that would be Donner's pass, where they all had to resort to cannibalism. alot are pretty comparable to each other.

 

I'll go with I-70 as well.
Its always funny you hear some bonehead on the radio bitching because other drivers arent going fast enough for him and that he's done this run 200 times.
Just because I have shaved 200 times doesnt mean I wont cut myself the 201st time.

Whats the old line
You can go down a hill too slow many times, but you rarely get to go down the hill too fast more than once.

 

You can go down a hill too slow as many times as you want, but you can only go down a hill too fast one time. My trainer ingrained that in me and I live by it and so far have never had trouble on a grade.

 

All my experience at TMC had been in the east. Mostly the mountains in PA, WV, VA and such. In my time with Passmore I've been through CO twice, the second time during the blizzard just before Christmas. I can tell you Eisenhower and Vail are nothing, even in icy, white-out conditions. Just drive slow! Even Monarch on US-50 (I think) in icy conditions isn't bad if you go slow and easy.

 

I would agree Wolf creek is a scary road for a new guy when i was out with a trainer at TMC i was only on my 2nd week when i drove on highway 160 .The trainer kept telling me to drive faster then what the posted limits were.I drove all the way down to Cortez,Co .He drove back on highway 550 then on I-70 on the way back to Denver he drove like a maniac the whole way on I-70 we did atleast 80 plus on the hills on the way down with an 80,000 pound lumber load we picked up in Montrose,Co

 

I see tmc has good trainers ! :roll:

 

Going down a steep grade with a curve at the bottom going 80 mph and there is a wreak just around the bend I just have one question HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STOP ?

 

With a bang!

 

Doing 80 on some of those bends with a full load, you'll probably end up being the wreck at the bottom of the hill. Yeah, some of these trainers have a lot to learn themselves. I thought my trainer at TMC was bad, but some of the stories I've read here really leave me scratching my head. :roll:

 

I was just wondering:

When using an engine retarder, does a higher horse power engine have more braking power than a lower horse power engine?