jsmmv
California
Full Member
Joined: 06/16/2005
View Profile
 Offline
|
I did it last summer no exhaust brake with a 97 Ford F-250 Dieselw/auto trans. and a Lance 835. I would have no problem doing it again. Just put it in 2nd gear and go slow.
Jeff
* This post was
edited 05/13/08 08:34pm by jsmmv *
|
Raften
Northern Calfornia
Senior Member
Joined: 01/27/2003
View Profile
|
If you have a automatic I would skip it. I have been over it many times with a heavier load but I have a six speed and exhaust brake. I weight in at right around 12,000.
I should also add that if you are headed home, take the road. It will show you what a CTD can do and pump your trucks ego quite a bit. You won't have to worry about your brakes headed West.
* This post was
edited 05/13/08 09:25pm by Raften *
|
snowranger
sf
Full Member
Joined: 04/12/2007
View Profile
|
Yes, 06 48re automatic with tow haul.
|
Surf Ram
Cloverdale, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 01/13/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
If you are running an automatic I would say no way, can do it in a manual if you slow down before the grade. Most people into trouble after they have started going down. Also stopping a couple times to let the brakes cool helps a lot. It does have a few very steep spots there but doable in my truck at a full load of 9300 pounds.
When I came down from the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado last summer there is a check point where the rangers check the brake temperature with an infrared scanner, I was told my brakes wear great considering my weight and let go on, there were other cars parked there waiting for their brakes to cool after they had passed me coming down. The tortoise won that round with the rabbit...
02 Dodge 2500 standard cab 2wd CTD 6 speed
03 Summerwind 811S
51 Ford Woodie
|
othertonka
Stockton, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 11/15/2003
View Profile
|
Smart move not to do it. No use tearing the brakes up or have them fade where they will not hold. Not many places to pull over. Take another Hwy and save your vehicle for more trips. 28% is S T E E P!!!!
Othertonka
2004 Southwind 32VS
2002 CRV Toad
U. S. Gear Unified brake system
Retired Fire Captain, SFD
|
|
|
snowranger
sf
Full Member
Joined: 04/12/2007
View Profile
|
I'll end up renting a car to make the trip over the pass. Tenting camping under the stars may be a nice change of pace.
|
Mooney
Santa Barbara, Ca
Senior Member
Joined: 09/10/2002
View Profile
 Online
|
What does an automatic have to do with it? I can select almost any gear just the manual. How does the manual create more braking power?
'08 Ford F550, Lariat, Link Suspension, Roll-A-Long Conversion, Twin Turbo 6.4, TorkLifts, SuperHitch, "Monster Duty Truckasaurus"
'05 Lance to-the-Max 1181.
'09 Host Everest (on order) expected BOD 11/05/08
Local Music
.
|
DonCurley
La Sal, Utah
Senior Member
Joined: 12/27/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
Mooney wrote:What does an automatic have to do with it? I can select almost any gear just the manual. How does the manual create more braking power?
When downshifting in the lower gears, many manual transmissions can often provide greater engine breaking power due to lower ratio gears as compared with an automatic transmission. Additionally, with a manual transmission, you don't have the typical slippage associated with a torque converter's "fluid connection" found in an automatic transmission, and you instead have direct clutch plate/pressure plate/flywheel contact.
-'07 Dodge 3500/QC/SB/SRW/4x4/6.7L CTD/6-spd auto/35" Toyo M/T's/Ride-Rite air bags/RS9000XL shocks
-'07 Apex 8 fully optioned w/220W solar/2 T-145's/2KW Prosine/Honda EU2000i/Tundra fridge/AC/etc
-'00 Jeep Wrangler TJ 4x4, highly modified w/5.9L Magnum V8
|
gregorya
Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 10/10/2003
View Profile
|
snowranger wrote:Yes, 06 48re automatic with tow haul.
Wait, does this function anything like Tow/Haul in the Alison/DMax combo?
If so, stick it in low gear and tow/haul and let the motor keep your speed down. My truck has no exhaust brake, but the computer changes the injector timing so that the engine generates plenty of back pressure. More than enough to hold the truck with camper and wrangler in tow at the speed I want. It works just as well as if it were a manual.
We did the Sonoran pass West to East - it is steep and twisty, but very picturesque. Going slow lets you -- and all those behind you -- take in the scenery!
And my brakes did not get hot.
* This post was
edited 05/13/08 10:37pm by gregorya *
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."
Daniel Boone
2006 Silverado LT 2500HD, 4WD, CC, SB, D/A
2006 Bigfoot 25C9.4
|
Raften
Northern Calfornia
Senior Member
Joined: 01/27/2003
View Profile
|
Don is right on but I am sure we will hear some comments from Allison owners. Until the guy across the street lets me give his dmax a workout on some steep grades I remain a unbeliever.
|
|
|
