Thanks for adding if you can roll with it, do it!

you lose a u joint and your screwed anyway cause it would be like being in neutral

You piss off fewer people going down a hill like a chicken than wiping out and blocking up the Interstate four four hours while they tow your burnt corpse out of the way.

I think that's how it goes.

I had a scary one too, and I used to be an ultra-light stick hauler. I was going down Fancy Gap, and there was construction at the bottom on the NC side. Some other truck got too far left into the mud at the very bottom and wiped out, and it was BRAKE CHECK city.

I was going down slow enough, and had gobs of following distance in a comparatively light truck with comparatively strong brakes, and I still just about had to change my shorts after that one. You just can't see that far ahead on that mountain, no matter how good your following distance is.

Ridge Runner may know this hill. Coming into Franklin, NC on US 441 from I 40.

I had 40K+ of Steel Coils in a Dry Van going to Hartwell Ga. 2 times this had happen to me.

Coming down the last big Hill before ewntering the City of Franklin, NC I basicly lost the brakes coming down it both times. I was driving an 95 Frieghtliner, No Jakes. 1st time I attempted to keep it below 45 MPH. Second time 35MPH. So I did try to learn from previous Trip of what went wrong. But both times I ended up going much faster. Not so bad for curves so that not a big problem, I just took controll of my side of the road. so the 2 curves, I could use both lanes to straighten the curves out. All 4 lanes in that area. By the time I got to the Bottom, I would have NO BRAKES. Luckly there a small hill before you get to all the redlights, which I used to slow me back down which then I would turn on my 4ways, and proced at 30 mph in a 55Mph zone and played the lights to hit them all green till I got my brakes back. Using the air to cool the brakes as I am rolling.. By the time I make it to the turning point of 441 I would have my brakes back.

Them pain in the butt ltl drivers are always smoking there brakes on the grades.

Been there, done that. Still got the stain in my shorts to prove it! :lol:
My wife don't call me " skidmark" for nothing. :P

Were not doing it on purpose..... We don't have jakes.

You never really can appreciate a Jake Brake till you going down steep grade without one.

I have even had the brakes smoking on 30 West of I65 going into Illinois and the ground is flat there. When you get that much weight moving between lights your brakes don't get much time to cool down.

iTS Called being in the right gear.

I wish it were as simple as that. If you have a big C-15 yeah a lower gear will help, a little Detroit doesn't hold you back much.

I've only smoked my brakes once but I saw them start to smoke a little so I was ready for it. It was in Superior, AZ off the US60 (I forget the route # but it was goin south out of Superior down towards Hayden, AZ). there's like 2-3 10% (I $#it you not) hills. Well I had 45k of copper starter plates in the box for Asarco Mines, had the truck in 3rd gear with full jakes and stabbin the brakes as needed. Made if down the first 2 but the third got me. I made it to the bottom, pulled off and chocked the wheels, put the truck in low and turned it off to allow the brakes to cool and still be released.

Wasn't as bad as I had imagined tho I was laughing at the speed limit 55/65mph signs as I crawled by them at like 10-12mph.

-Chris