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You guys are too slow 35 mph ?

I just saw a driver smoking brakes going down hill - but he wasn’t going under 40 I would say 50mph 😮- I am about to test this week and I figured I would look into this road asap!

Idc im throwing that gear down throwing my jakes on and crawling a smooth 20 mph

Any advice on how to go down without a engine brake? In a 10 speed what would be the ideal gear to go down

Driving through Missouri sucks by the ozarks

I love your videos, I’m retired now me and my wife used to drive as a team. I drove a couple years before she started driving she loved it to we had a ball it was great, it’s not for everyone but we in joy it, I watch your videos and it takes me back when we were driving. Keep on trucking and be safe driver

No one actually “teaches” anyone proper terms which when recalled, make the difference between life or death. - Double down: this term refers to your RPM’s. Whatever rpm is on your tach, that you are comfortable with to shift, be it 200 or 400 rpm, find your cruising speed going down the hill, and take your rpm’s down twice that much. If 1500-1700 is your spot, and your gear shift is 200 rpm, take it down to 1100-1300 rpm. What this does is prevent you from being “boxed out” in the event you need to shift down, when or if your brakes fade. - Gear step - Boxed out - Double down Know and remember these three terms and your downhill slide will be a much happier ride. My personal goal is when I reach the bottom, I do not want to smell brakes. If you’re smelling brakes at the bottom, you’ve done something wrong. Work on it. Oh, here’s a test for you newer guys: try going down these grades without using your Jake brake. Yeah, that’ll prove whether you can be called something other than a steering wheel holder. And yes, I’ve done a few without, that is, my truck was not equipped with a Jake brake.

Don't come to Washington state fruit cakes if yall can't handle the grapevine.😅

Great job!

Remind your audience, " Do not shift gears when you're going down hill"

Got my first speeding ticket going down the Grapevine back in 98 cop was waiting for me and anyone going down he was nice enough gave me the ticket and nothing else paid it and no points on my license that was the best part about those days now you will get the points

Seriously.... It's only 6% downhill, and you're light, so why try to dramatize it....

I've been hauling lil over 75,000 lbs in a 2015 cascadia equipped w/ isx15 I mainly used 8th gear going about 35 mph I find it to be a perfect gear and engine.

Hi. New Owner Operator here. 2nd year Authority. Just upgraded to semi and trying to learn before I'm surprised. Nice video. Thank you.

Love the scenery 💯👌. Watching from New Zealand ❤️

Hammer down drive

New driver here just went down angus hill in ruidoso NM 8% grade a little over 2 miles but very curvy and one mistake you fall of a cliff and you're gonna fall FAR

How do you do this without jake brake? My truck don’t have one and I went down once in 7th, and smoked. I need to go again soon

What if your appointment was at 7 and I got in the dock at 7 but they took 2 hours to load me so you still get detention even though they got you in the door at 7 though ?

Why do idiots like you record themselves on a phone. DOT sees this video say goodbye to your CDL

7th gear. no load no problem. With load 6th low work 2nd and 3d Jake brake lvls

didnt have jakes or engine brakes in my day lol

oh yes the vine has story

I went down this today, only been driving 4 months definately got my attention lol

You should already BE in the proper gear BEFORE you go down the Grapevine or any other western mountain grade...

Have you ever done highway 82 on its steep downgrade? What gear did you maintain on it entire way down?

Does weight play a roll in going down hill ?, It seem like my truck picked up speed faster when I was pulling a heavy load

How to select a gear in a automatic? Serious question please thanks

What an adventure!!!

I did Teton pass when I first started out. 10% was a scary experience, but I managed. Never again, I drive the long way now. .

One gear lower than you climbed it in.

Lots of opportunities to travel slowly and safely down steep grades . Only once to travel down way too fast .

When you say you are in “7”, out of how many? Why not specify your transmission?

That’s nothing compared to i70 west .

Sand mountain is the worst on I-64

If that’s a 10 speed then that would be 8th gear. If it’s a 13 speed then that should be 10th gear for 35 mi per hour. So you chose a proper gear, turn on your engine brake, and use brakes according to the CDL instruction manual.

What if your driving an automatic freightliner cascadia ?? Should i just keep the engine brake on and stay away from the brakes?? It has a Detroit in it. ???

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I've been going downhill on 6th or 7th gear. I go below the speed limit going downhill. 25 maybe 20mhp, heavy or light load. Whenever I go through this path. Once I saw my wheels smoking, I've become a little paranoid when it comes to going down a mountain! I see lots of drivers going past me at a quick pace. I could care less if in their minds they're thinking that I'm a rookie Or drive like an old lady. Say whatever you guys want. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK! Better safe than sorry. SAFETY FIRST!!!!! Had my license for 10 years But driving tractor trailer for about 5 years. Had to start driving izuzu box trucks , then 26 fters with air brakes and eventually worked my way up to 18 wheelers! I hardly go through these kind of roads. But lately my job has been taking to TULARE from Vernon , CA at night hauling doubles.

Do you have to push the gas or is it merely the grade and momentum moving you. I've just been assigned the refrigerated route 56

In 1973 I made my fist trip to LA from from the Bay area. I was 18years old . I had no Jake brake. It was the first of many time's and places like that. One thing I don't think most know now is .Once you start off the top if you let off the brake oxygen gets between the shoes and the drum and it can ignite.

One of our drivers that we have since fired blew the engine in our PB going up that exact same hill!!!!

Grapevine is nothing. the one in Oregon is 17 miles of downgrade.

What’s the best gear to go up loaded and unloaded? And to go down loaded and unloaded ? T.I.A

Why other truck drivers got mad when you are going down slow and carefully ?? I mean it's my life and have family waiting for me ..I don't give a dam if someone else it's in a hurry because he wake up late to his appointments

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. 👍.

Driveshaft Alley... That's a wicked ride when it's greasy.

Ok but what about when there is snow or rain ?? I heard it's not a good idea to have the jake or retarder on under those conditions so i think a video showing how to drive down a grade without a retarder would be very helpful

95 to Lewiston makes grapevine and cabbage patch to easy

You want a better challenge, try 95 from i90 down to Lewiston, bottom of hill there’s a traffic light and you are still on a steep down hill , and fully loaded 80000