Black Mountain Up and Down advice
Been awhile since descending BM and I have never went up BM (diffenert route prior). As I am traveling west (up) I will be using my truck (signature) and pulling my parents TT - 7500 to 8000 pounds. ...
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zackyboy3rs wrote:BarabooBob wrote:
The speed limit for trucks and Rv's is 35 mph going down Black Mountain. I came down doing 35 mph with my F150 pulling a 3000 pound TT. By downshifting, I never had to touch the brakes (yes, I know that this is a very light TT.) Several RV's and trucks pulling TT's blew past me but I was not trying to get in a hurry so I stayed at the speed limit. Most of the heavy trucks stayed at about 30 mph.
Yes I am not going to be in a hurry. It will be early Sunday morning when I descend.
x2 on this
wife and i went up and down this stretch 3 weeks ago. our tt is about 7500lbs loaded to camp. our truck is a f250 gasser. no problems up or down but going up and down the semis in right lane will be crawling. middle lane worked fine for us.
going down i averaged about 40mph using tow haul and little footbraking.
