Had to revisit this thread, after this weeks adventures.
Notice the pic. Going down was easy, I was empty. Going up on the other hand. Was a b#### !!!
I topped the hill at a blistering 13 mph in 4th gear.
The next hill (also 15%), I got a run at. I was doing 75 at the bottom....and a blazing 13 mph...again in 4th gear at the top.
BTW, I was in 4th before I even got half way up the hill.
The picture was taken in Missouri of all places.
Steepest grade you ever pulled or went down.....
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Working Class Patriot, Aug 30, 2009.
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10% or steeper Hudsons Hope Loop in British Columbia
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If you were referring to Donner, grades clearly marked before you reach them, nothing over 7%, it's the "Let er drift" signs that get me.
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Or try Douglas Pass-Grand JUnction, CO to Rangely, CO
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BTDT, if it wasn't so #### rough it wouldn't have been so bad.
We have a customer in Silverton we deliver to couple of times a year, last winter was the first time I've ever had to chain up 4 drives and a 2 trailer tires to get anyplace. It was snowing like mad going up and down, so bad that while the road was open, CDOT was no where to be found, of course it was 3:30 am too. -
I won't say what company it was...but they THOUGHT I was going to use that routing to get to the mines on Ute Pass, from Denver.
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I didnt realize that PA had such steep grades, I live right outside of petrolia and am on these roads you guys have mentioned all the time, and I would've thought that there were much steeper grades to be had out west?
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To be perfectly honest, CA 178....north of CA-99, up the mountain, beyond the sign that says "Trucks over 30' kingpin to center of rear axle not advised". I went up it with a 53' cause i was a noob. Since it wasnt a truck route, there were no signs telling how steep it was, but it felt like it was quite a lot more than 8%...... I got a ticket for it too.
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