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<blockquote data-quote="snowflake" data-source="post: 199722" data-attributes="member: 152"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbona_Pass" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbona_Pass</a>Drove it through here. Evidently back in the 70's/80's when my dad was still driving the 63 Mack B-73 and 69 Dodge D900, it was quite a bit more traveled due to timber industry which has since died down, one of his stories is that one night will coming down he lost the brakes in the Dodge with a lumber truck in tow, he kept it on the road long enough to hit a straight and gentle slope to where he could start slowing down, then he got out on the running board and while holding the steering wheel started throwing blocks at the rear wheels to try and hopefully lock one and get the truck stopped.I always doubted the throwing blocks at the rear wheels part till recently when an older navajo recognized the sign on the service truck and asked if I was the son of the owner, he then revealed that he was a Navajo Nation Cop and that one night he saw some crazy ass hanging out on the running board of a tow truck with a lumber truck in tow throwing blocks at the rear wheels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snowflake, post: 199722, member: 152"] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbona_Pass[/URL] Drove it through here. Evidently back in the 70's/80's when my dad was still driving the 63 Mack B-73 and 69 Dodge D900, it was quite a bit more traveled due to timber industry which has since died down, one of his stories is that one night will coming down he lost the brakes in the Dodge with a lumber truck in tow, he kept it on the road long enough to hit a straight and gentle slope to where he could start slowing down, then he got out on the running board and while holding the steering wheel started throwing blocks at the rear wheels to try and hopefully lock one and get the truck stopped. I always doubted the throwing blocks at the rear wheels part till recently when an older navajo recognized the sign on the service truck and asked if I was the son of the owner, he then revealed that he was a Navajo Nation Cop and that one night he saw some crazy ass hanging out on the running board of a tow truck with a lumber truck in tow throwing blocks at the rear wheels. [/QUOTE]

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