Cummins12V98 wrote:
Marty i dated a gal years ago that lived on Union Hill Rd in Redmond. In my mind I remember there is a very steep section or am I dreaming this?
Didn't see post from when ever.
Union, novelty, pine lake plateau ALL have some roads in the 15-20+ % relm. If you go up the hills south of I90 in Eastgate area, to somerset, hilltop, the summit, cougar and susk Mrs, again, a number of steep, reasonably short, still long and steep enough to stall a rig out if you have improper axle/trans gearing for the rig your driving.
Had a client just south of Newport beach park, had a 33% grade from home up to RR tracks than ran along east side, just before 405. That was fun getting material, ie 150 us if topsoil in the shortest tandem WB truck I could get, 12 yds at a time out of Redmond. A transfer couldn't make the 90* corner at the bottom. If the brakes let loose, thru the garage, kitchen, lake Washington was maybe 50' later! A barge might have been easier, like Kenny did at the Gates mansion. Brakes were coming and going from there. That was 20%, at least one 180 hairpin turn.......Kenny gave me a tour, quite the 3mil landscape project.
Marty