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jean-claude Member Since: 18 Sep 2012 Location: DALHEM Posts: 24 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Use the brakes or using the gearbox ? That is the question !
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SoggyBottoms Member Since: 05 May 2012 Location: Northants. Posts: 457 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
if I'm driving in a hilly area I will sometimes slip into sport mode to select a gear for descents so I don't sit on the brake pedal. I don't like doing it though as it fecks up the intelligent gearbox settings and make mine run jerky afterwards |
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KurtVerbose Member Since: 08 Aug 2010 Location: Les Arses Posts: 5848 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I use both.
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SKOT Member Since: 24 Oct 2012 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 792 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All of the driver training today (rightly or wrongly) is all about using the brakes for 100% of speed reduction.
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DavidP Member Since: 20 Oct 2010 Location: BN Posts: 425 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I use both, depending entirely on where i am and what i'm doing.
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B3EEE Member Since: 23 Jul 2013 Location: S Wales Posts: 99 ![]() ![]() |
I use brakes - because thats what they were designed for. A gearbox is for changing gear.
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Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 03 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16312 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
How many horses can you get in the FF David? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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RR2008HSE Member Since: 06 Jan 2013 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2932 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mechanics have told me, "Brakes are cheaper than transmissions," so I'd go with the brakes.
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axle Member Since: 28 Oct 2007 Location: Perth Perth the end of the Earth Posts: 2964 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I updated my ERD ( emergency response driver ) just before I left the Fire service and throughout the course which is huge fun I have to say it was very simple , correct use of gears to go and brakes to stop and as every one else here has stated you just don't need to engine brake as it adds nothing genuinely useful to stopping force . 2008 MY Supercharged
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supershuttle Member Since: 20 Mar 2011 Location: Lancashire Posts: 3869 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
There are a few long hills in the Lake District where just by using brakes I have found they have faded and so recently I have used gears as well which seems to help. It's not as black and white as some suggest also on the advanced courses I've been on they do recommend being in the correct gear to go ( i.e. accelerate away from trouble) again not quite so black and white in an automatic. Geoff |
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Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 03 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16312 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Im sorry to disagree Axle but that is wrong sir... Why else would the gearbox hold lower gears going down hill? Fact, to slow the vehicle keeping it at a manageable speed to stop it at the bottom of a long incline... If there were NO engine braking then FF's would be horrible to drive, just relying on the brakes to stop an out of control 2.5t missile rolling down a 2 mile incline/hill/mountain pass... Not a pleasant place to be ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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axle Member Since: 28 Oct 2007 Location: Perth Perth the end of the Earth Posts: 2964 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Craig I was just referring to how we were taught to bring a fire Appliance to a a stop from big speed and to be honest I wasn't thinking in terms of mealy slowing on hills where we would use engine braking provided the revs were right for the power band , but we would only do it to hold a speed on a hill and never to actually slow the vehicle .
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paulmoran2 Member Since: 27 Nov 2013 Location: Leeds Posts: 1422 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
On a slope...brakes to slow down and gearbox to maintain the speed.
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jean-claude Member Since: 18 Sep 2012 Location: DALHEM Posts: 24 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Firstly , I would like to thank all stakeholders for their views.
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