I recently purchased a used 2013 XUV550. I'm reasonably happy with it but I'm concerned with the lack of compression braking. I recently took it out in the mountains and spent a lot of time riding the brakes. I tried revving the engine to get the clutch to connect with little success.
The above trip was just a test. The place where I hunt has several long downhill stretches (5 miles or more) that are famous for overheating brakes on trucks that come down in too high a gear.
My question is how good are my brakes? If I use my brakes to control my speed on descent, how am I going to make out. Does anybody have any actual experience with this situation? Is there anything that can be done to add compression braking to this thing?
The above trip was just a test. The place where I hunt has several long downhill stretches (5 miles or more) that are famous for overheating brakes on trucks that come down in too high a gear.
My question is how good are my brakes? If I use my brakes to control my speed on descent, how am I going to make out. Does anybody have any actual experience with this situation? Is there anything that can be done to add compression braking to this thing?