Black Mountain whooped my butt !!

CampingN.C. wrote:
I've been dreading our trip to Gatlinburg since we planned it and most of my fears came true. I just flat out ran out of horses coming up. When I got to the top I was in second running about 40mph and slowing. If I had another mile to go I'm sure I would have been in first, and much slower.
Honestly, I thought it would've done a little better based on some of my trips in the NC mountains (226,221 and 421). I was expecting screaming RPM's in second but still holding the chosen speed. I guess the difference is there's NO break on the way up, no up and down, just up for about six miles.
I still love my truck but I'll never make that pull again with it. My wife signed off on a newer truck about 100ft past the top !:D

CampingN.C. wrote:

Tyler0215 wrote:
I think 40 mph at the top of Black Mtn westbound is pretty good. How many other 5ers and MH passed you on the way? Was there a prize for the first one up?

Yea it was a race, that's why I'm so disappointed. When in this thread did I say I was trying to go fast?
You've completely missed the point of this thread! :S

Sorry, if the fact you were going 40, and loosing speed didn't mean you wanted to be going faster! :S

Maybe you weren't trying to go real fast, just wished you were going faster than you were or to able to do at least 50 mph.