I've been going down this Mtn for 5 years and never had the first problem, I love when truck's blow by the mandatory stop and see the trooper waiting at the end for them. Use lower gears and jake break on high and you don't have to even touch the breaks

As I remember it's "the engine is for slowing, the brakes are for stopping"

You can go down a mountain 1000 times too slow,.... but only once too fast.

My father was a cross-country trucker I'm not sure if he ever traveled the Monteagle but this video reminded me of the handful of times I was able to join him on his rides...

I've been over that mountain quite a few times but one time particularly stands out. We were going south (family car, not a truck), late at night and the fog was so thick I had to open the door to see where the lines were. One of the most nerve wracking trips I've ever had. Scared to death the whole time down that something was going to come up behind us.

i have fallen down that hill many a time, grossing 80thousand, in an old Mack cabover going to Atlanta. BEFORE it was four lane. the old two lane road was a real pleasure!!

An old truck driver once told me, "You can go down every hill too slow for the rest of your life, or you can go down one hill too fast for the rest of your life."

There is no excuses for smoking your brakes on a 6% grade

Start at 5:30. End at 6:30. Totally ignore the other incredibly lame six minutes. You're welcome.

7TH Gear and Jake brake on high at 1700 rpm. You will never need to touch your brakes. I run that hill twice daily 5 day per week.

could have had a smoke break waiting for the smoked brakes. lol

I went down that very same road a few weeks back, I seemed to be the only truck driver obeying the speed limit. A flat bedded with a coil flew past me, brakes smoking, I lost sight of him. A mile or 2 later I saw a huge cloud of dust, yep he had to hit the runaway ramp.

When I was young working in the forest industry in British Columbia I saw loaded logging trucks crawling down steep hills with what I thought were smoking brakes until one of the older hands pointed out that it was steam, not smoke. The trucks and trailers were equipped with water tanks that dripped a continuous stream of water on the drums to keep the brakes cool. Never saw a runaway there. My wife's uncle had a low bed to haul his D8 around the province where he built roads for the logging companies. His tractor had both a Jake and a transmission retarder and needed both to avoid a runaway on some of the steepest roads I've ever seen a tractor trailer on.

Go to 5:00

Incredible scenery. God bless

Every time I drove this route and got to this mountain I thought about the song "the Legend of the Bandit" from "Smokey and the Bandit"

Went on a school trip in 1960 London to Austria by coach it was a General Motors Bedford with drum brakes. One of the day trips while staying there was up the Grossglockner mountain for which a local coach had to be hired in. Coaches had to have secondary braking, IE an engine brake. Our driver hadn't even heard about them but Mercedes Benz were fitting them on coaches way back then, don't know about trucks. He was fascinated with it and sat up front the whole trip.

What would he do on Alt 14 in Wyoming...16% downgrades?

Went over this in a custom 45' Prevost pulling 10,000 lb trailer. (hold my beer) Yeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thank you for posting this video . I'm sure people are on CB radios trying to get the drivers attention this is so dangerous

Why did he not use the jake brakes??? Why did he not take that hill in a lower gear??? How in the hell do you smoke your brakes on a 6% grade??? These things perplexes me....😒 😒

Not surprised Averritt was burning his brakes on the way down. He was tapping the breaks every 3 secs just in the start on flat ground.

i like the emergency exit sign lol at the truck inspection station

Thats monteagle, i-24 eastbound, bout an hour west of Chattanooga. That amazes me because averitt has a terminal in Nashville. They shouldnt have any problems with this.

I live in Tennessee and my grandad drove a kenworth he lost his life on monteagle in 2004 he had complete brake failure and went into the trees going around a corner

This is I-24 south out of Nashville. I've been down it a hundred times. It's really not that bad if you use your head. The 4 wheelers that zip around you like bumblebees is worse than the hill. I will say Averitt will have spongie brakes for the rest of the day.

Back in 88, coming back from LA fair, on top of the Sikyues summit. looked out window, and saw red glow. Tapped the brake, got brighter. Knew the brakes were lit. Told my other driver behind me, Hook on behind. Hold My speed down. Made it all the way down, real slow. Was ale to drive the rest of the way home. Hate to think what would have happened, had`t noticed the problem.

COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE FIRST 6 MINUTS OF THE VIDEO. IM NOT GETTING THAT 6 MINUTES OF MY LIFE BACK.....

I have been trucking for almost 25, and I can't believe it but I'm a veteran now😐

Not bad great video

Main reason my brakes are smoking. Is if you pay attention most drivers ignore the speed limit and go down it to fast. Speeds on all down grades are there for a reason Only smoked my brakes once in 39 yrs of driving Now. Drop 2 gears. Turn on jake brake. Never. Touch my brakes

Averitt using his trailer brakes, so he can save his tractor brakes. He probably won't be pulling that trailer on his next run.

This got me to thinking, in the 20 years I was OTR, I only smoked the brakes twice. And it was completely my own arrogance and inexperience. Respect the hill, because the hill wont respect you. Incidentally those two hills were the grapevine, and the 26 mile grade from flag to the sticker patch.

Engine brakes are nearly useless at lower rpm's. I downshift and let my engine tach 1800-2000 rpm's. Works very well. I have to use minimal brake application. Engine does an excellent job of holding truck back. Companies don't like for their drivers to "over rev" the engine.

6% and smoked brakes ? Really ? Goodness don't ever go to the mountains out northwest bubba

Select proper gear and stay in that gear till you know you have safely made the trip down and use Jake brakes if you have them.Don,t ride your brakes to the very bottom specially when the steep grade is coming to an end and grade is leveling out like in this video.Keep the fire extinguish ready Averitt

Keep on trucking

From the looks of it only his trailer brakes are smoking. Maybe he’s riding them with the trolly handle.

And I totally agree with you him not knowing what to do but give him some help some how if possible .

looks like he was just using his trailer brakes

Thats what I'm saying @4:27 like that red International I go down grades slow with Jake's Clapping...

This is covered in a basic driving academy! Why the he'll didn't he use his jakes and downshift?? SMFH.

I have been across monteagle and it is a big mountain.. Saw a lot of trucks smoke there breaks

I stopped many times on top and wound up my brakes with a 9/16 wrench back when you rarely saw self adjust brakes, On this and Saluda grade. Start off in granny low and ease on down.

Looks like he ran out of air due to too much application of the brakes, or the air system was not working properly, or the air line to the trailer had a leak, or a combination of all of the above. Not brake 'failure' but brake application that resulted in locking the rear axle wheels

Fun part will be if he sets them brakes LOL

I've probably been over it a thousand times. (the right way) Most of these cowboys are in my mirrors by the time i get to Nickajack. Lol

So this is what it looks like during the day! LMAO

Coming down the mountain !!

So what gear do y’all take it on when heavy?

I love the Chinese buffet at the exit before the mountain

If you see a truck in this situation again stay behind him in the center lane so if he comes up on a slower vehicle he can get over and not rear end something, be a blocker for him he’s not gonna be able to slow down with that much heat, hopefully he will remember and not get in that situation again

I NEVER TOUCH MY BRAKES GOING DOWN THAT HILL, YES ITS A HILL 2 MILES TO 3 MILES DECENT.... RIGHT GEAR LITTLE BIT JAKE NEVER HAVE TOUCH BRAKES....

Johnny Cash has a great song about this grade. Monteagle Mountain.

I remember don't forget your way points and scales

I was once on a 35% grade in alaska. I didn't even smoke the brakes but then, I was riding in a bus.

Hand valve on a little?

Your are correct, what if he was really going down a mountain get some help

Brakes, not breaks, unless he's breaking the brakes.

Hammerhead, how the hell do you smoke em on this tiny hill?

What's the reason for going through there and stopping at light

going down Monteagle on I 24. i live at the top.

How do you smoke your brakes on a molehill like that?flipping flatlander smh

Looks like a normal drive to me

What kind of camera do you have there

You light going down that mountain

Just watched this identical video the other day with a different title.

An easy hill to descend. Not much of a mountain. By the way, nicknamed "Eagle", it is NOT Mount Eagle - it is Monteagle.

I like how truckers always say the obvious things LoL 😅 😅😅 😅 hey your brakes are smoking thanks sir as I'm rolling to a ramp LoL 😅 😅

A little smoke never hurt anything new linings will smoke the guys today wouldn't know what to do in the old days before we had Jake's,I drove a truck for Walmart from the factory the Jake wouldn't work they had it in the shop a bunch trying to fix it I didn't mind not having it nobody would drive it on my days off it stayed clean.

About a month ago a truck caught fire at the bottom of the hill and nothing left but a charred frame

Thanks guys

at least he was at bottom of hill when they started smokin bad

Averitt coming back from MI with a load of sacks grossing about 76,000 is my bet!!

.... 🤔..... why did you need a 7 minute video the show something that happened for 15 seconds in the last minute of the video?

He was using the trailer brake to save his tractor brakes,he must be a contractor.

Monteagle is not a bad hill for those whose driven more than a year. It is a long stretch but its not the bad. Drop 2 gears jakes on high and let her ride.

Wow dash cam footage in 60 FPS. I feel so spoiled by this...

The clouds were cool anyway

I've come down that several times pushing 80k doing 55 and never got the brakes hot. Those freight haulers aren't carrying more than 35k. Lower gear, full Jake, and stab brake. It worked 50 years ago on lesser trucks, it sure as will work on the new ones.

+Ryan Longo Do make Daliy trucking Vlogs Like Allie Knight ?

Lol flatlanders how precious

Here is a Viloation on one of the trucks for Averitt express. not goo BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on the vehicle or combination

Fitting listening to trump on the race to the bottom

No smoke coming from the tractor brakes. Out of adjustment?

Its kinda funny in a way to watch n read the comments, no disrespect to anyone, we all gotta start some where, somtimes we learn the hard way. I first ran Mont Eagle in a gas powered Ford. Jake brake? None. Then I ran out west, Vail, Colorado, Rebuilt '47 Peterbuilt with a 335 Cummins, no jake. You went down the hill 1 gear lower than up hill. When I.ld get west of Grand Junction, Co, by Mack, Co I.ld go north thru Vernal, Utah to get to Green River, Wyo. I.ld get to the Wyo.state line by the sign that read " Limited snow plowing, 8am-4pm Mon-Fri I.ld go thru there Saturday night Winter time was "fun"

That Averitt driver was at the bottom and probably didn't even bother stopping. Get off the brakes, they'll cool off soon enough.

I would be too nervous, to drive a big truck

Chattanooga side or Nashville side?

Damn on 6% grade? I come down 12% and never got my brakes hot ever!

🙄 I’ve been down Monteagle twice as a rookie driver. It’s not that serious. Driving a semi involves a lot of common sense, which apparently some people just don’t have.

Maybe his slack adjustment is out and the s cam lock up the brakes :)

Little hill called the rock

It's nice to have a video without the driver talking everybody has an opinion the only people who care about it is the person who opinion 8 it

Its just common sense to drive a truck .some have it .some dont .

I would not want to drive down a 6% grade and listen to Trump at the same time.

Trump playing on the radio really gives your viewers that burning brakes smell

You call this a mountain, LMAO.

Monteagle has nothing US-259 between Texas and Oklahoma.

nuthin to see here