from when i bought the JK i cannot really remember the handbrake work. So leave with a gear, better be safe than sorry.

 

In gear ALWAYS..I learned this the hard way when I walked out of a gas station and my jeep was sitting in the middle of a busy four lane road...I felt like a moron, but was lucky no one hit it.

 

I use both always,

My ebrake didnt work on my TJ and I used to leave it in gear, went to start it up one morning with my right foot on the clutch without getting into the jeep and reached over to pull the shifter out of first after I started it foot slipped off the clutch and the jeep rolled into my gas line out side my house, Almost blew up my Jeep, my house and me with it.

After that I took the time to make sure the ebrake was in perfect working order

On my JK if i am on a flat surface I just use the ebrake, if there is any sort of incline or decline I leave it in gear and use the parking brake.

 

I don't trust the E brake and I always put it in gear.

 

Set brake and Reverse - lower gear than first more mechanical advantage for the low compression 3.8

I always put it into neutral before starting just in case my foot slips off the clutch (hasn't happened yet, but you never know)

Great idea to use low range if on a steep hill as this will provide that much more breaking force from the engines compression - I'll start using this Thanks JKlad!!!

 

I park my jeep in reverse even on flat ground.

 

I had the same thing happen in my driveway. Additionally, when I started it up, the engine rattled, as if the oil wasn't circulating for about 2 seconds. It hasn't done it since. Not sure if it was being on an incline for several hours, or the inching thing.

 

In gear when parked, always. First or reverse depending on which way I know I'll want to move when I leave. If I have a working parking brake, use that also if on a slope.

 

You should always use the Hand Brake, and if it's not working up to Par, check out this write up. It works wonders, and you might save yourself some running after your rig on a hill.

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ake-adjustment

 

Always first with the handbreak, I did the reverse before, but was told not to due to the size of some plastic linkage in there, don't know. But I have left it in first with no ebrake, and jus the slight grade of my driveway had it at the bottom before daylight.