Engine as brakes down a mountain
Our first trip is to Loft mountain, VA,3 adults 2 grandparents, 4 teenagers, and stuff. 27 ' ford conquest by gyulfstream advise is to keep in I low all the way down, use engine as breaks. does that...
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KD4UPL wrote:
As for "riding" the trailer brakes, If you have a good momentum based controller it should be applying some brakes as long as you're decelerating. You can adjust how much with controls on the unit.
If you have a timer based control it won't be doing anything until you engage the TV service brakes.
I really don't think it would be necessary to ride the trailer brakes, they'll get hot too with long continuous use.
I don't know about the others, but my Prodigy wouldn't apply trailer brakes just because the engine was slowing down the rig. You had to depress the brake pedal before the controller would send any signal to the trailer brakes. Otherwise, it would apply trailer braking every time you let off the throttle.
