driving uphill on gravel driveway
Soon I am going to visit my father-in-law who has a long uphill gravel drive way. Anyone have experience driving uphill on gravel? I have a 40' dutch star DP. I don't know the exact grade, I know a...
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To; get to my son's yard I drive 2 miles up a gravel/dirt mountain road then make a sharp turn onto his driveway. It rises a hundred feet or more in 1/8 mile. It is gravel and has a couple of water bars. Over a period of years I may have spun the drivers once or twice in both our former 36' gasser (WorkHorse) and our present 36' DP. The transmission is smart enough to stay in 1st as long as I keep the speed down. The secret for me is to maintain steady pressure on the throttle and thus keep the speed steady also, letting it drop as I near the top.
The turnaround at the top is the fun part. I need every inch of space available to turn the coach 90 deg and get it on the pad about 4 feet from a railroad tie wall. This can take as much as 15 minutes.
The transition is not too bad as the road is dirt, generally I have to put the driver side wheel off the road into a dropoff to execute the turn in and passenger side wheels when departing. DW is NOT in the coach when I do this, she is in the tow'd or on the ground giving guidance. Looking forward to executing this maneuver in a couple of weeks.
The turnaround at the top is the fun part. I need every inch of space available to turn the coach 90 deg and get it on the pad about 4 feet from a railroad tie wall. This can take as much as 15 minutes.
The transition is not too bad as the road is dirt, generally I have to put the driver side wheel off the road into a dropoff to execute the turn in and passenger side wheels when departing. DW is NOT in the coach when I do this, she is in the tow'd or on the ground giving guidance. Looking forward to executing this maneuver in a couple of weeks.
