Gunnison to Ouray to Durango CO
Considering traveling through this area, towing my 30' fifth. My edition of "The Mountain Directory" makes it sound a bit tough to navigate. While not very experienced in mountain driving, I've done...
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tragusa3 wrote:
Old-Biscuit, I get the picture you're painting, but shouldn't properly adjusted brakes on the trailer keep all that from happening? The trailer stops the trailer...the truck stops the truck.
Your theory is correct on flat ground. Gravity and long downhill grades are a different story. Ideally, travel downgrade in low enough gear where no braking is required (saving them for an emergency). Follow previous poster's suggestion on using brakes intermittently to slow down and shift to a lower gear until you reach the "sweet spot" of no brake application required.
Very first trip to Colorado in 1980, camped half way up the westbound grade at Monarch Pass at a small USFS campground. About 10pm that night heard an eighteen wheeler with horn "tied down" and flames off of brakes headed toward the emergency ramp eastbound. Have respected mountain grades every since.
