HWY 64/74 to Waynesville NC

You should be able to do this route no problem. I'm a newbie and have done this route twice in the last year with a gas Tundra pulling a 7400 lb travel trailer, and will do it again in 2 weeks. Ocoee and Nantahala are the slowest routes, but speed limit is slower and really no one is trying to go fast thru those routes - it is too crowded and too crooked. Biggest watch-out is dropping a trailer tire off the shoulder on Ocoee curves, and 2 blind 90 degree curves around rock outcroppings on the Cleveland side of Ocoee. The few 18 wheelers we've seen there apparently announce their arrival at the blind curves - sometimes they will stop and wait for something and then here comes the other truck around the curve.

You will be fine if you take it slow and easy. Rafting season is almost over on the Ocoee and Nantahala Rivers and mid-week traffic is light. Locals are accustomed to slow traffic in the gorges and don't get overly excited. You will want to watch for places to pull over though, just to enjoy the scenery. lizzie

It's doable, I've pulled our Mountaineer up through there. But you will travel 2-lane road that is crooked, has limited to no shoulder for about 10 miles. This is along the Ocoee River from TN-30 to the Ocoee Whitewater Center. You will also go thru the Nantahala Gorge. 16 miles but not as crooked as the Ocoee, and with wider shoulders. You will also work the Cummins, nothing real bad but you are going thru the mountains. Parts will be 4-lane divided highway, once you get past the Nantahala section its all good 4-lane and uphill. Fill your truck in Chattanooga or Cleveland TN. Or you can go up thru Knoxville and east on I-40.