Where does I-68 in MD rank in steep grades?

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  1. Johnny99

    Johnny99 Johnny be Good

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    It starts just about where the eastbound scale house is if memory serves.
     
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  3. paul 1052

    paul 1052 Heavy Load Member

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    What s Donner? About 42 miles?
     
  4. pathfinder1361

    pathfinder1361 Light Load Member

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    i know i got my brakes hot a long time ago heading eastbound into cumberland. had a 5 speed mack and loaded tanker. trying to run too fast, not really knowing what i was doing. lucky i had good brakes, i had them smoking and they were starting to fade. finally got stopped, jumped out and put a wheel chock down, and then sat there awhile. scared me.

    after that i started respecting them mountains and making sure i was in low enough gear to start with on the way down.:biggrin_25513:
     
  5. bowman316

    bowman316 Medium Load Member

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    i guarantee you won't fall asleep behind the wheel up there. Those mountains get your blood pumping.
     
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  6. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    :biggrin_25524: Boy , you'd better stay East of the Rockies or you'll have a massive coronary :biggrin_25521:
     
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  7. deerslayer1543

    deerslayer1543 Light Load Member

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    lol...try Monteagle on I 24 coming out of TN into GA.Strrrrrrrraight down!
     
  8. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    :biggrin_25524::biggrin_25511::biggrin_25513:










    Please, whatever you do; please, puhleeezz, never, ever, ever come west of the 100th meridian!:biggrin_2559::biggrin_2559::biggrin_2559:
     
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  9. MysticHZ

    MysticHZ Road Train Member

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    From where you first start climbing at Newcastle to Verdi, NV is around 90 miles.


    Seriously?? .. cake drive.
     
  10. WitchingHour

    WitchingHour Road Train Member

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    Either you know how to do grades, or you don't. 13 miles of I68 or six miles of Floyd Hill on I70 in CO... if you can't manage one, you won't manage the other.
    What makes I68 worse in my opinion isn't the length... again, if you know what you're doing, it won't make any difference if the grade is two miles, six miles, 13 miles, etc. It's the point where you're restricted to the right lane AND you get traffic merging onto the highway from on-ramps on the right.
     
  11. roadreeler57

    roadreeler57 Light Load Member

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    Smoked my brakes (no jake) down that thing a couple of times & avoided that like the plague afterwards...No fun & every bit as bad as donner,monteagle or cabbage not sure about vail or wolf creek never had the pleasure or running those no jake so me chicken ####t...
     
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