*"I did not touch my brakes the whole way down..."* Notice how calm and in control this driver is? No drama here. No smoke behind him. He has cool brakes that are 100% ready for use when needed. This is how gear selection and proper use of the Jake brake will maintain a chosen speed. All he has to do is keep an eye on his Tach to notice if the RPM is creeping up....If the truck won't hold at a given RPM, he will downshift another gear until it does. No magic......Just a *TOTAL PRO AT THE WHEEL.* I did this for more than 35 years. I always had cool brakes at the bottom of every hill. Brakes NEVER FAIL....DRIVERS DO.
Awesome video, thanks. Indeed some beautiful sights, especially coming down to Pendleton. The last time we came down Cabbage was riding a Harley and towing a trailer, wife and I and our dachshund. I did some downshifting myself. Thanks for freshening some memories, stay safe.
Thank you for what you do! The country would be paralyzed without truck drivers! I appreciate that you sacrifice your time with your families, especially during the holidays. Respect to you and your peers, sir! ❤❤🎉🎉
Thanks for that, being out here during the vi-rus and other issues has taken a toll but the stores were kept going. I serve a different customer base but it keeps jobs going.
I live in Pendleton and when I have to go to La Grande, I go on Meacham road which runs Parallel to 84. Very pretty drive when you don't have to rush. Meacham Store has pretty fair burgers too.
Early on a winter morning the road was greasy on the west side. Iwas west bound running about 35 on the down grade. A bed bugger roared by at 55 plus. I advised him that west side would be slick. He told me to drive my truck and he would drive his. He did too, all the way to the end over the front of the frozen escape ramp. Frozen pea gravel is about as hard as concrete.
Thank you for that, I was hoping viewers would not see the history lesson as weird and click away. I had wondered myself why so many names and signs for the same area and now we know.
That was a fun ride-along. I thought you were making a generalization about "space age" truck stations until I googled it and found out it's an actual truck stop company selling the pastries you alluded to 🙂. Sorry about the engine blow-out 😞... Out of curiosity, I listened to the intro a few times and only caught the origin of the two names, "Deadman" and "Cabbage". The video title also references "Emigrant Hill". Is that referring to the old Oregon Trail? Thanks for taking us along! P.S. - Twenty years is a long time for any technological thing to last!!! What is that camera?
It is part of the Oregon trail, I should have included that too but "spaced it out" thinking of donuts. The camera is an original GoPro Hero first generation, I have brought it back from the brink several times. The space age t/s really did have the largest donuts you ever saw.
Glad folks are mindful of this problem we have on occasion, it takes only a small mistake to make a truck have to take evasive action that can cause problems for everyone.
I would have to buy a whole new rig. The GoPro is really old and I do not think it supports an external mic. I will study on it. Thanks for watching or trying to..
That pass I have been on. Usually bypass it because going to Spokane or something else that direction like bound for Columbia Falls. I have a different route anymore but yeah cabbage hill I remember feeling like a little ant and my ears were weird feeling the rest of the day from Cat Jakes and the pass itself.
*"I did not touch my brakes the whole way down..."*
Notice how calm and in control this driver is? No drama here. No smoke behind him. He has cool brakes that are 100% ready for use when needed.
This is how gear selection and proper use of the Jake brake will maintain a chosen speed. All he has to do is keep an eye on his Tach to notice if the RPM is creeping up....If the truck won't hold at a given RPM, he will downshift another gear until it does.
No magic......Just a *TOTAL PRO AT THE WHEEL.*
I did this for more than 35 years. I always had cool brakes at the bottom of every hill.
Brakes NEVER FAIL....DRIVERS DO.
Thank you sir! I am humbled by what you said. More pass videos will be coming along. Thanks again for the great comment.
Awesome video, thanks. Indeed some beautiful sights, especially coming down to Pendleton. The last time we came down Cabbage was riding a Harley and towing a trailer, wife and I and our dachshund. I did some downshifting myself. Thanks for freshening some memories, stay safe.
Thank you for what you do! The country would be paralyzed without truck drivers! I appreciate that you sacrifice your time with your families, especially during the holidays. Respect to you and your peers, sir! ❤❤🎉🎉
Thanks for that, being out here during the vi-rus and other issues has taken a toll but the stores were kept going. I serve a different customer base but it keeps jobs going.
I live in Pendleton and when I have to go to La Grande, I go on Meacham road which runs Parallel to 84. Very pretty drive when you don't have to rush. Meacham Store has pretty fair burgers too.
Thanks, I will have to look at that one day. I like burgers..
Early on a winter morning the road was greasy on the west side. Iwas west bound running about 35 on the down grade. A bed bugger roared by at 55 plus. I advised him that west side would be slick. He told me to drive my truck and he would drive his. He did too, all the way to the end over the front of the frozen escape ramp. Frozen pea gravel is about as hard as concrete.
Holy crap, you did what you could, that is all you can do.
Great video. Liked the audio intro with a history of the area. You can do everything right, be a safe driver and some other idiot can take you out.
Thank you for that, I was hoping viewers would not see the history lesson as weird and click away. I had wondered myself why so many names and signs for the same area and now we know.
That was a fun ride-along. I thought you were making a generalization about "space age" truck stations until I googled it and found out it's an actual truck stop company selling the pastries you alluded to 🙂. Sorry about the engine blow-out 😞... Out of curiosity, I listened to the intro a few times and only caught the origin of the two names, "Deadman" and "Cabbage". The video title also references "Emigrant Hill". Is that referring to the old Oregon Trail? Thanks for taking us along!
P.S. - Twenty years is a long time for any technological thing to last!!! What is that camera?
It is part of the Oregon trail, I should have included that too but "spaced it out" thinking of donuts. The camera is an original GoPro Hero first generation, I have brought it back from the brink several times. The space age t/s really did have the largest donuts you ever saw.
We know it as cabbage patch hill.
Makes sense to me and the cabbage patch came to mind a few times since I had been going up and down that pass for 25 years now.
The Big Bad Wolf will eat the Cabbage for dinner. Then have the Grape for dessert. Keep on Truck’in
Stay safe out there!
Drive this alot in a car. Still kinda sketchy. Main thing is stay out of trucks way when they are behind you.
Glad folks are mindful of this problem we have on occasion, it takes only a small mistake to make a truck have to take evasive action that can cause problems for everyone.
Really hard to hear you and turning the volume up just makes road/truck noise increase...maybe a microphone?
I would have to buy a whole new rig. The GoPro is really old and I do not think it supports an external mic. I will study on it. Thanks for watching or trying to..
That pass I have been on. Usually bypass it because going to Spokane or something else that direction like bound for Columbia Falls. I have a different route anymore but yeah cabbage hill I remember feeling like a little ant and my ears were weird feeling the rest of the day from Cat Jakes and the pass itself.
I have always liked the view but not the bad weather..that day was good going down but back a few miles it was not good
@@jimthetrucker The view is cool there! Copy, cool video!
Thank you!