msmith1199 wrote: My local paper says a big rig spilled 600 bags of sulfur on Highway 41. They are cleaning it up now. That's why the road is closed.
What do they need sulfur for in Yosemite??
I have no idea. Commercial trucking through Yosemite is prohibited and the only reason to be on 41 is if he was going into the park or taking it someplace right there near the park. I'm no chemical expert so I don't know what sulfur is even used for in that quanitity but I assume it was up there for a reason.
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msmith1199 wrote: 132 is easier than 120? Like I said, I have land up there and I've been both routes many times in all kinds of vehicles. To take the 132 route you have to take 120 down to Smith Station Road which is a couple of miles past the ranger station. Smith Station cuts over to 132 and then you go through Greely Hill and on down to Coulterville. In my experience, no way is that route easier than 120. There are steep climbs on both roads and Highway 120 is a lot wider than both Smith Station Road and 132. My land is very close to the intersection of 120 and Smith Station so distance wise I can go either way, but I always take 120. The only time I go and take 132 is on the Sunday of a Holiday weekend because 120 will be jam packed with cars coming out of Yosemite and heading to the Bay Area. You can get stuck in a several mile backup trying to turn left at highway 49 and 120. Nobody knows the 132 route so I go that way. And the other exception is if I'm heading up in just the car or on the Harley then I'll take 132. But with the motorhome and a toad 120 is the much easier route.
I took 120 up and 132 down. 132 was by far the easiest of the two. I had a 39' rv pulling a nissian suv. No traffic, only short 2 grades.
When I go back, 132 will be the run up as well. It bypasses the steepest and longest parts of 120 with just the 2 short grades.
If you say so. Everybody I know prefers 120 over 132. To me the hill from Coulterville up to Greely Hill is almost as steep as Priest Grade and like I said 120 is so much wider and doesn't have as sharp of turns as 132 and Smith Station Road. But if you like it go for it, as for other people reading this you can read my opinion and RVUSA's opinion and decide for yourself. Keep in mind I own land up there and drive all those roads on a regular basis and I've taken everything from a Harley to a 35' DP with a toad on both roads hundreds of times. I'm pretty familiar with every grade and every curve up there.
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msmith1199 wrote: If you say so. Everybody I know prefers 120 over 132. To me the hill from Coulterville up to Greely Hill is almost as steep as Priest Grade and like I said 120 is so much wider and doesn't have as sharp of turns as 132 and Smith Station Road. But if you like it go for it, as for other people reading this you can read my opinion and RVUSA's opinion and decide for yourself. Keep in mind I own land up there and drive all those roads on a regular basis and I've taken everything from a Harley to a 35' DP with a toad on both roads hundreds of times. I'm pretty familiar with every grade and every curve up there.
LOL you played this same silly game with the water heater too.
You think is your opinion should read like an experts testimony when in reality is merely an opinion from someone that apparently hasn't even tried the road with an rv. And somehow to you thats far more knowledgeable than someone who has actually been on it with an rv towing a toad. It is by far easier than 120. Period. They are both 2 lane roads, 120 has lots of pullouts so you can stop and cool off the rig or let people get past you because it's so steep in places. It needs them, 132 doesnt.
From someone that has actually been on both roads with an rv. Oh and by the way, I found out about the road from a real local that worked up there. It's the way "they" all get to work, not 120.
"Keep in mind I own land up there and drive all those roads on a regular basis and I've taken everything from a Harley to a 35' DP with a toad on both roads hundreds of times. I'm pretty familiar with every grade and every curve up there."
"...in reality is merely an opinion from someone that apparently hasn't even tried the road with an rv."
In reality, those two statements somehow "do not compute"...
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