Which route has the least amount of steep hills
Posted by JoshuagamingTV101@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 22 comments
Gonna be driving this route with my old pickup hauling a car and wanna keep the load as easy as possible just wondering which route has the least steep hills just to make it easier on the truck and gas
Garet44@reddit
https://www.flattestroute.com/
kWh_eater78@reddit
The one highlighted blue
EducationalWay7036@reddit
Always look at parking and what route has the most time for your 30 min break and 10 hours is the most importance
TouchMyBoomstick@reddit
Whichever one isn’t I-68 through Cumberland lol, fuck that damn interstate when fully loaded.
Mobile-Ostrich7614@reddit
Me rn
JoshuagamingTV101@reddit (OP)
It also shows I could add 2 hours and go way south and come up through va beach is that even worth considering
nexusprax@reddit
Only if your starting in flordia coming from your direction the mountains will screw you either way however the blue route has the “least” mountains
TouchMyBoomstick@reddit
Nah, looking at the main route I’m assuming it’s having you follow 71 to 76 all the way through PA to 70. Past 70 in Hagerstown in PA I’m no good on information but that route has mostly slight inclines. Only nearing Breezewood near the I-70 exit can I think of one truly steep hill.
JoshuagamingTV101@reddit (OP)
Alright thank you
SawGoodMang@reddit
Us 50 to i97 to 32 all the way to i70 up to the turnpike in breezewood. The only big hill is around mm128 ish. It isn’t half as steep as on i68. Fully loaded I’ll go up that hill at 47 mph. On 68 I’ll be going about 22 mph.
TinkerDwarf@reddit
Save $10 in gas only to pay $30 in tolls?
SawGoodMang@reddit
Read.
Wasabi-Kungpow@reddit
Why are some afraid of mountains? I'd get it if it were snowing or you are running permit loads and overweight or we are talking 12% switchbacks like US 33 in WV. Fuck that road and it's now blocked on my GPS.
JoshuagamingTV101@reddit (OP)
Old ass pickup truck with a 4l60e hauling a car on a 10 hour trip I’m trying to make it as easy as possible for the truck cause it’s old
w3stvirginia@reddit
Whatever you do don’t take that $7.30 route after you get into PA. That’s Route 40 from Uniontown PA to Grantsville MD. It’s nothing but hills up and down the whole way. And I’m not talking small ones. I’m talking 13% grades starting out with one called the Summit. I climbed that thing at 14mph in old Volvo.
MastrChang@reddit
Or US 60. I think I accidentally took that when the i64 was all backed up, again! 🤣
Mazephobia@reddit
man just go. hills are fun anyway.
Feisty-Season-5305@reddit
See those wiggles on the map those are all mountains unfortunately all of these routes have lots of mountains.
XanJamZ@reddit
Go straight east and avoid the apocalypse storms tonight
JOliverScott@reddit
I don't think it'll matter, most of the hills are going to be the part of the trip all routes have in common. I'm also trying to understand why the southern route has the toll when the current preferred route is the one using the toll road. (As far as I can tell from the screenshot)
lawlet91@reddit
It shows the toll on the current one in the card, the other one is $20 less in tolls showing by its route
Tank52086@reddit
76 for toll road or 80 to 322 non toll