Shot video of my drive down the mountain today. At the top, you can see where they're working on the new US-48 highway. It's under construction between just north of Maysville, WV and Thomas, WV. They're saying 2-3 years for that section to open up.

The mountain itself is 4 miles @ 10%. I'm in a conventional sleeper truck with a 53' trailer and 45,000lbs of charcoal for a load. My top speed on the grade was 25mph, with the engine brake doing 90% of the work, plus it stayed in 6th gear all the way down.

The 4 mile drive took just over 11 minutes top to bottom.

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Came up that road out of Petersburg. Nice drive in the fall.

 

Very cool video, Mal, thanks for sharing. Has that camera caught any exciting/dramatic happenings?

 

I only had the iPad set up to record that section of drive because I knew how interesting and fun it is.

But, I can't wait until the new US-48 section is completed so I don't have to drive that mountain any more.

 

Very cool

 

It's a cool video Mal. Post some more of the mountain roads of WV when you can.

 

That.......was an awesome ride! The one criticism I have.......you gotta get rid of that bottle/jar/jug ring on your dash, I was screaming the last half of the way down! My OCD kickin inLMAO! Thanks for the ride MAL!

 

LOL - that soda bottle cap-ring is jammed into my lighter outlet splitter so the charger doesn't fall out.

 

Brings back memories of my days on the road.... One bit of technology hasn't changed much, I see.... Still get bugs splattered on the windshield......

 

The sad part is that I literally scrubbed the windshield clear less than 20 minutes before I started recording.