Driving Highyway 99 Lilloet to Whistler
I would like to hear from people who have pulled a 5th wheel over the Lilloet to Pemberton to Whistler highway. I'm planning a trip with a 25 ft 5er behind a 2014 F250 with the 6.2 gas 3.73 rear end.w...
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rogersnl wrote:
Lots of good stuff! Do rv'ers ever put their 4 ways on?
yes I do.
When climbing a long grade I find a gear (manual trans) where I can set the cruise at 2200 rpm or so and let the truck pull at part throttle, like you drive a big rig
I don't cane the truck the whole way up the grade as hard as it will go upshift downshift upshift run the engine to the gunver upshift downshift trying to "stay out of people's way..."
I look at it as yer makin payments on that 459hp V8 SUV so use the power and drive around me...
Downgrade I use the retarder brake and a gear that will control the speed with hardly any Flintstone brakes applied.
Oh and I use turnouts and also "2 blink" the left turn indicator when safe to pass - to help vehicles come around me... California drivers catch on to this right away... recieve lots of thank you waves ...
I don't hold up traffic unecessarily but I don't overdrive the Flintstone brakes either - no need to injur or kill someone because someone behind me didn't leave early enough...
For folks not used to old math, 15% down grade means the road descends 15 ft in a 100 ft ... and gravity is not your friend:)
Safe travels
