1st time Denver to California

Only be nervous if you’re going right into LA for the first time. Everything else(snow, mountains, steep grades) will pale in comparison.

 

It's been awhile since my truck has been pointed in that direction.. is that the highway that goes up and then back down, like a Rollercoaster for what seems like hours upon hours..? I remember driving on a interstate like that and thought to myself wtf is this.. lol
out west we got mountains but they pull for 10 minutes and then u cruise for awhile

 

Take your time. Keep good following distance in the mountains.

 

LA can definatly be a bear to conquer your first couple times. I think that why so many drivers hate california

 

Yes that’s the one..it’s something like 120 miles of pure hell if you’re loaded heavy. Has been nicknamed the Gauntlet, lol.

My first time was in a underpowered Cascadia at 80k in a snow storm.. I did save a ton of money on tolls though, hahaha

 

Oh man, I hate those... Good thing I have my brother-in-law who's an OO whispering in my ear, telling me the ins and outs lol.

 

Is LA worst than Miami or NYC?

 

That’s funny you said that. I had to drive from Riverside to Ventura round trip yesterday and I was thinking this is way more nerve wracking than driving on I-70 in a storm.

 

Probably all the same... LA is just huge. You could use up your entire 11 hour driving time and still be in the city.. the closest I been to NYC was the i90 or 95 thru the Bronx I think it was ? I remember sitting in traffic.. never been into the city tho only passed thru the george washington bridge...
well atleast in LA the city streets work in a grid system and don't gotta worry bout low bridges and crap like that. Maybe theres still some i havent found them tho.. pretty much every major street is game to drive on... the hard part is the industrial areas. Lots of backing in off busy streets, very tight turns. Impatient people. People double parked in corners, no room to maneuver.. typical city crap... then you got 3+ hours of traffic no matter which direction you go out of the city... and when there's light traffic, it's very fast paced. Always like 5+ lanes of traffic everywhere u go. People drive like animals and the truck speed limit is 55... I won't incriminate myself but I will say it's much better to try and flow with traffic out there. Chp won't bother u unless ur running the 3rd lane... really good idea to learn the interstates and highways in the city out there. Because you could get to the same place 5 or 6 different ways which is nice... also stay out of the right lane. It always turns into an exit lane and by the time you notice, traffic has stopped and you can't get over... run one lane over from the right and when that right lane exits and urs turns into the right lane move left again... other then that, just don't get in no hurry. You ain't gonna save no time. Also there ain't no truck parking anywhere unless u wanna park in a warehouse district .which I wouldn't recommend in South Central or long beach/Carson... I usually park an hour outside the city and drop in before traffic gets horrible

 

As long as you could make the shortcut at Provo (is that still restricted for 53'?,) it was basically the same time from Beaver to Big Springs at 80,000#. I'd deal with a little hill climbing to avoid the cluster that was 80, and that was 25 years ago!