Traveling to Reno, Nv.
In May we will be traveling to Reno, Nv. We have a 35 ft Itasca Sunova V10 Gasoline driven motorhome. We are coming from Kansas City. I wanted to know about either traveling through the mountains ...
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Goneagain1 wrote:
In May we will be traveling to Reno, Nv. We have a 35 ft
Itasca Sunova V10 Gasoline driven motorhome. We are coming
from Kansas City. I wanted to know about either traveling through the mountains over either I-70 or I-80. I am a little nervous and wanted to know which is the best way to go and any tips on coming down from high grades.
Going down 1-80 from Reno is a long mountain grade hwy. but the roads are good. Once you start going down keep your speeds down and make sure your exhaust brake is working. Use lower gears on your tranny. I try to keep my speeds around 45mph most of the way down. You don't want to get your brakes hot by constantly using them all the way down. I have a 6 spd. tranny and I use 4th and 5th gears to save my brakes. You don't need to be nervous BUT you need to stay alert and KEEP YOUR SPEEDS DOWN!
