can you go 100mph down a hill??

On Dayton rims no less!

 

Remembers the Wagon Wheel......

 

The Wagon Wheel is still there, Grandpa Bear is not. He long ago retired and may not even be alive any more. Still got fond memories of him, in his black and white, in front of a line of chicken trucks, heckling them on the CB about running so slow. They were all doing 75 or better, to stay up with him!

 

The fastest I ever went down a mountain was 85 mph. Not that I wanted to it just kinda happened. No doubt in my mind someone could go 100 mph downhill in a big truck.

 

I love that hill on 70 in Missouri going west bound by the flying J.I got it to 110 two weeks ago........Great feeling..The feeling i get when i do 130 on my bike is much better though.I am shooting for 140 this spring..

 

Back in 1990 as a company driver, when I was a lot crazier than I am now, I thought I was saving my boss money by not using the brakes going down the big hills. As long as I could see the upside, I would hang on to the steering wheel with both hands, pop the tranny in neutral and let her go. There were many occasions where I reached over 100mph - I didn't think it was that big of a deal (all of the four-wheelers were doing it). Once I would get slowed down to a normal speed on the upside, I would rev up the engine to match my road speed and pop the tranny back into the big hole. Not only did I save brakes, I probably saved the boss fuel on the upside as it was a good way to get a good head start on some of those big pulls.

Luckily, I never saw any bears. Yeah, those days are definitely gone - aren't they?

edited additional information -
I had a long-nose long-wheelbase large-car flat-top pulling a low-loaded flatbed trailer when using the "Georgia Overdrive". I would have never tried it pulling a van trailer (who knows what a little cross-wind could do to a high profile tractor van trailer at that speed). Also, it was always on straight-shot multi-lane freeways only when the upside was in sight.

It was pretty cool to see the tach needle way the left (idling) and the speedo needle way to the right.

Out west trucks travel at 75-80 mph all day long and it doesn't seem to be that big of a deal - what's another 20mph on top of that?

 

That 25% increase in speed equals a 56% gain in kinetic energy. That might just bump that braking distance a tad.

 

Why would one want to brake going up a hill? As long as the weather is good and the coast is clear, let her roll!

No, actually, I don't condone doing this. I did it back when I had more nerve than brain.

As long as the rig is in good condition and the tires are good, a 100mph doesn't feel all that spectacular in a semi. It's way more exhilarating on a motorcycle.

 

Or a snowmobile..Ahhhhhh the need for speed...I love it.