TT towing advice for the mountains

Terryallan wrote:

RPreeb wrote:

hohenwald48 wrote:

profdant139 wrote:
One more tip -- look way ahead for good spots to turn out and let the folks behind you pass safely. A really good turnout will be paved and long, with no dropoff from the road to the shoulder. Many are short or unpaved or un-level or all three. Signal way ahead of time before pulling over, and get your speed way down before leaving the pavement.

I would never pull over to let others pass unless there is a lane specifically for that purpose. Pulling off to an unpaved shoulder or driving over any kind of road edge drop off is a sure fire way to damage your tires.

If there is no significant edge to the pavement, I'll always pull over at a wide spot when I've picked up a train. Waiting for a paved turnout isn't always an option, and I'm not going to be that jerk who thinks he owns the road.

you would wait for a turn out in the Blue ridge Mountains. Our mountain roads give you 2 choices. Stay on the pavement, or either hit the cliff on one side, or go down the cliff on the other. Rarely is there another choice. Our mountain road just aren't real wide. We have several that you have to use BOTH side of the road to just get by. You literally can look out the side window, and see the side of the TT.

It all depends on the situation. I'm in Colorado, I've driven extensively in the Rockies, and your Blue Ridge has nothing on our mountains. We have hills and curves and no shoulders, and we have them all the way up to 12,000 feet.



Where the opportunity exists, I pull over on paved turnouts. Where no such opportunity exists, I look for option B, and that would be a gravel turnout with a minimal drop off. I'm not going to take a chances with my rig, but I'm also not going to force anyone to follow me any farther than necessary.