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12-18-2011, 06:06 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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This trip was the scary power-line road
Not for the faint of heart, and I will not do it again, call me Chicken...
https://picasaweb.google.com/Jimsue13/OffRoadPowerlineRoadTrip?authuser=0&feat=directlin k
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12-18-2011, 06:24 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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You do know how to have a good time. Keep the great pictures coming and the tires on the road!
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12-18-2011, 07:09 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Dundas
Posts: 406
M.O.C. #10690
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It's hard to get the real feel unless you're there. We were in Tucson last winter and drove up to Summerhaven which is on route to Mount Lemon. I think it was at about 8000 feet. Yes it was a paved two lane road and the scenery was fabulous but coming back down, you had to avoid thinking things like what if the brakes or steering malfunction.
We also drove 89A North from Sedona in the back of a tour Jeep as well as 89A in our vehicle from Cottonwood through Jerome and over to Prescott. We saw a Class A motor-home travelling the other way which would be going down. Someone told us later they had seen a motor-home parked in the hospital parking lot. I hope that all worked out Ok.
I wouldn't recommend driving any of these routes with an RV although some do.
Dave
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12-22-2011, 01:19 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Fayetteville
Posts: 4,200
M.O.C. #11401
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As usual Ozz, you make me want to go.
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12-23-2011, 01:11 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Rapid City
Posts: 739
M.O.C. #77
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My first experience with 89A was during my pre-Montana days. We drove south from Flagstaff with a 30' travel trailer behind us. Going down-hill on that twisty/turny highway with 8,000 lbs pushing from behind is "interesting". I made the trip during June, 2002, when they had a super high fire hazard. About halfway down, I got a "water in fuel" warning. So, I pulled over to the side to drain the water separator. A ranger came up to me and told me that if I didn't move within the next 5 minuets, she would have me towed (at my expense). I made it!
I am glad that I was going down-hill ('02 F-250, 7.3L PSD, manual shift, exhaust brake) instead of pulling up that monster.
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01-28-2012, 05:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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My kind of road, Jim! Exactly the reason we refuse to get a dually. When you get the chance, get yourselves on over to Moab, UT, go up near the entrance to Canyonlands, NP, then take this road, the Shafer Trail, back to Moab. We've done it. You can do it. It's a terrific drive. Beautiful.
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