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Never the less he brought it back with a broken stick and wanted his usual tractor. Hi there smart drivers.
Ignoring San Francisco, I can think of a 10% grade on a highway pass (Jackson Hole, WY) and 6% is common on interstates in CO.
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Reconnect the breakaway devices - so essentially on a utility trailer or a recreational vehicle you want to test all of the trailer brakes and test the breakaway systems before you end up down over the top. Lots of great information for those drivers getting a license or working towards a career as a truck or bus driver. p.parentNode.insertBefore(s,p); Have you ever tried to sleep in a Pete that doesn't have a sleeper.
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It's a little brisk up here. BRENTWOOD SKYTRAIN STATION ALMOST HOME. When I encountered a slight let up in the snowfall, enough that I could make out which lanes we were in, I passed him.
If you haven't been down here before, just take it slow, and take it easy because like I say about downhill braking: "you can go downhill too slow a thousand time; the one time you go down too fast, maybe you're last. WEATHER ACROSS CANADA
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Coquihalla Summit is the Surrey Lake Summit at 1,444 m (4,738 ft) and is the highest point on the Coquihalla, which goes from Hope to the Highway 1 interchange outside of Kamloops.
Hi there smart drivers. If chains are required there are signs preceding the brake check area that will tell you whether you need to chain up going down the hill. Now there would be an interesting experience. Have you ever tried to sleep in a Pete that doesn't have a sleeper. The snow let up and I had bare but wet pavement the rest of the way home. For those of you that haven't driven through the mountains before, a snow shed is simply in the path of an avalanche and prevents the road from being blocked. And beside that sign you've got the brake check advisory which tells you how to check your brakes.
NORTH BOUND - APPROACHING THE TOLL BOOTH. Confident that I had enough fuel, I waited for the rig to arrive from Edmonton, switched trailers with him and headed for The Beach.
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Tuesday night, as per instructions, I showed up for work at 8 PM. There was some snow lying along the sides of the road South of the toll booth which showed the snow fall had followed me, for a ways, the previous night. Then, of course, when I was fuelling up in Kamloops, the PIN didn't work and after three tries the machine wouldn't give me the fuel card back.
( A road that should never have been built.)]. Then, of course, when I was fuelling up in Kamloops, the PIN didn't work and after three tries the machine wouldn't give me the fuel card back. Same model as the one I had been using but even rougher riding. The Great Downhill Decent on Canada's Coquihalla Highway | Trucking Smart. p.parentNode.insertBefore(s,p); CONTACT FORM Two of us do that switch every night. And don't think that isn't expensive to run, being miles from nowhere, having to truck in all supplies and personnel. Literally twice, as it has a toll booth on the top of the mountain. Of course there was no answer on the all night number that goes with the card but luckily I had enough fuel to get home. Friday was my last night filling in on this run.
Attention motorists: Winter tires or chains are required on most routes in British Columbia from October 1 to April 30. As I didn't get my switch wagon until 3 AM it was 7:30, deep in the heart of rush hour, by the time I reached the heart of the Lower Mainland. [2] After 10 years in office, Waterland retired from the Cabinet in 1986 a few months after seeing this part of the project through to its completion. AFTER FIGHTING SNOW FOR AN HOUR, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A SMILING FACE Two of us do that switch every night. My trailer was already waiting for me when I got to Kamloops.
Because in most cases, it's you that gets the fine...NOT the company!
As well just after the 16 kilometres mark you've got a runaway lane. Vacuum and air activated hydraulic brakes - disconnect both hoses to the trailer and perform a tug test by attempting to pull the trailer.
This lasted all of twenty minutes, until I got past the town of Merritt and started up the next hill. APPROACHING THE WEIGH SCALES AT FLOOD.
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I pulled a load of propane from Prince George to the construction site at the Merritt - Okanagan Connector Junction during the construction. Needless to say I came home via the Fraser Canyon. FRIDAY NIGHT - START OF A LONG WEEKEND.ONLY ONE BOOTH OPEN.
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It's just on the verge of fall and for new truck drivers coming down over top of the Coquihalla highway, you're going to need chains on your truck between the first of October and the end of April. IT IS ALWAYS THE LEFT BOOTH THAT IS OPEN AT NIGHT. How the hell can you break a stick shift? A SECOND RUSH HOUR FOR THE GIRLS AT THE TOLL BOOTH. Finally my switch arrived and I headed back, into the hills. Paper work was ready, doors were sealed, I was good for go.
When I went to Castlegar they never gave me a card, nor told me that I was supposed to fuel the tractor for the next driver. Coquihalla Summit (el. A PLEASANT DISPOSITIONDESPITE THE MIDNIGHT RUSH. This cam is located at the rest area just South of the toll booth, NOTE: The Toll Booths no longer exist.
Rick with Smart Drive Test standing at the top of the Coquihalla summit in the sunshine. Kw'ikw'iya:la (Coquihalla) in the Halq'emeylem language of the Stó:lō, is a place name meaning "stingy container." Thank you for visiting Lee's `HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH' Page. Going down the hill, North of Merritt, I hit it again. ); • SMART :: There's a lot of paperwork you must produce for authorities at the weigh scale; • SELF-CONFIDENCE :: Bring all paperwork in one hit & impress the diesel bears! Then I could hit rush hour on Thur. Send me a comment (and I will add it to my Guest Book), or correction, or just say, "Hi"! The skies were clear and the road was bare.
in 1876, the Hope-Nicola Trail was built.
The guy that designs those things should be forced to live in one for the rest of his life. Despite the fact that my switch had shown up an hour late I was only an hour late getting in. (Vancouver is situated at the mouth of the Fraser River and the flood plains south of the mountains, for about 100 miles East of the salt water, are know as the Lower Mainland.). Some of the old railroad grade is now part of the Trans-Canada Trail network, including the Othello Tunnels of the Coquihalla River section, which are accessible via exits from the Coquihalla Highway. It snowed big heavy flakes for forty of the fifty miles from Merritt to the toll booths at the top of the Coq. SOUTH BOUND BRAKE CHECK - JUST SOUTH OF THE TOLL BOOTHS According to Sto;lo oral history, the skw'exweq (water babies or naiads, underwater people) who inhabit a pool close by the rock, would swim out and pull the salmon off the spears, allowing only certain fisherman to catch the salmon.
So we're going to do today, we're going to give you a bit of information on the descent down the hill from the Coquihalla summit.
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SOUTH BOUND - APPROACHING THE BRAKE CHECK RELATED WEB SITES Near Hope, British Columbia.