Avoiding High Mountain areas

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Jestrada0404, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. AZ Pete

    AZ Pete Medium Load Member

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    Yes but driver, that’s only Donner, not those REAL mountains along 95.
     
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  3. pmdriver

    pmdriver Road Train Member

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    mountains are 9500 feet in elevation above sea level, So most of what everyone calls mountains are only hills or mounds.
     
  4. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Stay away from Disney World. There are some serious mountains there.
     
  5. TruckRunner

    TruckRunner Heavy Load Member

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    The newer automatics place it in the correct gear and have an automatic engine brake when doing down steep inclines.
     
  6. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    No west Virginia and no I 70 in Colorado. West Virginia sucks. Altitude is less but grades are very steep.
     
  7. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    They shouldn't be a problem but still can't go down even monteagle without at least 2 idiots roasting their brakes. And how many morons have gotten themselves killed on 70 in Colorado? 40? 80? Heck they find a way to run off the road on 77 and 64.
     
  8. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    On the 2 lanes maybe but only 66 has bad hills on it. And they aren't really bad, just so #### many of them. 77 has one minor pull and 64 had a good one. But nothing even remotely dangerous as long as you got some common sense and don't come off the top at 60.
     
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  9. Old_n_gray

    Old_n_gray Road Train Member

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    You said common sense.
     
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  10. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    The older i get the more i realize it ain't so common.
     
  11. AZ Pete

    AZ Pete Medium Load Member

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    Hell driver, I saw one run off the road and flipped over on I40 out on the Rez in Arizona today. They don’t need mountains to do that.
     
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