Is there a way to be notified of upcoming road grades. Ascending/Descending.

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87881 发表于 2022-08-02 22:08:00 If you use TP navigation it’ll notify you of a downhill but not as you’re setting a route. Mountains are pretty much everywhere although some are steeper than others. Same gear or one lower to descend and don’t be intimidated by the super truckers hot rodding it down the hill. Don’t grab a gear as you crest the hill- this is where especially if you’re heavy you want to DROP another gear.70 from wheat ridge to 15 in Utah is steep grades and sharp curves. US-6/191 all through Utah, CO, NM is steep grades. NM 551, I-17 in AZ,15&5 in CA, I-10&8 in AZ, all of NV and pretty much the entire west coast is mountains. I-10 in TX west of San Antonio has a 7% grade for like 3/4 miles but it’s still a steep grade. OH, IN, IL, WI, NE is mostly flat but to get there you’re going through the mountains. The NE is full of steep grades- VT is nothing BUT steep grades as are VA & WVa, NC& SC, TN. You’d basically only be able to run Florida, AL(southern AL), MS & LA to avoid steep grades. As others have already mentioned, it’s part of the job. With time it’ll get easier and remember this if nothing else: you can take a mountain downgrade too slow a billion times, but you’ll only do it ONCE too fast. When in doubt, drop a gear. Take my advice or leave it. I have 5M miles under my belt and just shy of 30 years. That wisdom was passed on to me as a rookie and never failed me ❤️ happy trucking enjoy the scenery

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{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"my Garmin DEZL has an elevation side display option. I normally have it showing \"Up coming stuff\" but there's an option to display a graph of the elevation ahead with red areas for steep up and down grades. \n\nI always turn it on in the mountains.   You can look for ways to avoid steep grades but you won't always find any.\n\nGoogle maps has an overlay for terrain that shows topo lines of you zoom in enough.\n\nHowever avoiding Monteagle, TN would be long detour if you're going from the Midwest to Atlanta for example.   Getting out of Los Angeles going north you'll either have to go thru the Tejon pass(pretty bad) or the Grapevide(much worse). The only way out without steep grades is west which is a big detour and you'd still have to traverse some steep grades if you're heading north."}