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[Mike in AZ]

My first trip was from the Phoenix area up to Winslow, which entailed a climb from 1,000 ft elevation to 7,000 feet. And of course, what goes up, came back down three days later!

I had not done enough research beforehand, so I was taken by surprise on the way up when I hit one long descent. I had to ride the brakes, and didn't like that at all. So I turned on the Tow/Haul function.

Initially, I scared myself with the way the engine was behaving. So I looked up some threads here while at the CG and was prepared for the trip home (mostly downhill).

As previously mentioned, tap the brakes and the rig will downshift. DO NOT tap multiple times, as you may find it downshifting more than you'd want, faster than you'd want it to.

Once I got the hang of it, the trip was fine. Also as another poster said, don't worry if you're going slower than most traffic. It's your rig, you're in control.

On the way down, I was getting passed by traffic as expected, and even by some truckers and a couple of pickup/5th wheel rigs. But there was a Fed Ex trucker behind me who seemed to like my speed, as he followed for a long way until he turned off.