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catfishmontana
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Jun 04, 2013

North out of Lewiston, Idaho...

Well, we are 1300 miles into our camping trip and on the way back home. We started out in Baker, MT. Drove across Montana to Coeur dalane (sp), ID. Lots of side trips off the interstate. Stopped at Dave Smith Motors in Kellog, ID just to say I had been there. LOL. Anyhow, that pull coming back out of Lewiston, ID Northbound seemed pretty steep and llloooonnnnnggggg. TT is weighing about 10,800 and another 2,000 pounds of atvs in the back of the truck. The Ferd pulled it fine, but darn that's a heck of a hill.:o
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  • The_Mad_Norsky's avatar
    The_Mad_Norsky
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    Jun 04, 2013
    tvfrfireman wrote:
    Back in the sixties, that hill was called the Spiral Highway. It was ten miles of curve after curve. Now there is just that one sharp 50 mph corner. One canyon during the construction of the new highway you drove took two years to fill. It's a piece of cake now.


    I stopped at the overlook top of the hill. One could still see parts of the old road winding down the hill. Wow, it is a long ways down, spectacular view of Lewiston from up there.
  • Mike_NW's avatar
    Mike_NW
    Explorer
    Jun 04, 2013
    We came up the grade over Memorial weekend. It really does test the RV setup. Our RV handled it fine, but probably didn't top 45 at any one point during the climb. When you get to the top the view is worth it.
  • mockturtle's avatar
    mockturtle
    Explorer II
    Jun 04, 2013
    Oh, no! Not Dave Smith Chevrolet???!!! :S I have to mute those commercials instantly! :B
  • tvfrfireman's avatar
    tvfrfireman
    Explorer
    Jun 04, 2013
    Back in the sixties, that hill was called the Spiral Highway. It was ten miles of curve after curve. Now there is just that one sharp 50 mph corner. One canyon during the construction of the new highway you drove took two years to fill. It's a piece of cake now.
  • The_Mad_Norsky's avatar
    The_Mad_Norsky
    Explorer
    Jun 04, 2013
    It is a good one. I came in last fall off from US 12 east and gosh, the way the roads are layed out couldn't even get a run at it before I was leaning back heading uphill.

    A good test for any vehicle pulling a load.

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