hwy 140 from Merced to Yosemite...any advice?
I've got a few nights booked in Yosemite coming up. Looks like about 1" of snow the afternoon before I'm driving up, and then the temps being below freezing while I'm driving up the next morning (doe...
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paulj wrote:
Not too long ago there was another question about driving to Y. That poster didn't like the long down hill on the 120 route. He seemed to be ok with the new Priest Grade up, but got hot brakes on the downgrade.
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/30375639.cfm
That was more an issue of not knowing how to use the transmission to keep speeds under control. It's a long downgrade but not particularly steep. If you are in the correct gear and the truck is not way undersized, no reason the brakes should be overheating.
