adelaide hill

wildman · Member

adelaide hill

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Do you mean Mt Lofty? Just to the West of the city on the Eastern freeway. But its not that steep, maybe thats not the one.

DeBe · Guru

Willunga hill is the long steep drag, south of the city going to Victaharbour.

wildman · Member

Hi Gert

I don't really know, all I've been told is that there is a massive hill. A tourer friend burnt out his brakes going down it 3 years ago towing his caravan. Just curious..lol

wildman · Member

Hi DB

As I told Gert I don't really know...could be this one but I thought it was one you have to go down (or up) coming from WA

Hooroo

Doug

tezza · Senior Member

Hi, if you are going into Adelaide from W.A. therefore I assume from Port Augusta you wiill see nothing more than a knoll or two. Definitely no big climbs or descents on that road.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

wildman wrote:

Hi Gert
I don't really know, all I've been told is that there is a massive hill. A tourer friend burnt out his brakes going down it 3 years ago towing his caravan. Just curious..lol

Anyone who "burnt out his brakes" going down any hill needs some urgent instruction in driving techniques before they kill them selves, their family and other innocent people on the road.

I am guessing that the hill referred to is Highway #1 coming down from Crafers to Cross Roads on the road in from Melbourne.

Cheers,
Peter

Smokeydk · Guru

I agree with Peter.....sounds like the SE freeway.....lot of semi's have break problems through the tunnel

wildman · Member

Hi Peter

Eureka! I do believe you are correct, but I think it may have been the Old mount barker road? How long has the tunnel been built?

Hooroo

Doug

PeterD · Guru

wildman wrote:
Eureka! I do believe you are correct, but I think it may have been the Old mount barker road? How long has the tunnel been built?

Here is an article on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide-Crafers_Highway

beachball57 · Senior Member

hi that hill would be the start of the eastern freeway heading out of adelaide it's the longest down hill run in australia about 6 k's i think, i travel up and down it twice a day in a b double tanker and don't have any trouble if you're heading down it into adelaide just pick a gear in you vechile that will hold your speed down to around 40 and you'll be fine, it's a 3 lane road so just stay in the left slow lane,, the only other steep hiill i know of apart from willinga hill is the one on the road to the river land it's known in the trucking industry as accomodation hill which is just east as you leave the barossa valley but again pick a gear slow enough to keep your speed down,,
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wildman · Member

Hi

Thank you. It would seem that my friend didn't know how to do descents!

Wildman

wildman · Member

Hi yuall
Thank you all for your help!
It would seem my friend is not that good at towing, particularly downhill. We had visions of precipitous conditions and the need for anchors trailed out behind the rig. This is a really great site!
Bon Voyage
Wildman (Doug & Sue)

Cruising Granny · Guru

Gerty Dancer wrote:
Do you mean Mt Lofty? Just to the West of the city on the Eastern freeway. But its not that steep, maybe thats not the one.

I think you mean it's east of the city. West of the city is St Vincent Gulf.
A few trucks have come to grief on the bottom end of the South Eastern Freeway and they're reducing the speed limit for trucks to 60 KPH. Cars can still do 80 KPH.
It's a long, steep slope, up and down.
Much better than the old or new Mount Barker Road before the tunnel.
The Devil's Elbow was eliminated by the tunnel.
The whole highway to Murray Bridge is an engineer and earth moving marvel, and it's FREE. No tollways in SA.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Yes Granny, must have been having a blonde moment. (Never admit to Senior moments!)

Helena · Guru

Came through that way home from Vic just two days ago towing a van no problem just stay in the left hand lane you won't have any problems. Helena.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

We also came through that way and the tunnel, as Helena said stay in the left lane

Zoomtopz · Guru

G'Day Wildman.
You might be thinking of the old "Eagle on th hill" down to Adel - it started at
Crafers Rd - I have only gone Up th Tunnel rd in an empty semi , so it was a
bit hard to guage steepness , as Beachball said -Accomodation Hill , from
Truro , east to Riverland district can be a bit nasty , if you get a bit too much
speed up , it will want to push you & you get th wobbles . Same thing , take
it easy till you get near th bottom . What most things people don't realise -
They get off the 'Eagle' ok but because their brakes are so hot , after a couple
of red lights , they have a rear ender - they have not counted on further
stopping . My point of view - if you see "Trucks use low gear" I would Travel
at a slower speed - When it is Signed "Trucks MUST Use Low Gear" . Trucks
"ARE" supposed to travel in a gear Low enough to keep the vehicle UNDER
40kph - the Driver is only Allowed 3(yes Three) brakings - so he/she is only
allowed to brake 3 times from - trucks must use low gear - to , end truck
low gear .
Richo

Gerty Dancer · Guru

How long has the tunnel been there?

Smokeydk · Guru

Heysen Tunnel was built in 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKyxB5FSIU&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.saccardo.com.au/heysen.htm

Cruising Granny · Guru

When I'm towing and see the low gear recommendation I usually drop back to 3rd gear, then depending on the length of the downhille slope it's just a matter of a brake touch now and then. If it's winding road as well, then it's back to no. 2 gear. I just love my gears, all 5 of 'em, but I don't use no. 5 when I'm towing.
Rosy's a good girl.

jimricho · Guru

I sometimes drive down Thunderbolts Way from Uralla to Gloucester with the rig attached and there's a couple of long descents including one from Nowendoc that drops over 1000 metres with some very steep sections. I just use the gearbox plus some light intermittent application of the brakes and have no problems. I've seen cars with brakes smoking coming down, and not towing either!. There is a sign at the top that says "All Vehicles use Low Gear - Automatics too".

I came from Crafers to Belair on the Upper Sturt Road the other day, towing, no probs.

jimricho · Guru

Came down that hill (SE Fwy) yesterday in heavy rain but not towing. 80kph (rain) speed limit was active. Should not be a problem in a properly maintained rig driven correctly.

Cruising Granny · Guru

And you haven't called in for a chat?
Adelaide and northern suburbs has had more than 80ml of rain since Monday midnight. Downpours of topical velocity flooded roads and suburbs again.
Some of these people suffered flooding before Christmas, and they are going through it again because the councils haven't honoured their promises to clean out the storm water drains. Who'd have thought.