Charlotte to the Knoxville area
Hello all, Possibly looking into making a trip from Charlotte NC to Knoxville TN this year, by way of 85 - 26 - 40. . . How is 40 crossing the mountains ? Curious about the grades ?...
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Keep in mind all of the Interstates have a GRADE specification to meet so all of the max grades will be about the same everywhere (6% to 7%). The only difference we run into some Interstate grades are short and some are very long grades... The long ones make you want to ride the brakes sometimes which you need to avoid as much as possible...
I have made the trip from Charleston SC to the Smoky Mtns several times pulling my POPUP trailer... Sometimes I get real brave and get off of I26 at Hendersonville and head for Maggie Valley/Cherokee using US276 and US17 and get to Gatlinburg that way. Get to see alot more of the Natl Forest areas... This would be a pretty tuff trip pulling a big travel trailer however...
Of course with the POPUP trailer I don't ever worry about the road conditions that much...
I have made a good 10 or more such trips over my DOD working years being allowed to travel to the work sites with my POPUP trailer...
Roy Ken
I have made the trip from Charleston SC to the Smoky Mtns several times pulling my POPUP trailer... Sometimes I get real brave and get off of I26 at Hendersonville and head for Maggie Valley/Cherokee using US276 and US17 and get to Gatlinburg that way. Get to see alot more of the Natl Forest areas... This would be a pretty tuff trip pulling a big travel trailer however...
Of course with the POPUP trailer I don't ever worry about the road conditions that much...
I have made a good 10 or more such trips over my DOD working years being allowed to travel to the work sites with my POPUP trailer...
Roy Ken
