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All of you that travel the roads of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will 
be happy to hear that you convinced me to upgrade my truck.  I am out 
of that deathtrap I was driving.  I now have a suitable truck to haul 
my horse trailer and camper.  I can actually STOP at stoplights now, 
and I don't have to worry about those pull out and stop drivers.

Thanks for all of the truck advice on ridecamp.  It really helped.

-Paul
On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 02:37  PM, <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I sure wouldn't trust my powerstorke towing on some of the downhills 
> > in
> > CO without selective tapping of the brakes. A diesel in a "runaway" 
> > mode
> >  is not a pleasent sight - that's why the tuckers have runaway ramps.
> > If  I lived out West and drove a diesel, I'd sure have a "Jake brake."
> >
> > It's not a matter of automatic vs. manual - once the engine is being
> > driven by gravity - it doesn't care what is behind it.
>
> Oh, no argument about that--but the point is, no need to wear out your
> brakes as long as the truck IS staying steady on the speed where you 
> put
> it with your manual tranny.
>
> I suspect this situation would be even worse with an automatic, though.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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> you
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