Steepest grade you ever pulled or went down.....

what road? i sure never saw that.

 

Yeah I was hauling a pump over loveland one time and had a bunch of trucks behind me must have had the tunnel closed or something. anyways I was grossing 212 k and all of these guys were bellyaching because I was doing like 8 miles an hour all I could do was laugh at what was coming over the radio but when I made my shift from 3rd direct to 2nd over I missed it thank god I caught granny but now I am doing about 3 mph and you can imagine what I was hearing on the radio until one guy got on there and said "why don't you guys shut up last time you pissed him off he made us all stop" and the radio was dead silent all the way to the top where I stopped and let em all around.

 

Speaking of the hill between the two emlenton exits off I80 in PA, I'm still in school and we went up there yesterday and all 3 of us students got the pleasure of going down that hill, made me think of this thread.

 

My son and I go fishing in the mountains north of Vancouver BC. It just amazes me the roads that the logging trucks go up and down. These drivers have to be some brave as well as highly skilled. Some of the roads they come down we could not make it up them in a jeep CJ. I have more fun watching them than fishing.

 

I believe 13% in pa, but pa has nothing on the west coast, rockeys or denver!!!!

 

Went down Cabbage Hill in Oregon about a week ago with crappy jakes. I was hauling flour at a gross of about 72,000 lbs and was smoking brakes before I got to the bottom! I started out geared way down with the jakes on high, but I had to fight all the way to keep my speed under control. It was just that particular truck I was driving because I've been down that grade dozens of times with no problems, both loaded and empty. Scared the you know what outta me! Going up is easy, going down can be a challenge.

 

Well, so far as a student...estimated 3% going down. But I had learned to actually shift a truck like 10 minutes before...and it was a two-lane highway...and at the bottom was a blind curve...and just past the curve, a flagman standing in the middle of the road holding a stop sign for the beginning of construction...and the instructor lunging for the hand brake...and 3 other students screaming bloody murder in the sleeper...and a state trooper coming the other way...and 3 loaded school buses right behind the state trooper. Wow, trucking is gonna be fun...