Mountain Driving

Up or down?

Snow, wet or dry?

Loaded heavy, light or empty?

Mikeeee

 

sure, some of the books you want. but in all honesty. there's an app for just about everything you listed. for free.

i'm not saying one doesn't need information. but really. a book for the hills.

but if you need something to read. knock yourself out. the rest of us have gone up and down and are delivering our loads.

you could also look at google maps. for free if you need to study that hill.

 

Like I said... to each their own...

And I apologize, In did not realize you speak for every other driver out there... my mistake

SMH.

Some one asked for advice, I offered some, not sure why you felt the need to comment on what I said, but you had a choice... ignore it or make the 99.999999% comment you made. Your choice tells me a lot about you.

I bet that book company is glad I am here since I am apparently the one keeping them in business.

 

There's no replacement for experience. Run the hill slowly the first time(4 ways on if under 25 mph)and take note of landmarks/mm. The next time will be alittle easier. Back when we used CB's I have talked a few out of state drivers off of hills I ran daily. Usually made a friend and a cup of coffee in the next town. Who cares if your the slowest truck down the hill..........you can't deliver the load if your tiz up in the ditch.

 

everyone gave the OP advice.

 

That's right... you however seem to take issue with reference material, well you and 99.99999% of the other drivers...

Other Books I own but do not read while you are making deliveries... Dictionary, Thesaurus etc...reference material.

As another driver suggested, make note of mile markers etc... I don't need to, I can grab a quick reference and check out what's ahead, just simple trip planning. I am sure you and the other 99.99999% of drivers don't waste your time with such trivialities as trip planning, but I do.

I started out yesterday morning in Santa Maria CA and will be in Cedar Falls Friday morning. I can tell you every fuel stop and break point along the way and the time I will be there within the 1/2 hr barring any unforseen circumstances. Yesterday I was stuck for an hour on Tehatchipi in a traffic back up. That threw the original plan off, so I adjusted it. I know how long it will take because I know what grades are ahead that I have to climb and descend and how much extra time that is going to add.

Maybe that is just me, you and the other 99.999999% of drivers I am sure do not need to waste your time doing such things, but me, I learned to drive in a foreign country where I didn't speak the language at first and kind of had to rely on planing to make sure I didn't get lost or hung out to dry and not be able to communicate with someone in the middle of nowhere.

But hey, what do I know....

 

My understanding is that 4-ways are supposed to be used whenever you are at 40 mph or below the legal minimum speed. If you were going 28 mph without your 4-ways and I came fast on your backside I might take exception to your lack of 4-ways sir....

 

nope, never plan my trips. 99.99909 % of us make money driving. not reading. and 99.99999% of us all know that trips hardly ever go as planned.
for instance. an accident that shuts the road down for how ever long. construction zones that are one lane. and pop up every 3 miles. a snow storm that went through and leave nothing but ice.

nope, never trip plan. us OTR guys get paid by the mile. not by the hour. we don't have time to read. heck, we don't have time to pee. cuz we're on that govt clock.

although next week your allowed to read to your hearts content. cuz now you FINALLY get to take a lunch break. just don't be parking at a truckstop or a rest area. it's hard enough to find a place to park for a nap.

 

Well it USE to be 25mph in these neck of the woods. Might of changed since I haven't driven on the highways for quite sometime. Around these parts if you were doing 40mph off a hill you prolly won't do it more than once. Our trucks weight 25,500# more. Thanks for the heads up, if I ever get back on the pavement.

 

just in case anybody else reads this thread i thought id put in my 2 cents, i drive tanker always domed out and over wt and i do this around the state of wyoming, tractor+trailer+load is right around 110,000 lbs best advice you can get from anybody is to know what your doing before you have to do it. chances are just what they are chances and if you take the wrong one it may be your last.