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fanrgs
Mar 09, 2017Explorer
Sure US 14 in the Bighorns, the Beartooth Highway, Trail Ridge Road in RMNP, Wolf Creek Pass on US 160, etc., have a lot of hairpin turns and steep grades. But for anyone with mountain-driving experience and a diesel exhaust brake, they are no more difficult to drive than highways through the Smoky Mountains or Cascades.
Maybe if I were towing a 25,000-lb., 43-foot 5th wheel, I would think twice. But I don't, so I just drive them at a safe speed using my gears and the exhaust brake on downgrades and using turnouts to let others get by if I am slow on the uphill portions.
Try it, you may like it!
Maybe if I were towing a 25,000-lb., 43-foot 5th wheel, I would think twice. But I don't, so I just drive them at a safe speed using my gears and the exhaust brake on downgrades and using turnouts to let others get by if I am slow on the uphill portions.
Try it, you may like it!
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