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Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-08-2023

Crossed Wolf Creek Pass, the one CW McCall made famous once clear and dry going West and then going east a couple days later & going east we ran into a wall of snow


https://youtu.be/AQmdJWzIcA8?si=TqLc2u_kKZVOf_FK

RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-08-2023

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RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-08-2023

Ooohhhhh boy……….on the way home semis were throwing chains going up and coming down


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RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-08-2023

Then we caught up to this clown, he was not using his gears/engine but instead using his brakes & we could hear them squealing without any problem & he would let up, they stopped screaming & he immediately went full retard and stood on the brakes……

Slipped past him & got the hell away from him as I expected his brakes to overheat & fade away

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RE: Mountain Snow Storm - specops56 - 12-09-2023

I think I'll stay in the South.

Terry

RE: Mountain Snow Storm - tommag - 12-09-2023

(12-08-2023, 11:50 PM)Rampy Wrote: Then we caught up to this clown, he was not using his gears/engine but instead using his brakes & we could hear them squealing without any problem & he would let up, they stopped screaming & he immediately went full retard and stood on the brakes……

Slipped past him & got the hell away from him as I expected his brakes to overheat & fade away

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He might even been empty and the jake could cause his drive axles to slide. When it's slippery, I'll use minimal jake brake and try to balance them with regular brakes.

RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-09-2023

(12-09-2023, 12:26 PM)tommag Wrote:
(12-08-2023, 11:50 PM)Rampy Wrote: Then we caught up to this clown, he was not using his gears/engine but instead using his brakes & we could hear them squealing without any problem & he would let up, they stopped screaming & he immediately went full retard and stood on the brakes……

Slipped past him & got the hell away from him as I expected his brakes to overheat & fade away

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He might even been empty and the jake could cause his drive axles to slide. When it's slippery, I'll use minimal jake brake and try to balance them with regular brakes.


No idea if he was loaded or empty but using brakes instead of gearing is a excellent way to overheat them when on a long 7% downhil run with some dangerous switchbacks 

We were using engine/gears and hardly any brakes

RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-09-2023

(12-09-2023, 08:33 AM)specops56 Wrote: I think I'll stay in the South.

Terry


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RE: Mountain Snow Storm - srjdsmith - 12-09-2023

“Donner party, we have your reservation for dinner. Your table is ready.”

RE: Mountain Snow Storm - Rampy - 12-10-2023

(12-09-2023, 09:58 PM)srjdsmith Wrote: “Donner party, we have your reservation for dinner. Your table is ready.”


This was this past March when we drove out to California. Picture taken at Donner Pass rest area on I80 😳😳😳🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

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