Rt. 58 from Bakersfield to Barstow CA
Wondering how the pulls are. Will be pulling a 40' fiver. Thanks.
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Better have a good tow vehicle as the road up Tehachipi pass is pretty steep and for quite a long ways. However, I have pulled a 36" fifth wheel with a GMC duramax and didn't lose speed. Tehachipi (sp?) grade is famous with railroad buffs; the track twists, circles, etc. to handle the steep grade. They travel from far away to see it.
I moved from Bakersfield back home to Texas when I retired about 18 years ago. Drove a rental moving truck pulling my spare auto on a trailer and almost did not make it up the grade. I had to shift into the lowest gear the thing had and crawled up at about 10 miles per hour. Bet everyone hated me. I was scared crapless! Thought it would go backwards. Didn't seem like the brakes would hold it still if it stalled out. Whew!!
I moved from Bakersfield back home to Texas when I retired about 18 years ago. Drove a rental moving truck pulling my spare auto on a trailer and almost did not make it up the grade. I had to shift into the lowest gear the thing had and crawled up at about 10 miles per hour. Bet everyone hated me. I was scared crapless! Thought it would go backwards. Didn't seem like the brakes would hold it still if it stalled out. Whew!!
