Cabbage Hill!!
Posted by SuspectOk2931@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 34 comments
Hello all! went up and down the hill. Climbing it fully loaded was pretty fun. Going down hill was easy since I wasn’t loade. The escape ramps and scenery was pretty cool too
rollinbrian@reddit
Many years ago my "winter" school job was chaining up trucks for pay just past Arrowhead.
Gilgamesh2000000@reddit
I84 goes forever
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
It does! I-84 along the Columbia river in Oregon is gorgeous. Utah and Idaho is meh.
MegaDuck71@reddit
My question is what percentage of trucks that go down that hill are from out of state? If my memory serves me correctly it seemed like the local guys in day cabs were flying by me. It’s probably the biggest east to west freight corridor to the PNW. I wouldn’t be surprised if out of state carriers made up higher than 78% of the truck traffic.
kali4niakid@reddit
It says it in the picture
yeah-no-yeah-no@reddit
I believe the picture says how many, percentage wise, of CRASHES are out-of-state drivers — 78% of crashes are out-of-state drivers. But it doesn’t list how many out-of-state driver go through Cabbage.
MegaDuck71@reddit
I appreciate you explaining it to the guy giving me shade about reading. 🫡
The_Vass_76@reddit
Funny enough, my first solo run of glass was delivering to Vancouver, WA out of Wichita Falls, TX. 1980 miles there and then 1980 miles back to Wichita Falls as deadhead (paid for deadhead), and it was also the first (and last, sadly) going on Cabbage Hill. I was real fresh then and loaded with 45k lbs of glass.
Haven’t been back that way since, sadly. It’s a beautiful area.
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
It’s is pretty. 1900 miles is a long distance man.
I did 900 miles to and from Tacoma and Salt Lake City (1800 miles total), and that was a lot for me 😅
The_Vass_76@reddit
Yeah, that was 4 years ago for me. Actually, I posted about it on the sub, lol. I’ve done loads from California to Maine. Been as far northeast as Prince Edward Island in Canada. From where I live to there it’s about 2.5k miles and crosses two time zones (eastern and atlantic, coming from central).
Fun times.
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
Jeez what do you do now?
The_Vass_76@reddit
Still hauling glass. I stay domestic to the states now though. Only places I haven’t touched in the US and Canada are Hawaii, Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland/Labrador. I still mostly to Midwest, Southern, and Eastern lanes now.
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
Wow that’s amazing! Thank you for sharing🤩 👍
The_Vass_76@reddit
Quite welcome. Be safe out there.
jessithecrow@reddit
fuckin hate cabbage. a tarp blew off a flatbed headed down the mountain and it flew right up under my truck and got tangled in the driveline. which of course, spun it around and ripped off all my airlines in the frame rails. transmission wouldn't shift. i don't remember how fast i got it up to, but i managed to slow down enough with the trailer parking brake to make it down somewhat safely.
yeah-no-yeah-no@reddit
New fear unlocked 😲
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
That’s scary 😨
kali4niakid@reddit
lol omg wtf I would never drive that hill ever again after that
jessithecrow@reddit
i haven't! lol
HowlingWolven@reddit
Cabbage is a decently challenging hill. Remember to take as little air as you can get away with and ride jake all the way down basically until the casino
TruckerBiscuit@reddit
I like parking at that casino truck stop. Good coffee.
misight@reddit
And be sure to put your AC fan on re-circulate so you aren't getting too much burned-brake smell from the moron ahead of you riding the brakes all the way down the hill.
TruckerBiscuit@reddit
Right? Same 'forbidden trash fire' stench at the bottom of Monteagle (and probably every other significant grade on earth).
IndexFingerTypist@reddit
On my training with prime flatbed, I had to go down it on my third day at night, while it rained. My trainer just told me, here's a brake check area, but the brakes are good so just remember to use your Jakes and slow down on the curves. He went back to bed.
We went down so slow, but I was way too scared to push 25+ in such shit weather and my lack of experience.
TruckerBiscuit@reddit
That's how you do it: slow and safe. Find the right groove for your jakes, hit your flashers, and just stroll on down in the travel lane.
beardedcricket@reddit
I don’t drive anymore but used to do Cabbage at least twice a week. It was not uncommon to have a truck fly by me only to pass them at the bottom with their brakes on fire. Cabbage does not play. Easy to drive if you are safe but it quickly can get out of control if you do not respect it.
misc1972@reddit
I used to have a Boise to Portland run twice a week for a few years. Cabbage is primarily responsible for any chaining skills I possess
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
Thank you for sharing!
PutridContribution41@reddit
Try that hill during winter. Whole different ball game.
SuspectOk2931@reddit (OP)
😵💫
DazednConfuzed62@reddit
Go slow up, go slow down, cabbage patch is just another hill, grapevine, Cajuns ass, just don't push it
kali4niakid@reddit
I don’t even use my brakes going down that hill.
roadie1569@reddit
It’s not that bad. Let the truck do the work downhill.
yardbirdtex@reddit
I’m about an hour away stuck at a Freightliner dealer waiting for my boss to pay a bill so I can hit that mf. It’s a sick drive. If you time it right and hit the river right at sunset you get an incredible view. If he’d hurry up and pay I might not miss it.