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rockhillmanor
Jun 23, 2017Explorer II
We will be going to Florida via I75. I'm wondering if there are any steep downhill grades,that I may encounter along the trip. Especially in the mountains. Any advise?
don't know which route you are taking but......
Stay AWAY from Chattanooga!!
Coming down from Wisconsin I came thru Chattanooga and it is a straight shot straight down. And I mean REAL far down.
I didn't know this and was in wrong lane when I reached the top and saw what I was in for. No one would let me move over. I thought I was going to die!
Found out later it is a 7-1/2% grade.
After that first newbie trip with my MH that day....I now know what those yellow signs with a picture of a truck on an angle mean AND what the 'numbers' under the truck mean! :B
After that experience when I was Snowbirding South I took another route down. Didn't care how many more miles more it was to go around. I was NEVER going down that road in Chattanooga ever again.
Check your route map to see if it includes what I now call the Chattanooga drop off!
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