Heaven on Plate

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  1. Nov 17, 2017 #11
    bzinger

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    I've seen more than one brake fire on that stretch .
     
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  3. Nov 17, 2017 #12
    stayinback

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    Oh,forget about it- Your geared wrong loaded Heavy coming into Cumberland..Your Done For (cant remember how many escape ramps there are)-yeah it sits straight for a few quarter mile stretches, But its nasty- Farther West You Go....Worse the Grades are.
     
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  4. Nov 17, 2017 #13
    MACK E-6

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    Knuckleheads need to learn to use a lower gear.

    I've come down that hill heavy before, 8th gear and redlining at about 50, and never smelled brakes.
     
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  5. Nov 17, 2017 #14
    bzinger

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    I don't run that road much anymore but used to a lot any there was always someone that couldn't read smoking they're brakes .
     
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  7. Nov 17, 2017 #15
    stayinback

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    Oh Im Sure bzinger........I Would bet that I-68 aged a bunch of drivers prematurely
    Everyone comin outta B-more or DC over 30k take the easy-out and Grab the Pike!! And Yes,I'm One of them!!! lol
     
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  8. Nov 17, 2017 #16
    MACK E-6

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    That would be the same class of moron I saw not one but FOUR of crossing the Bay Bridge eastbound in the reversible lane on the westbound span today. It's not like there aren't signs all over the place prohibiting that to trucks. :rolleyes:
     
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  9. Nov 17, 2017 #17
    MACK E-6

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    It was even more fun back when it was still US-48, primarily between Cumberland and Hancock.
     
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  10. Nov 17, 2017 #18
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    Ya 68 ain't a bad road at all. Not sure why so many people talk about it as if its some super dangerous highway.
     
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    spyder7723

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    That just means there is a lot of bad drivers out here.
     
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  12. Nov 17, 2017 #20
    MACK E-6

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    Try US-40 heading out towards Uniontown, PA. Now that's work, especially without an engine brake. :eek:

    I'll never forget my first trip back through there with a pair of heavy pups thanks be to some idiot losing a load of sulfuric acid on the PA Turnpike.
     
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