AZ to WA avoiding steep hills

jidro wrote:

Mandalay Parr wrote:
Just curious why you want to avoid steep hills.
I just take them head on.
Gear down going up and gear down going down.
I've been all over the Rockies.

Thanks to all your responses. 2 reasons why I want to avoid steep hills but it really boils down to inexperience. 1. I am worried about going downhill with 31' bumper pull trailer on a snowy road. 2. Not sure if my truck can handle the load. I had a bad experience last time going downhill which scared me. No accident but either my brakes was burning up or my tires. Maybe I was going too fast at around 45 mph. I know I would need to get a better truck, a 350 or a 3500.

Again, thanks for everyone's response. To play it safe, I am just going to wait till summer to do this trip. I admit I am a wimp when it comes to driving thru snow in the mountains. I hate it when some a-hole is riding your tail when you are trying to drive slow downhill to be safe.

Better to be a wimp and cautious and be safe:) Make sure you have an "Exhaust Brake" put on your truck which will relieve 90% of your anxiety and fears by using your engine to slow the truck down all the way down the hill. I never drive in the snow, I had the optional "stop snow" put on my truck. If my truck gets within 1/4 of a mile from snow, the engine slows down until I turn the truck around and head in the opposite driection:):) Always carry chains.