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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 471919" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Those who don't live out West don't really understand the concept of mountain driving. When I used to drive CTV (feeder) for FedEx, we had a training center in Blytheville, Arkansas, since shut down. I was there for doubles certification, and the second day of the class, Billy Bob the instructor told the class that the next day we'd be doing some "mountain driving". He told several horror stories about handling joints in the mountains, and the class was generally terrified.</p><p> </p><p>The next day we did about 150 miles of driving through Tennessee and Missouri and at the end of the day I asked the instructor why we never went through the "mountains". His reply was that we'd been doing mountain driving most of the day. I'm guessing the largest hill we negotiated gained about 700 feet in elevation...I almost started laughing.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of class I pulled Billy aside and told him about Donner Pass, Pipestone Pass, the Siskyous, and some of the other places I'd run for other companies. He couldn't believe we had mountain passes where you gain nearly <em>8,000 feet</em> of elevation and then lose another 8,000 feet going <em>downgrade. </em></p><p> </p><p>You need a Jake, you need experience, and you probably don't want to snub or stab brake unless you want to experience an escape ramp....he didn't even know what I was talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 471919, member: 12508"] Those who don't live out West don't really understand the concept of mountain driving. When I used to drive CTV (feeder) for FedEx, we had a training center in Blytheville, Arkansas, since shut down. I was there for doubles certification, and the second day of the class, Billy Bob the instructor told the class that the next day we'd be doing some "mountain driving". He told several horror stories about handling joints in the mountains, and the class was generally terrified. The next day we did about 150 miles of driving through Tennessee and Missouri and at the end of the day I asked the instructor why we never went through the "mountains". His reply was that we'd been doing mountain driving most of the day. I'm guessing the largest hill we negotiated gained about 700 feet in elevation...I almost started laughing. At the end of class I pulled Billy aside and told him about Donner Pass, Pipestone Pass, the Siskyous, and some of the other places I'd run for other companies. He couldn't believe we had mountain passes where you gain nearly [I]8,000 feet[/I] of elevation and then lose another 8,000 feet going [I]downgrade. [/I] You need a Jake, you need experience, and you probably don't want to snub or stab brake unless you want to experience an escape ramp....he didn't even know what I was talking about. [/QUOTE]
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