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Originally Posted by skippyfox
Aha.. Mexican overdrive. Auto box not really recommended, manual gear box you lose all engine braking. To be honest throwing the gear box into neutral is not a good driving practice. Only my opinion, but with 35 years in heavy haulage I found the gearbox to be a very good braking system on hill descents.  |
Thanks Skippyfox, it's the engine braking I'm trying to avoid. Big question is, is it detrimental to the actual gearbox?
Same background here, from heavy haulage to heavy recovery/wrecker work
