Ram exhaust brake at slow speeds.
This issue was brought up in another tread and I didn't want to hijack it so.. On our first trip out with the new TV we went to the NC mountains...of course :B. Going up the 6-7 % grade was awesome...
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Chris,
You "SHOULD" be able to do this. As I recall some of the later GM's has an electric actuator vs the vacuum in earlier models. And this was available from at least two places. Warn was one, do not remember the other. I did see adds in rags like Trailer Life, 4 wheeler and 4 wheel and off-road back in the day. Have not looked lately.
This option might help the OP. But as noted, no matter the brand, you do not always get engine braking out of an auto trans in 1st gear. UNLESS you have an emanual trans. Probably why at times I wish I still had my 96 K3500 6.5td, nv4500 and 4.10 gears. I could slow my 12K equipment trailer on the steepest of grades here in the seattle area, which was in the upper teen to low 20% range. A 7% freeway grade was childs play. Altho going up......with 185HP it was a bit slow compared to my 05 dmax with 300+ ponies:)
Marty
You "SHOULD" be able to do this. As I recall some of the later GM's has an electric actuator vs the vacuum in earlier models. And this was available from at least two places. Warn was one, do not remember the other. I did see adds in rags like Trailer Life, 4 wheeler and 4 wheel and off-road back in the day. Have not looked lately.
This option might help the OP. But as noted, no matter the brand, you do not always get engine braking out of an auto trans in 1st gear. UNLESS you have an emanual trans. Probably why at times I wish I still had my 96 K3500 6.5td, nv4500 and 4.10 gears. I could slow my 12K equipment trailer on the steepest of grades here in the seattle area, which was in the upper teen to low 20% range. A 7% freeway grade was childs play. Altho going up......with 185HP it was a bit slow compared to my 05 dmax with 300+ ponies:)
Marty
