Safe RPM for coming down a steep grade?

Safe RPM for coming down a steep grade?

07-14-2005, 09:59 PM

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Safe RPM for coming down a steep grade?

Gettin' ready to head to Colorado for a 2 week camping trip and I anticipate going over Monarch Pass (11,000 ft) a few times with the trailer. On my other CTD's I had the exhaust brake on the truck so it wasn't much of a concern but on my current truck I don't have one so I was wondering what the concensus is on a good safe sustained rpm for coming down a pass with about 8,000 lbs of trailer pushin' ya with no exhaust brake. Usually I don't like to take the revs much over 2300 rpm as I hate to hear the engine howlin' but I also don't want to go flyin' off a cliff with my brakes on fire...

Thanks,
Pat Daniels

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