16,400#), hasn't been the same as yours , as far as slowing, when I've towed in the same type terrain as you have

Jim

Jim, I would be very very surprised if your truck ever gears all the way down to first until almost stopped. My truck with 3.42 gears on tall rubber very seldom gets to first. When taking off it goes directly to second pretty quick and then locks the TQ.