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07-10-2012, 10:11 PM
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First pull up the Saluda Grade
First pull up the Saluda Grade. I was nervous about pulling my rolling condo up the hill, but the F350 pulled it with no problems! SWEET! 
Now just to get back down the hill at the end of the week!
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07-11-2012, 06:09 AM
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Mountain grades certainly can be challenging and tax your truck. Glad you made it without problems. I’m not familiar with the Saluda Grade, I’m guessing it’s in North Carolina but which highway and where?
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07-11-2012, 11:42 AM
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You are pulling a 5er with a one-ton? I thought they only used half-ton trucks to do that...
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07-11-2012, 09:57 PM
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Saluda Grade in on I-26 in North Carolina. 7% grade, can really tax your truck...
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07-11-2012, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MIKE44460
You are pulling a 5er with a one-ton? I thought they only used half-ton trucks to do that...
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07-11-2012, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by textman
Now just to get back down the hill at the end of the week!
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Three words: factory exhaust brake. 
It's my second favorite feature in my new Dodge (first is the awesome torque production that sometimes needs slowing down in the first place!)
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07-12-2012, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Taranwanderer
Three words: factory exhaust brake.
It's my second favorite feature in my new Dodge (first is the awesome torque production that sometimes needs slowing down in the first place!) |
Same here! Love that my 2500HD has the exhaust brake...makes those long downhill grades so easy (and easy on the brakes!).
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07-12-2012, 08:54 PM
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I hate to be one that points out errors, but I-26 is not in NC. It is in SC.
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07-12-2012, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by MIKE44460
I hate to be one that points out errors, but I-26 is not in NC. It is in SC.
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Hmmm, check your map again. I-26 runs into NC from SC. Once it enters NC it turns west for a bit before going north again. You are hereby demoted to driving duties only and you're no longer allowed to be a navigator. 
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07-12-2012, 09:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by textman
Saluda Grade in on I-26 in North Carolina. 7% grade, can really tax your truck...
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I can relate to how you are feeling as I faced this hill challenge recently myself driving to San Barbara (7-1/2% grade). Going down the hill was easier because the tow haul helped maintain my speed and I only applied my brakes once for a short period. On the return trip I faced going up the hill - slow & steady while watching the rpms.
The 7+% grade taxed the driver (me) more than it did the truck.
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07-12-2012, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Oakman
Hmmm, check your map again. I-26 runs into NC from SC. Once it enters NC it turns west for a bit before going north again. You are hereby demoted to driving duties only and you're no longer allowed to be a navigator. |
You are correct, for approx. 75 miles in NC.
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07-12-2012, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by textman
Saluda Grade in on I-26 in North Carolina. 7% grade, can really tax your truck...
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To be factually correct, Saluda Grade is the steepest standard-gauge mainline railway grade in the United States. Owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway as part of its W Line, the Saluda Grade in Polk County, North Carolina consists of a three-mile section of track that rises over 600 feet (180 m) in elevation with a highest official grade of 4.7% but reaching 5.1% at one point between the towns of Melrose and Saluda.
I bet would tax any truck! Be kinda rough on the suspension all those rr ties
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07-12-2012, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dunnnc
You are correct, for approx. 75 miles in NC.
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Also runs into TN.
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07-13-2012, 03:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oakman
Hmmm, check your map again. I-26 runs into NC from SC. Once it enters NC it turns west for a bit before going north again. You are hereby demoted to driving duties only and you're no longer allowed to be a navigator. |
You are correct, I was in error. There was a time I was known as 'Wrong way' and deservedly so.
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07-13-2012, 03:36 PM
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You are correct, I was in error. There was a time I was known as 'Wrong way' and deservedly so.
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It's good you can take the ribbing Mike. Most of the time folks are just too thin skinned. You're alright, I don't care what anybody else says about you, I like you!.
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07-13-2012, 03:45 PM
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That's like us over the 4th we went to Yosemite and took the Tioga Pass (hwy 120 from 395) into the Sierras 12.4 miles with only 1 hill but its a 3200 foot hill. I pull a 5000ish lbs trailer with a V10 f250 and normally the truck cant feel it back there never even shifts out of overdrive. But it felt it that day
Glad you had a good trip hope its a safe one home
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07-14-2012, 09:26 PM
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Quote:
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It's good you can take the ribbing Mike. Most of the time folks are just too thin skinned. You're alright, I don't care what anybody else says about you, I like you!.
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I'll be in your neck of the woods, sorta, Labor Day weekend and for a week or so, MBTP.
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07-14-2012, 09:53 PM
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Good trip home, coming down the hill was a little nerve racking, but the tranny took care of it very nicely... Just wish my light had not pulled out of the ceiling! rough roads are hell on these units... 
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07-14-2012, 09:55 PM
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I'll be in your neck of the woods, sorta, Labor Day weekend and for a week or so, MBTP.
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What is MBTP?
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07-15-2012, 07:13 AM
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Good trip home, coming down the hill was a little nerve racking, but the tranny took care of it very nicely... Just wish my light had not pulled out of the ceiling! rough roads are hell on these units... |
That sucks. I think we all hate driving on rough roads. Last fall we were driving through a construction area and our crockpot was bounced out of the overhead cabinet and onto the kitchen counter. It broke the crockpot and put a gouge in the countertop.
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