Fancy gap climb

[Dave5Cs]

In Northern California we call those speed bumps, LOL

Dave5Cs

[uncle ned]

We go to Utah and Nevada to ride 4 wheelers and dirt bikes. The hardest pull we have is from Old Fort NC to the Tenn. line on Interstate 40.

Very few places to let the coach cool down.

uncle ned

[Hi yo silver]

IIRC, my 9 pulls Fancy Gap at about 35 at best, but I'm dragging my Silverado extended cab p.u. behind. No heating issues. I might get Marilyn to get in the truck and push next time! LOL
Dennis

[Oonrahnjay]

We go to Utah and Nevada to ride 4 wheelers and dirt bikes. The hardest pull we have is from Old Fort NC to the Tenn. line on Interstate 40.
Very few places to let the coach cool down.   

    Yeah and the section from about MM35 to the Tenn line (in the Smoky Mountains) has lots of sharp ups and downs with narrow lanes and no pull offs.  Once you get up to about MM60 (i.e. the top of the Old Fort grade), it's not too bad past Asheville to MM35 but climbing Old Fort and the section in the Smokies is tough.

[akroyaleagle]

Just a little information.

My wife is from Mt Airy, NC. We have been there many times in the last 45 years. Many of her "kinfolks" live and have lived in the Fancy Gap area since the area was settled. Her maternal grandfather was a Jones. Ergo Jonesville, Va. They are buried at Cana, Va. He donated the ground for the church and cemetary. 

The Fancy Gap I recall is on US 52 between Cana, Va. and Hillsvilles, VA. We were there last year and drove it a few times both ways.

It has been rebuilt several times over the years and trucks are now forbidden on it. I drove it in trucks in the late 60s and it was a bear!

I have driven it in the bus with the 92 and it's not so bad now.

I-77 was completed a few years ago and is a snap. I guess I didn't realize it is also called Fancy Gap.

If you get the opportunity, spend some time in Hillsville and drive the tow down "Fancy Gap". That will put a whole new spin on this story!

[Kirby-XL40-FL]

Mike, are you headed for Alaska still?