Going Over The Grape Vine
We will be traveling from AZ to WA and have never attempted the Grape Vine. We have a 2011, 30' B+ with the Ford V10, towing a 3K lb car. For years we have been by-passing the Grape Vine, but that ad...
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Here is an update. I was asked for my opinion going over the Grapevine. Keep in mind, we were traveling Northbound. Going up, no problem. I was going 45-50 MPH, with 3K RPM. Slow and steady. Going downhill, no problems at all for most of the way. At the end, there is a 5 mile 6% downhill. I put the MH in 3rd gear at the top and occasionally needed to tap the brakes. I do that instead of pushing the TH button because every time a have to tap the breaks, the transmission gears down again-which gears it down too much.
