Runaway Trucks

[the liberal]

I said nothing about stopping in the middle of the freaking Hill at 70 miles an hour. You made it sound like you missed a range shift at the top of the hill Oh, that was the time to throw out the anchor.

I didn't "miss a range shift". The truck malfunctioned and I dealt with it.

And if would like me to name how many hills you came down on 15 that are steeper than that one, I can

Yes yes...please do.

It's your story, tell it the way you like

It's the same story over and over. Your inability to remember from post to post isn't my problem.

Of course none of this was the owners fault. I blamed him for misrepresenting the condition of his truck, but I took full responsibility for being in too much of a hurry, to properly inspect the trucks overall condition.

You must have missed this:

 

[Oxbow]

I didn't "miss a range shift". The truck malfunctioned and I dealt with it.

Yes yes...please do.

It's the same story over and over. Your inability to remember from post to post isn't my problem.

You must have missed this:

So, because your reading comprehension is far superior, please show me where someone suggested you should stop in the middle of the hill.

 

[Humble pie]

You guys are racist for not agreeing with the liberal. I figure this is where it will end up. So I’m just getting to the point

 

[Oxbow]

You guys are racist for not agreeing with the liberal. I figure this is where it will end up. So I’m just getting to the point

I've missed a lot of shifts in my life. Pretty sure none of them were because the transmission malfunctioned.

 

[Humble pie]

I've missed a lot of shifts in my life. Pretty sure none of them were because the transmission malfunctioned.

When you’re a liberal everything is somebody else’s fault.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I missed a shift. It's Trump's fault.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I didn't "miss a range shift". The truck malfunctioned and I dealt with it.

Yes yes...please do.

It's the same story over and over. Your inability to remember from post to post isn't my problem.

You must have missed this:

What was the malfunction that only occurred on this particular hill and not before or after?

Or are you saying it was defective for the rest of the trip also?

 

[Hammer166]

" ground control to Liberal, do you have a problem?"

Liberal to Ground Control, I handled it."

 

[the liberal]

...please show me where someone suggested you should stop in the middle of the hill.

Hard to tell you all apart but more than one of you suggested I should stop when I realized I had a problem. Apparently you all missed where I said that I was well into the downgrade when I realized that the jake wasn't holding but that was at at least 70. It was after that, that I realized my brakes were smoking.

There's not much you can do at that point other than try to avoid killing people and beyond that avoiding a wreck.
BTW where's all those hills you were going to tell me about?

 

[Oxbow]

Hard to tell you all apart but more than one of you suggested I should stop when I realized I had a problem. Apparently you all missed where I said that I was well into the downgrade when I realized that the jake wasn't holding but that was at at least 70. It was after that, that I realized my brakes were smoking.

There's not much you can do at that point other than try to avoid killing people and beyond that avoiding a wreck.
BTW where's all those hills you were going to tell me about?

What route did you take from Canada to Vegas?

 

[Oxbow]

What route did you take from Canada to Vegas?

You know, the flat route on 80 and 15 that you said you took?

 

[Hammer166]

Hard to tell you all apart but more than one of you suggested I should stop when I realized I had a problem. Apparently you all missed where I said that I was well into the downgrade when I realized that the jake wasn't holding but that was at at least 70. It was after that, that I realized my brakes were smoking.

There's not much you can do at that point other than try to avoid killing people and beyond that avoiding a wreck.
BTW where's all those hills you were going to tell me about?

Let's recap, because I think we've lost track of your story.

In your original post, you said you made a range downshift? It's fairly safe to assume that was at the top of the grade, since range shifts generally happen at <25mph. You said in another post the transmission malfunctioned.

So the tranny failed to range shift at a fairly low speed, but the truck accelerated to 70 mph before you realized you had a problem. So the whole time the truck is accelerating you didn't realize there was no engine or Jake noise. And the brakes were hot when you realized there was an issue, which means you'd already been on them while the truck was accelerating.

"Does not compute"

I really don't even need to go further than that. And yet here you are telling us that WE don't know what we're talking about? I mean if that's not correct please give us a step by step of what happened, so our inferior intellects can grasp what happened

 

[Electric Chicken]

Let's recap, because I think we've lost track of your story.

In your original post, you said you made a range downshift? It's fairly safe to assume that was at the top of the grade, since range shifts generally happen at <25mph. You said in another post the transmission malfunctioned.

So the tranny failed to range shift at a fairly low speed, but the truck accelerated to 70 mph before you realized you had a problem. So the whole time the truck is accelerating you didn't realize there was no engine or Jake noise. And the brakes were hot when you realized there was an issue, which means you'd already been on them while the truck was accelerating.

"Does not compute"

I really don't even need to go further than that. And yet here you are telling us that WE don't know what we're talking about? I mean if that's not correct please give us a step by step of what happened, so our inferior intellects can grasp what happened

That's what I'm catching. At 25mph, tap the brakes, get off to the side, and start over if ya can't fix the shift before you go a hellin'.

 

[the liberal]

"Does not compute"

shifted down with a gear AND range shift.

You sound like you've never driven a 13sp. For example: if you are in the 12th gear, you must move the stick and move the button depending on how many gears you want to drop. Moving the range button AND the stick is the way you move through the gears. Obviously you do this before you actually need the gear.
"Range shifts generally happen at 25MPH..." You and the chicken must drive homemade trucks.

 

[Oxbow]

That is not a range shift.

 

[Electric Chicken]

You sound like you've never driven a 13sp. For example: if you are in the 12th gear, you must move the stick and move the button depending on how many gears you want to drop. Moving the range button AND the stick is the way you move through the gears. Obviously you do this before you actually need the gear.
"Range shifts generally happen at 25MPH..." You and the chicken must drive homemade trucks.

You're supposed to be at the speed to get down hill long before you're actually going down hill. If 25mph is the safe descent speed, you should be there while you're still either on the flat or climbing the crest before the drop. You need to get there before gravity is going to work against you.

This is specifically in case you miss your shift for whatever reason and aren't going too fast to fix it. Because you can still come to a safe stop from 25mph or less using only the service brakes.

I'm not sure why you don't comprehend that the idea is to do it right in the first place.

 

[Hammer166]

That is not a range shift.

This is great! Doesn't know the difference between a split and a range shift, but tells me I've never driven a 13..

All this time I thought I just had a 9-speed with an extra red button on the side!

 

[Oxbow]

How many 13s have you run Hammer?

I'd guess you probably started with maybe a 6513, then 9513, 12513, 14613,.on up to current 13s.

 

[the liberal]

You're supposed to be at the speed to get down hill long before you're actually going down hill. If 25mph is the safe descent speed, you should be there while you're still either on the flat or climbing the crest before the drop. You need to get there before gravity is going to work against you.

You should probably see this road before you start telling drivers how to drive it. The safe descent speed is at least 60 and you don't climb to the top and then go down the other side.

Split shift- range change- whatever. I'm still convinced that your experience is limited.

 

[Oxbow]

You should probably see this road before you start telling drivers how to drive it. The safe descent speed is at least 60 and you don't climb to the top and then go down the other side.

You don't?