Steepest grade you ever pulled or went down.....

Not necessarily... you could "deliver" with a dump truck. I really can't see my shaker doing a 100% grade loaded or not - not that I've tried!

 

That has got to be one of the funniest things I have heard all month.

 

Yeah I almost pissed myself when that came over the radio. I was still laughing when I got to the top. Made that slow grind go pretty quick.

 

ok have to post 16 % in a mac flat bed up the mountain down the other side to drop pipe one milfe from bottom becasue thay dug the hole and wanted pipe on other side. in california for the steam vent plants thay got.

 

40% grade, oh wait you guys meant in the semi, I thought you were talking about that hill I tackled while off-roading.

 

####, these posters ought to be featured in the "Crusty Demons Of Dirt" videos, judging by these "percentages." Here in Dago County, S-22 offers a long 8% grade with plenty of hairpin curves on it... if you want to put a protractor on it, I'm sure you can find a "40% grade" somewhere on Laurel Street in San Diego. The last time I saw a "40% grade" was while riding a dirt bike up "Bearkiller" (wait, that was actually a 70+% grade, especially right up there near the top---f_____ hill nearly went vertical). ####, just thinking about it brings up memories... the hill is long gone now (sacrificed to development years ago), but I'd love to travel back in time and see some of these heroes drag a loaded wagon up Bearkiller, "no problem."

 

9%, forget where. I know I've been on some backroads that were unsigned (TX 349 between Sanderson and Dryden/US90).

I'm sure the one grade was well over 15%. Scared the piss out of me. Was in 4th and was going too fast downhill with the jake on.

 

10% on I-40 between Flagstaff and Kingman.

KH

 

chiriaco pass on i-10 between chiriaco summit and indio/coachella. man, that was something else. i thought i was going to smoke my brakes going down that thing! that other pass on i-8 between san diego and el centro. that is one steeeeeep mofo! it's totally *impossible* to keep the truck at the max truck speed limit of 35mph down that entire thing! that was another brake burner!

 

R U Kiddin'..? That's my Home 20, the grade down I-8 from the hill to the desert, and that 35 m.p.h. limit is often disregarded by heroic drivers with bad attitudes. Oh, well, SOMEBODY has to do it, yeah? You're less likely to kill a wagonload of kids when you're actually concerned with obeyin' the law on steep-### grades, yeah? 'Nuff said.