Techniques for getting over the Mountain.

That’s what I think. To me, at say 1200 RPM’s I’m almost breaking loose and losing power just to keep them that low

 

I like having the RPM high simply because if you do need to back out of it a bit to regain traction, you have the ability to do it.

 

If you push to the limit where do you go when you need more?

 

Exactly. There’s always another gear you can grab if you need it

 

You don't need more. You hold steady. Why screw with what's working?

 

Running in a lower gear and higher RPM's is not "pushing the limits". In fact you're pushing them more by running in the lower-mid RPM band because that's where torque potential is highest. And with these computer controlled engines today, the closer you are to the tach limiter, the less potential spin out in the moment until you can reduce power.

 

We all have our ways of doing it, The biggest problem I have seen is those who run up against the governor,, sometimes things go bad and you should have a some more so you can power up to regain control, like a blown front tire, running in that snow there is many chunks of chains you run over and they will take out a steer tire, no how to power up you are in for a ride.

 

We're not talking about running against the governor, but merely staying in the top half of the rev range rather than the bottom.

As far as losing a steer, running against the governor isn't a big deal, whereas running over the governor can be. If you're merely against it, add soon as the tire goes, the increase in drag will drop your speed and the power will come up and help stabilize things.

Now if you're falling off a hill 10mph over the governor, you might have an interesting ride until that speed bleeds off, but it still will be a much less exciting event than touching the brakes.