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

Yeah, I thought I had seen a good amount of horrible weather, mountains, dodgin scales, n thought I was the outlaw of the outlaw. I just remember it gave me the most uneasy feeling after an 1 hr of being on it. No cellphone service the whole way, No other cars,having to swing that 280" larger car in the other lane blindly to get around a curve, deer n moose standing in the middle of the road, n no baffles tank load w sum snow on the ground, radio stop working in the truck, no guardrails thinkin Ill never be found again if i dont make it. It was spread axle tanker n I thought I was gon die when I was down a grade w switchbacks then looked in the mirror n seen my spread axle barley come off the ground n the truck start sliding towards the cliff on the next curve. I been in the back roads in Mt, Pa, Nc, wv, Or, Co, Ut, along w plenty others hauling cattle. I'm not he type to get in a pissing match but it sure does stick out for me. Taught me just because it looks shorter on a map doesn't mean u doing urself sum good.

 

I stand corrected its hwy 149 off of hwy 50 Colorado

 

Back in the early 80s I used to do household deliveries, I was in NE Pennsylvania following the directions I had in the winter time and went down a gravel snow covered hill that was double digit grade crapping my pants all the way down only to fine out when I got to the bottom I was on the wrong road!! lol Put the snow chains on pick up some speed and hammer down back up!!

 

OMG that brings back memories that was part of my territory for a food compnay I used to work for back in the 80s. Back when you could actually drive through Centralia and that area lol

 

Hauling logs off Beasore Summit in Central California, South of Yosemite. A little over 5000 ft drop in 12 miles - just under 8%. We would do this 4 - 5 times a day for several months. New set of brakes every other weekend. Also lots of 25% dirt roads in and out of landings. When logging on private land, there is a Timber Harvest Practice rule that truck roads can't be more than 20% for longer than 500 feet so we would put "benches" of 15 - 19% every 490 ft when needed. Lots of fun

 

My new job is hauling sand out of that quarry. First load I was given the address and told to bring back a load. Quite an eye opener

 

That US 60 from I40 to near clay pool AZ is b e a u t i f u l………!!!!!!!!!!! Going through salt river canyon…..probably scary when snowing!!! I had never been through it when I went this summer, and I didn't like it.

 

I did that from the other way with my truck at about 79k pounds.
Beautiful beyond words. But while it saved me miles it cost me time!

 

12 percent in Washington

 

Steep enough.