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4x4ord
Jul 05, 2023Explorer III
^^^ If you simply set the cruise on a steep hill with a heavy trailer there will be times that your truck’s electronics will apply the wheel brakes as needed to make up any additional braking that the EB falls short of being able to produce. So, say you have a 21,000 lb trailer on behind and you are coming down a steep grade. You set the cruise at 55 mph hoping the EB to hold you at 60 mph. At 60 mph your truck might be in 4th gear at 3600 rpm and the computer periodically applies the wheel brakes. It’s not a terrible situation but if I’m in that situation I’d rather let my truck speed up to 65 mph if it needs to, let my engine rev to its redline and see if utilizing the full capacity of the EB could hold it back …..If not I’d slow down till the truck dropped to third gear then let it rev and try again.
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