dealing with hills and altitude changes

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by rpad139, May 19, 2014.

  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    some people would argue that the east has mountains just like the west. LOL.

    i'm like the above poster. what you easterners call mountains. i call ant hills.
     
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  3. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    There's a few downgrades that are pretty bad. 68 east into Cumberland, MD comes to mind.
     
  4. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    LOL When I lied in Tennessee, I used to tease them every time they said mountains by telling them if you can walk over it in a day it is not a mountain.... LOL
     
  5. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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  6. All-American82

    All-American82 Medium Load Member

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    No offense. But the post was regarding ALTITUDE, NOT downgrades.

    This poor Brother needs to see a Doctor ASAP. SERIOUSLY, He's got an issue. If anyone's been driving more than a few months OTR, Once you hit the NM, CO, WY, MT borders. This poor guy is in serious trouble!!! You KNOW that. SERIOUSLY, I feel for him.

    Hopefully it's something easy. Good luck Brother. And hope this gets taken care of easily!

    :biggrin_25519::biggrin_25519::biggrin_25519:
     
  7. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    My brother told me a friend just had an episode of dizziness in his truck and it turned out to be carbon monoxide poisoning. He had a leak in the exhaust system and CO got into the cab.

    It would be worthwhile to get a CO detector in your cab and see whether you might have an exhaust system problem. Especially for anyone that likes to idle their truck while sleeping it would be a good idea to have a CO detector with an alarm.
     
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  8. rpad139

    rpad139 Heavy Load Member

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    Wow never thought of that possibility
     
  9. amiller

    amiller Medium Load Member

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    I think the op is experiencing motion sickness like I do sometimes. Every human is different
     
  10. darknessesedge

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