Bad hills to climb

Rt2 in MA in the snow/ice 7% grade I cant remember the town, but i have a $750bill for a tow truck to prove it

I-89 between Exit 11 (richmond) and Exit 12 (williston) in VT when its govered in snow/ice is a beach as well, but only a 6% grade...



American Trucker

 

9% grades are fun.....not!

 

I took a Cat 627 scraper up an 18% grade to a jobsite near Gilroy, CA. in the late 80's and then I went back there a few weeks later and picked it up and brought it down....That machine weighed around 80,000 pounds and the truck weighed around 50,000 pounds for a combined weight of around 130,000 pounds....

The 18% portion of the grade was about 1 mile long and the 425 CAT 3406 that I had at the time was working hard on the way up and the brakes were working hard on the way down.

Truckin' aint for sissies!

 

ive been on a couple douseys. vermont and wv both on 12% grades lucky it was day time, going down them things sucks at night because your on a tiny 2 lane that you cant see very far ahead to know if its going to get any steeper or level off and then get steeper.

I cant remember if its us2 or us302 in vermont/maine but one of those roads has either 11 or 12% grade that when you were approaching it all you could see was a road that looked vertical. I think that one i was down in 4th gear for and i want to say like 7 mph for a good 10 min climbing that thing.

The other 2 roads that comes to mind for being a pain in the butt is us 19 in wv and us 22 and us219 in PA. They arent that bad if your under 50k but when your 80k its a very long day.

I68 in maryland/wv is a good scenic road if your not loaded heavy, but i avoid it if im heavy or need to make time.

 

12% grade?

 

eureka springs to rogers ak on us 62, Sucked balls. second load out on my own after i got done with a trainer. 75k lbs on a road that you could only dream you had a motorcycle to blast thru there on.

 

299&89 in northern ca backside of Mt. Shasta. Now normally this wouldn't of been a bad road, however the 8% grade for 11 miles on snow and ice (going east and north respectfully to avoid I-5 being closed). Full chains, all drives trailers and dolly. The locals at the T/a in redding said it was a good road to run "not many hills" Well, I ended up having to be towed up different hills for 50 miles until I was able to make it back to I-5. Lucky for me, I had the route approved by FedEx ahead of time, so they ate the tow bill!