Towing on the Blue Ridge Parkway?
I've heard a fair amount of conflicting information and suggestions relating to driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. Here's our situation... We will be in the Nashville area for a rally in mid July, and ar...
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Veebyes wrote:
If you have done the mountain grades of the West anything that the BRP, or anywhere in the East, is a piece of cake.
The East has some short, narrow, very steep secondary & county roads but nothing to compare to the long brake heating grades of the West.
As always, you drive to suit conditions & all will be fine.
While many of the grades in the East are shorter than many of the western grades, there are still enough long brake heating grades to get in a heap of trouble if one doesn't exercise due care. (For one example, I-68 near Cumberland, MD has a 13 mile 6 percent grade. Sure there are some longer ones in the West; but it's plenty to catch the unwary or uniformed and cause trouble.)
