San Jose, CA to Banff, Canada - Take II
Hello to All, I posted this before a few weeks ago, but I've found more information on calculating grades and can now formulate a better question. Through the miracle of Google Earth Pro (now f...
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jmtandem wrote:
I don't understand this comment at all. If you keep your temperatures in check you can climb Tioga. You might be only going 25 mph but as long as the truck's engine is not stressed it should be fine. If you want to tow up long grades half throttle at 1800 rpms and do the speed limit all the way, get a diesel. They flatten hills.
The comment comes from a trip I was planning several years ago from San Jose to Mammoth Lakes (where, as it turns out, there are no mammoth lakes). I was explicitly warned off the Tioga pass because the unanimous consensus at the time was that the grade was just too steep for my 6.0L gasser to get the 9,000# trailer over. I trust (most) people on the RV forums, so I didn't try it.
