New Truck Driver Loses Control Going Down Mountain Cause He Was To Lazy To Check His Brakes

New Truck Driver Loses Control Going Down Mountain Cause He Was To Lazy To Check His Brakes
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[@MuthaTrucker]

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[@SlimShady771]

If you use your engine brake correctly and speed in check, you should never or rarely have to touch the brake pedal.

[@skywatcher7272]

Fact. Proper gear is key

[@85436785355w3244676g]

I remember one time going down a mountain and Prime driver in front of me had his brake lights on as soon as we crested the top. They mostly stayed lit up the whole way down. I was on the jake using brakes mostly never. I was at about 70k, what kind of training are these guys getting ?

[@jessiehughes9432]

True! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jayd5515]

Newer trucks brake lights light up when jake brake is being used

[@ernestcotton9324]

True, when you approach the hill or mountain right the brakes will not get hot

[@colinstorey5076]

In New Zealand we grow up climbing up and down mountains, upto 18% grades. Slow down almost bog cog and ease over top, some places 30 mins to bottom. It's not a race, the idea is to get safely down. By the way we don't have the luxury of run off's so you have to be on it the whole way.

[@gerryw547]

The thing I have learned in talking with drivers of automatic or auto shifting trucks. That they were never tot to put the transmission in manual mode and look what gear they are going up the mountain. Then, manually shift it down one gear before going down the mountain, of course, after they have done the brake inspection.

[@derington256]

Most trucks will automatically switch back to auto mode after a set amount of time. The 2019 579 pete that i drive now wont shift back to auto mode on its own. That is only possible because this truck is not governed and does not have programmed parameters from a company. I have driven cascadias, volvos, t680s, and internationals and they all would switch back to auto mode because of the company's programming.

[@derington256]

If you have a 2019-2022 cascadia set the speed on cruise control and then with the engine brake go 2 down and 1 up. With loads under 38k the truck will hold the speed and apply the engine brake as needed.

[@mike-sk2li]

Auto will downshift going down a grade. So you have no reason to even care what gear the truck is in. I fly down 7% grades in 12th doing 90 mph. Most companies will lock out manual mode anyway.

[@americanrambler4972]

@@mike-sk2li there is no state in the US where 90 mph is a legal speed. Period. And I know of only two places where your allowed to do 85 legally. So I say your talking smack or your a high risk driver in search of an expensive driving experience. Unless your talking 90 kph, then that’s ok.

[@mike-sk2li]

If I'm in Wyoming or Montana I'm doing 80 yes I can easily go 90 down a grade and have no problem especially when bull haulers are doing 100 and passing. Stop being a baby

[@martinagibson3578]

When I started driving, a nice old trucker told me that you can go down a mountain many times slowly and once fast.

[@Doc_Dolan]

The CHP used to have someone parked above the check area (Hidden in the trees with binoculars), if you did not stop to do a proper brake check (they were watching) you were going to be pulled over shortly ahead of the check area by another Trooper! Don't know if they are still doing it, but I know that road well from over a thousand trips over that mountain. If you don't have 'Jakes', you should be down in a very low gear ... and take your time! Your life, your truck, and other lives may very well depend upon doing a proper check. IMHO ... if you don't have (and know how to use) 'Jakes' you should stay the hell off the mountains!

[@cheezWiz68]

I learned my lesson about 15 years ago running random doubles and trips on steerable trailers thru Parachute, Meeker, Craig, and Rio Blanco, Colorado in the patch. I did alright but had to buy a new seat. My advice to a new driver: "You can go down a hill 1000 times too slow, but only 1 time too fast."

[@jamesgibson5876]

Lmao ..parachute ..yup .. they drag you up ..your on your own getting back down

[@curtiswilliams8377]

I agree Alex you are so right and he don't need truckdriver license he need to let it go For Real!

[@marksmith4022]

I usually do around 30 to 45 pull in break inspection stop take off slow put my Jake on high stay 6 or 7th gear and tap the breaks when I need to slow a little bit

[@adambennett2176]

45!! I go 30mph if I'm 42,000lbs in thr box I aint no hurry don't even touch the brakes going down the hill engine brakes the whole way

[@larrytengwall5989]

A good rule of thumb is "go down in the same gear you finished coming up in"!

[@MuthaTrucker]

🤯🤯🤯

[@blauer2551]

Or one lower

[@234Xperts]

@@blauer2551 Exactly, this is what the books say

[@jamesgibson5876]

That was true years ago... trucks now have more power and are more areodynamic.. the gear you came up in is to big for going down... need to drop another

[@ericallen8263]

You pretty much nailed it all on the head..the only thing I would add is every truck should have a manual fan switch..the fan running will give you more resistance..

[@MudlangenTango]

Lot's of good advice here. I have run mostly the intermountain west for twenty-five years, i learned like most of us that excessive speed on a downgrade and having to use a lot of brake is a bad thing! Follow the posted speed, find a gear at the start that will hold you using the Jake, if you have to use your brakes to slow you down more than twice your going to fast. Drop a gear so the jake does the work and let your brakes cool.

[@TomAnderson_81]

What if you have an automatic?

[@DARKSEID007]

Exactly what I was gonna say, if it's more than 3 times, stab it, get the speed way lower and get that into a lower gear. The Jake needs to do all the work, not the brakes. Also in response to the auto, there should be a manual shift hold button, so it stays locked in a certain gear. If the truck is going too fast, get it down and lock it in a lower gear. You should be going downhill in the same or next lower gear, than you did to climb it.

[@MudlangenTango]

@@DARKSEID007 I currently drive a Freightliner Cascadia, it a automatic and ninth gear and lower you can put it in manual. There is also a downhill Jake speed setting I can use in the proper conditions, check your owners manual, it's not the cruise control with it's+ -, you engage the Jake, with it operating you reach your target speed, (say 35) press the cruise set button and the Jake will hold that speed, if you go slower it will not accelerate, you can press the service brakes and reduce speed and this will set your new set speed. Works great on 70 going west out of the tunnel dropping down to Silverthorne, they have lowered that speed limit to thirty five mph, if you have over forty in the box you need to be slower than that for sure.

[@MudlangenTango]

@@TomAnderson_81 talk to your fellow drivers about your specific model of truck, fleet maintenance, read your owners manual. I drive a Cascadia with an automatic, turns out this old dog can learn new tricks, find a speed that you Jake will hold you, preferably second stage, your truck may have to option to select manual in certain gears. Take your time, every condition is different including the driver. On long descents let the Jake and the gears do the work.

[@djja8844]

My trainer years back had freightliner cascadia with that controlled descent cruise control, but the problem is that touching the brake turned off the cruise control. Then you have to completely let off the brake and push "set" again on the cruise control. So you have to reset it after every snub brake, and if you didn't completely let off the brake while hitting "set" then the controlled descent didn't set and the auto Jake braking won't turn back on. It is better to pull the Jake brake handle by hand and snub brake until it kicks on and holds your speed.

[@Kytw]

Most lower 48 passes. You can do 7th gear 2nd 3rd stage brakes. Never use you brakes. This downhill in California is 45 50 mph. Most fly down at 60. You should be about 40 to 45 on your jakes and that's on a nice day.... Toss snow ice... I crawl

[@driverben8604]

DOT is just as guilty as this driver for this event to occur. This is happening more and more as they keep lowering the standards to obtain a CDL

[@sekhemasaru5718]

I’ve done it ‘million times’, it’s never happened to me and countless other professional cmv operators. Haste makes waste and sometimes worse!

[@MuthaTrucker]

Great quote !!!

[@sekhemasaru5718]

@@MuthaTrucker Thank you.

[@philsmidwestclassiccars150]

Never missed a brake check station in over 30 years of trucking. I sat in one waiting for a service crew once, found out the shoe was missing from one of my brakes. You have to stop & check or you could end up like this guy, or worse.

[@Lilpetty4]

Thank you for your service 🙏🏾

[@jondemise131]

Was there any symptoms prior to you checking?

[@philsmidwestclassiccars150]

@@jondemise131 No, when I did my pre-trip earlier on that day, everything looked fine. I didn't hear any brake squealing or have any air lose or lack of trailer braking power. I noted the pad missing when I did my walk around check at the check area at the top of the mountain. I wasn't going anywhere after that. Had to get it replaced first & get the brakes checked by a mechanic.

[@johnmourer5747]

I agree. But, most of the new equipment no longer has drum brakes. The rotor and shoes are hard to check visually

[@W0ozie]

Advice: Drop your speed as soon as you see the first sign that your coming up on a steep grade..if it says trucks 45..you drop to 40 & hit your jake as soon as you see your speed increasing…if you do it right you’ll go down with no problem..may have to stab brake a couple times depending on weight but hey..it’ll help. Just from experience..I burned my breaks in tn my first time & I learned from it.

[@jerviswilliams6739]

That almost happened to me maybe early 2000 pretty much a rookie on that same route of Donners pass and drivers was yelling at me on the CB saying I was on fire and luckily I was able to stop and put it out, pretty embarrassing!!😮😬

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Lucky it was only embarrassing ✌️

[@todayslist37737]

U had a CB. That made a difference.

[@blessedhebrew9289]

First of all, you should have been using the hand brakes which will only wear out the trailer brakes only. That's the main reason the brakes are smoking. Then you're left with only tractor brakes which will lead to loss of control and quick wear of the tractor brakes. O/O's and 'ole school' idiots are the worse at this and they swear by this. They believe that smoking trailer brakes is suppose to happen and if your trailer brake's not smoking, then you're not doing something right.

[@blessedhebrew9289]

I need to make a correction. You should NOT be using your hand brake trailer control. You should be using the brake pedal which controls all your brakes as well as your engine brake when safe to do so.

[@nasimwehbe8410]

I always stop at the brake inspection. Also, engine brake, engine brake, engine brake. Engine brake and the proper gear. Also if the grade has a speed limit set for a truck, gear down and follow it. I've never over heated my brakes. Can't tell you how many so called drivers blow by me going downhill while riding the brakes. Had one of my fellow co-workers argue with me that stab braking works better than using the engine brake. Let's just say he learned the hard way. Lost brakes coming down a hill near Hazleton, PA. He went over an embankment and ended up on a set of rail road tracks. He said he tried using the engine brake after he lost his regular brakes. I told him, at that point it was too late. He learned his lesson. He could've died that day. The tractor was totaled and twisted and the tanker he was thankfully didn't spill the gas he was hauling and needed to be pumped out to another tanker.

[@MegaRiffraff]

Back before engine brakes we were always told to go down the hill in the same gear as you climbed the hill , I only had one runaway, back in the 1970s on monte eagle mountain in Tennessee, i made it without the runaway ramp but it was a scary experience! I had only been driving a few months.

[@MrPjcrews]

Went down that stretch for years. Retired from driving years ago but.... the brakes..... yeah, ya better check your brakes. Whe I learned to drive, we didn't have engine breaks. Use one less gear than it took to climb the pass before going down. Donner Pass is NO Joke . Take your time and stay safe. Good Stuff Alex.

[@MuthaTrucker]

Appreciate you

[@Perry24680]

If you have a freightliner, there is no excuse whatsoever. At 45,000 pounds, 3rd not only gets me down the mountain safely, but also keeps me at the same speed, without touching my breaks, the whole way down. If a new driver cannot properly do down a mountain safely, they need to go back with a trainer.

[@bkwwilkes]

You can go down Mountain to slow or take a a curve to slow a million times but you can take it too fast only once so slow down. if the driver behind you gets mad tell him to drive his truck and you drive yours. and always do a good per trip and check your trailer and tracker brakes.

[@Popwarner-x1w]

I always make sure that I'm playing with my phone when I'm going down a steep hill.

[@blessedhebrew9289]

Also try this when you're trying to merge onto highway from entry ramp. Force traffic to get over.

[@Kenwood709]

Seen the same thing happen on 10 in az. Smelled burning brakes for an hour then seen a guy pulled over with his wheels on fire. Next day I saw his trailer burnt down on the shoulder.

[@tnine3]

Have a friend of mine that recently got a ticket for not stopping at the brake check area before dropping down the mountain

[@Jordan-qw7yw]

Give this man a raise

[@justinjones972]

Fire him

[@CHUEYINK]

Man it’s so easy to use engine brakes. They are automatic in most trucks, just set it and you’re good. Brake inspections are way easy too. Too easy!!!

[@streetzbt8848]

1. Lock in to a lower gear 2. Turn on your engine fan (it cuts about 75 horse power from the engine and slows you down) 3. Use your Jake if you have one..if it's wet or icy roads DO NOT use your Jake, it can cause a jackknife. 4. Light and steady pressure (7-10 PSI) will not cause the brakes to overheat.

[@djja8844]

WTFX trailer. When I stop at brake check stations, they are usually empty except maybe 1 guy taking a nap, and I get passed by all the other trucks. No one ever told me what I was supposed to be doing there though.

[@chrisbelcher5320]

Watch the movie Black Dog, it show a driver who misses a gear, and looses brake pressure. Always use the right gear down, and never try to upshift. Brakes are never an end result.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Ugh what is so damn hard about mountains and brakes?! Even I as a new CDL operator knew to use Jake Brakes and lock it in 2nd when going down mountains 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@americanrambler4972]

Ok, how many of you guys do trailer tug tests and brake hold tests while pre tripping your truck and hooking trailers? And how often have you found your trailers failed either the kingpin tug test or the trailer brake tug test? I had a few king pin tug test failures, but trailer brake spring brake and service brake tug test failures were not an uncommon event. The service brake test is an important test. Keep in mind, the service brakes and spring parking brakes are two separate brake systems and both need to be checked. At minimum, every time you hook a trailer. Better yet, every time you get back in your truck after you have been parked.

[@Arizona_rider]

Brake check areas are not only for you to make a sandwich and grab a cold drink out the mini fridge…

[@kelvintorrence5994]

All speed signs are for cars not trucks I was taught what ever the sign says you go slower then it says

[@jeffhartson9203]

Tips? You hit the nail right on the head Alex

[@xTheBloodyDeadx]

Pfft, I never check my brakes unless I’m doing a pre trip/ post trip because I never really use them to begin with. As long as you keep up to date with your maintenance and do pm’s than you should never have to check them tbh IF you barely use them, you set the right gear or in an automatic just level your engine brake and don’t rush. Unless I get stuck behind someone I never use my brakes going down the hills, even weighing 40 tons. It’s all about taking your time

[@robertlonquist]

I haul Superloads. Loads that weigh over 200,000 pounds. I never use brakes downhill. Brakes for me are for stop signs. I pick a gear that allows the Jake to hold the load by itself. That means sometimes rolling downhill at 15mph.

[@alonsogutierrez7152]

I'm up there twice a week, I stop and I use my engine brake to control my speed. Imagine taking your time and using your engine brake.... you'd get to your destination....

[@nd0-8laz3r8]

Depending on the weight throw that thing into 7th or 8th gear engine break on high and never touch that pedal unless u stab break to lower rpms and let it cruise

[@omikredarhcs8221]

Brake check area: I get out , readjust all my brakes, log it on duty not driving, precheck,

[@terryb5000]

Well like you said use Jake brake and put in a lower gear to keep you back and depends how heavy you are as well depends on what gear to use.

[@richardrobbins9510]

Not sure lack training? But yeah like Alex said brake check areas are there for a reason. Go a gear or 2 lower watch rpm and engine brakes - aka Jake brake , if correct gear engine brake set on high you should never have to touch brakes rarely

[@jimmeyers6491]

No I just thought of it a lot of those roads. We used to been traveling with the switch backs and such like that and steep down hills now trucks are banned on those roads. Since then they've made round the bouncing change routes. I miss the scenery and the wildlife

[@bubbleone6526]

1 or 2 gears lower gear that pulling the mountain. Steady even pressure on the breaks (2 to3 lbs) run your Jake’s if equipped and to hell with the super truckers. I ran the mountain in the PNW daily for over 30 years seen a lot and survived.

[@truckerslife2338]

out of state driver who never experienced california 55 mph and 35 mph maximum downhill in his life. All he knew was just to drive flat and straight road.😢

[@StandngOnBusiness]

Damn Western Flames Xpress🔥

[@carrollbridges9341]

I've seen drivers in Tennessee more times than I can count not stop at the mandatory brake check area just keep on going and not stop and I've seen so many trucks wreck or on fire many times across America because they didn't stop and they won't stop because they don't care

[@DARKSEID007]

The sisters on I-81 can definitely catch you off guard, because of the slow steady slope of that mountain set. Also baker's pass can definitely get a little hairy in bad weather.

[@tractorboy31]

I have a f350 now that i pull a 13k trl and when i go to my tractor show there is a "steep" hill ( its not that bad but it is to be noted) i slow to about 40-45 and lock my transmission down a gear and i rarely touch my brakes but if i do i have to slap the throttle as my trks torque converter unlocks when brakes are applied and wont relock unless power is applied. I make the same run every year with same rig and load. I dont care about the line benind me. I dont run mountains in the big rig but i know how to treat them as i used to run pa and tn and such but now i stay in mi area

[@adamvega1539]

Speed is KING

[@williamvangorden44]

And checking your Hub seal..

[@andreijunie1095]

In Tennessee is same thing Alex going down on I 24 between Nashville to Chattanooga many pass but is police who wait u

[@seconddriver1725]

Complacency and undermining the consequences of your bad habbits. Just because you get away with them for such a long time does not mean they won't catch up with you with compound interest.

[@TravisTennies]

Looks like that driver was trying to make roasted ice-cream. Just ain't gonna work!

[@larrylofton9626]

My advice is, the same gear that it took to go up the hill stay in the same gear going down and do not allow the truck to exceed no more than 15 or 25 mph. And is depending on how steep the grade.

[@Smooth-wc6zp]

What gear used going up,use 1 lower going down with full engine brake unless adverse weather is current.

[@dylanwebster9015]

The issue (in my opinion) is two fold. One, you have drivers blaming equipment for something that is 100% user error. His brakes didn’t randomly fail for no reason. He over-heated them going down the grade and caused a fire. It’s not the truck or the trailer’s fault that he doesn’t know how to descend a grade properly. Second issue is a serious lack of effective training, particularly when it comes to mountain driving. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with automatic transmissions in trucks, but drivers need to understand their limitations when it comes to driving in the mountains, as well as how to use them correctly. I’ve met many drivers who don’t even know how to use the “Manual” mode of their automatic transmission. They don’t know that they should be manually selecting a low gear prior to descending the grade! Most of them also don’t know that the RPM governor will OVERRIDE the manual gear selection if the RPM’s go too high. So if your jakes alone aren’t doing the job, you need to know how to stab brake. Most drivers don’t get good training on this kind of stuff.

[@scottcpan68]

Unfortunately you have these mega carriers disabling many of the features, including the manual mode. Anything to try and save pennies, it disgusting.

[@dylanwebster9015]

@@scottcpan68 I’ve driven for one of the mega carriers before and the manual mode worked just fine. If any of them are actually disabling it then that’s arguably a case for criminal liability in an accident.

[@lacydog100]

The heavier the load , the hotter they get. Downshift and full engine brake, you stab at the brakes then let off, speed increases, Stab brakes again but never ride the brakes. You let it drift, the brakes will cool.

[@georgeharvard1417]

The main thing is. Do the speed limit and slower? Don't get over the speed limit the faster you go. It takes twice as much to stop you

[@edsullivan344]

be in right gear and speed going down mountain same goes for automatic so if your in safe speed and gear using jake it will hold you without having to touch your brakes i drove Manuel and automatic down steep grades in colorado and calif and never heated my brakes up because i make sure iam at safe speed and gear b4 decent down mountain if you try to get in right speed and gear half way down the mountain your screwed if you make to bottom you will be smoking your brakes

[@onebadapple83]

More than likely this was because of an air leak which relaxed pressure against parking/emergency springs! CHECK FOR AIR LEAKS on that “Check Brakes” HUGE sign!

[@leroylawrence2773]

I was OTR for about 3yrs & I ran Donner Pass a couple of times! Now I’m home daily & unfortunately the truck we’re in is automatic……. ☹️☹️☹️ do jake brakes work going down that hill

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

Scary stuff

[@ffx95]

If you find yourself in a gear too high and need to shift down its best to slow down more than what you need to get in that gear cause by the time you get that gear in it might be too late and you want to avoid being in Georgia overdrive. Also while you’re stab braking to get down that next gear keep it in gear until you make the shift don’t worry about lugging the engine you need that extra retarding force so your brakes don’t work as hard. As make damn sure you’re in the proper gear afterwards and stay in it for awhile while the brakes cool down.

[@jamesgordon7608]

What Erks me most about situations like this. These newbies paid maybe upwards of $10,000. for schooling and classroom time but yet completely lack basic common sense. I could teach someone probably in just one day and the knowledge will last them for the rest of their lifetime. Why is that impossible for a school to do that charges from 3k -10k. There is much more steeper hills with heavier loads going down them. Once those brakes go you're not stopping it.

[@Vmaxfodder]

Learn how to downshift on smaller hills ! Everyone needs to know,and learn !

[@jimmymccarter1140]

Brakes prob were fine…. Dragging those brakes will set em on fire every time! I stopped for a driver at the bottom of fancy gap just across the state line in NC. His brakes were on fire…. He was outside the truck with both hands on top of his head and just jumping around like crazy not knowing what to do… I asked him to get his fire extinguisher out of his truck and I ran to the back and blasted the fire out… He just kept saying “I lost my job! I lost my job! While still jumping around…. I asked him if he had ran his engine break down the mountain… He looked puzzled and said what’s that… I just shook my head and got back in my truck and drove off

[@robertcramer4109]

In my opinion, these new automatic slack adjusters give a false since of security! Hell most people don’t even have the proper tools to adjust them, or just don’t know how!

[@williamharrolle8349]

How many times are companies going to keep going to steering wheel holders for drivers .

[@blue4980]

The new trucks have shields over the Pads it's hard to look with out a mirror

[@DnC2005]

This is not a brake inspection issue, this is a training issue. Trucks have engine brakes, if you Dont use the engine brakes you will burn up your brakes just like this. These companies need to be held accountable for the lax BS so called training that is really nothing but team driving for a week. If you didn’t teach a driver to drive in the mountains than don’t dispatch him through the mountains.

[@jouckmayo2432]

Lowest gear going up should be the highest gear going down. with jake and break , for beginners

[@philliplewis3754]

Brake Check is code for Make a cheese, bologna, mustard sandwich befor the white knuckle ride!

[@kevinaaberge2306]

45 55? Down a hill? You'd never do that in an older truck. Go down at a speed you don't need the damn brakes! Jakes have come a long way, that doesn't mean go fast, let them do their job at a SAFE speed.

[@davidsmallwood7327]

Rule number 1 in trucking the way I was told always strange truck or trailer always adjust your brakes Or and always do it once a week know matter what it will save a lot life,s if you don't know how to adjust them get some one that knows how to do that job for you like a tec mechanic

[@americanrambler4972]

Most operators do not allow drivers to manually adjust the brakes. The automatic slack adjusters do that. But the brakes need to reach a certain applied air pressure before they will adjust. It’s been a while, but I think it’s around 35 pounds needed before the adjusters will ratchet. I picked that up somewhere while reading some brake specifications somewhere. I found that doing the normal proper pretrip brake air pressure alarm valve and minimum air pressure brake set tests would go a long way towards tightening up slack adjusters. I found often picking up trailers they would need the brakes tightened up, and pumping the brakes would tighten them up after you released the parking brake.

[@Britcarjunkie]

I just finished spending (wasting) the past 2 months of my life, driving for an outfit that operates a fleet of leased trucks: ALL of them are automatics, and ALL of them are programmed for fuel economy - and nothing else. (These trucks have so little power, they couldn't get out of their own way even if they drove off a cliff!) Because of how the trucks are programmed, they like to get into top gear soon as possible, usually before picking up any kind of speed. I noticed a big problem with them: going up & over mountain passes, they don't seem to know what to do! I switch the shifting to "manual", and all that does, is hold the transmission in one gear - you cannot upshift or downshift while in manual mode! I could manually downshift un automatic mode, but the transmission would immediately jump back into the gear I just dropped out of - UNLESS I follow up the downshift with pushing the manual button. I mentioned this problem to dispatch / management, and they were totally indifferent - they don't care, because it's part of the business model. I see a LOT of accidents in the future due to this programming, especially in ice & snow.

[@hadinapokalix7329]

I barley use my breaks coming down a mountain I come down slowly 45 mph with my engine breaks

[@mikedominy5594]

To fast down the hill, brakes working. A driver can have perfect brakes going down to fast will burn them up. You can never go to slow going down, even if you downshift to the low side of transmission.

[@therealdavis2788]

His brakes were probably fine, he just panicked going over the other side of the mountain and rode them too long.

[@andrewoldacre1683]

The DOT will remind him.

[@williamvangorden44]

Drive Safeguard range.. Somewhere between 7 and 9 gear.. Jake break all day if need be. Screw that prohibited sign you are not safe Jake break all day.. Those signs are dangerous in the areas of their in. Especially if you don't know the mountain or the hill. Those 2 things you use just so you don't burn out your brakes.. I've seen people drive the bottom and they're Smoke is coming off the back of the tires Smoking underneath the trailer because they keep pumping their breaks like they think they're driving a Car you don't hit the brakes like that. Stab a breaking is effect of depending on how steep the Grade is.. Who has driven the fourteen mile down grade?

[@erniebowling4164]

that's what you call Brian Damage in Action.

[@rmnpvlyk]

On the way down go slow and roll a window down and check out the scenery

[@stevenwilliams2303]

Do not shift gears

[@wannabeangler]

My advice is to get away from the ease of automatics. There are many benefits to them in many situations, but in some areas they are not better. Use your Jakes on stage 2, set speed at 45 mph, and take your time. Arrive alive! No load is worth your life. Tell dispatch to go F themselves and you will arrive safely without speeding.

[@buiutyr]

My son drives a bigwheel and he follows the signs.

[@catcher867]

Jack break no ridding breaks on downgrade. Stop at the break inspection area.

[@darrellmcmillian2085]

Go back to manual breaks then you have too stop and adjust them ooh wait too many drivers piss on the ground 🤣what was I thin🤔✌️

[@technique9095]

Until you know the truck you are operating and how well it's equipment works such as the Jakes. Always be overly cautious with it until you know what it can handle. Go slow and put your hazards on.

[@therickeycross]

JAKE IS BRAKES IS KEY, JOHNSON BRAKES FAN THEM DON'T HOLD THEM FLY THEM AND IF ITS SMOKING KEEP GOING DON'T STOP THEY WILL COOL OFF...BUT IF YOU STOP TO LET THEM COOL OFF IT WILL CATCH FIRE LIKE THAT GUY...

[@rogerg0834]

Engine break, engine break, ENGINE BREAK!!!

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

That's how it's done!

[@robgeronimo8478]

It’s the longest downgrade In America. And there’s maybe 20 thousand trucks going down it every day. This will happen. At some point.

[@multipolarworld.]

They way I see them flying downhill all the time man it's inevitable. When it's come to downhill I always stay under the speed limit depends how heavy the truck is. With my engine brakes on I don't need to use the brake.

[@dylanbryson1485]

Shouldn’t have to use breaks only jakes

[@DL-mk4mz]

This whole video can be summed up like this: STAY in a low gear.

[@joehunter6413]

Career opening at Western Flyer Express.

[@ericgraf1127]

I've been lucky. But, what are you supposed to do in an auto truck, in the winter? You can't select a lower gear. Legend is you shouldn't use the Jake. So, now what? It sounds like a stupid question. But, I'm serious. I do use Jake and cruise in snow and ice. I try not to ride my breaks. But, with an auto trans. You can't pick the gear.