Towing speed on grade and common sense
I have read a lot on this forum about how fast you can or can't go up a grade with a trailer. That is great in theory or on an empty road. But the one common sense thing i have never recalled...
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I would say 80%+ of truck owners stay stock and there is a big difference between 18k and the 23k I used as an example. Depending on how modified you are you may or may not have been able to do it with 23k. The reason I picked 23k is it represents a 15k 5er with an 8k truck.
62 mph would mean you either rear end a big truck in the slow lane up a hill or have a line of traffic cussing you in the left lane. Pick one. I would guess that on a true 6% grade you wouldn't be able to hold 62 anyways, but I don't know exactly what your combo weighs.
The point is once you get to a BIG 5th wheel that actually starts to slow you down on the hills you likely aren't going to be able to keep pace with the cars and are stuck going the same speed as the big trucks. Which just about any truck can do anyways.
62 mph would mean you either rear end a big truck in the slow lane up a hill or have a line of traffic cussing you in the left lane. Pick one. I would guess that on a true 6% grade you wouldn't be able to hold 62 anyways, but I don't know exactly what your combo weighs.
The point is once you get to a BIG 5th wheel that actually starts to slow you down on the hills you likely aren't going to be able to keep pace with the cars and are stuck going the same speed as the big trucks. Which just about any truck can do anyways.
