fireman41 wrote:
I have seen more than a few western state plates with smoking brakes coming down our hills .
Are you in the western PA or ever had the pleasure of traveling state rt 31 from the crest of Laurel Ridge down into Jones Mills? (5 miles of 6-7% with a couple in places in excess of 13% for good measure, or Rt 40 from Chestnut ridge into Hopwood PA?
Rt 31 gets lots of weekend travel trailer traffic descending that grade to get to the PA turnpike interchange at Donegal coming from the State and Private Parks on the other side of Laurel Ridge. All it is on a Sunday late morning / early afternoon is people smoking off their brakes and stinking up the woods.
Not long ago I was descending that grade in 2rd gear doing about 35mph and a guy pulled out and passed going down with a 30+' TT in tow being pulled by an F150, and disappeared out of sight in quick order. When I caught back up to him in Donegal a few miles down the road, the TT brakes were still smoking and not a little either. It looked like fog had set in. He had Colorado tags FWTW.
