Climbed to the 'top o the world'... 3,346'

[It's Just Me]

https://www.visitflorida.com/travel-ideas/articles/arts-history-britton-hill-highest-point-florida/

I do 600"+ out our road everytime I leave my house!

Well, you'll be good then.

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[hturnerfamily]

yes, along those lines, I've enjoyed the shear TORQUE that this machine is built upon - there is no 'struggling' to get up the STEEPEST of terrain, whether paved or gravel... it just goes, and you don't have to 'floor it', even while pulling a camper, you can 'creep' as slow and quite and easy as you wish - the truck doesn't care one way or the other.

IT JUST GOES : )

 

[olliegator]

Ha ha. I went up Mt. Washington in NH earlier this month.

We need to start a thread with pics of our trucks at the highest drivable point in our states.

Here in Florida that would be some random hill in the Panhandle (345 feet above sea level)!

https://www.visitflorida.com/travel-ideas/articles/arts-history-britton-hill-highest-point-florida/#:~:text=At 345 feet above mean,can summit without a Sherpa.

I see @It's Just Me and @lakeguy55 beat me to it!

I live close to the fifth highest point in Florida. Guessing I could do that...

 

[Firestop]

So, this thread inspired me to go for a quick (truck) climb and foot hike yesterday to Mary’s Peak, our highest peak in our costal range.

Lariat ER, max tow, no tow or bed loads, just me
88 deg F at start, 81 deg F at Summit, 100 deg F on Valley floor on retun
Winds ~8-10 mph NNW

1.9 mi/kWh for 25.3 mi to the base of the Peak
.9 mi./kWh for the 9.2 mi to the Peak parking lot
7.7 mi/kWh for the 9.2 mi back to the base of Peak

The drive up and back was effortless! …..and QUIET

Trip up

The View from the Frunk in the (Frunk) Shade after the Hike

Trip Back

 

[The Rogue Robot]

So, this thread inspired me to go for a quick (truck) climb and foot hike yesterday to Mary’s Peak, our highest peak in our costal range.

You forgot to say that this is about 800' higher than the OP's "top of the world", and isn't even in the top 100 peaks in Oregon.

 

[Firestop]

You forgot to say that this is about 800' higher than the OP's "top of the world", and isn't even in the top 100 peaks in Oregon.

True, and I had to hike up the last 400 ft without the truck……?

 

[The Rogue Robot]

True, and I had to hike up the last 600 ft without the truck……?

Our last trip up to Marys Peak was a bit windy…

 

[Weather Dawg]

These are some fantastic places in Georgia. Will have to replicate some of them when I get my truck in a few weeks, or perhaps wait until the leaves start to change!

 

[VTbuckeye]

I just went for a long hike starting at Vermont's highest paved road (Lincoln Gap road trailhead). It was an 11.5 mile round trip out and back. I don't have my lightning yet, but drove my wife's (she thinks that it is hers) Volvo xc40 EV (402 hp, 486ft lb of torque permanent AWD). WOW the power/acceleration is crazy. 15 to 50+ mph on 12 to 20 percent grade straight aways. These EVs are great for mountain roads.

 

[ZeusDriver]

NORMAL - coasting and little regeneration

This is misleading. There is full regen available just by pressing the brake pedal short of the point when the friction brakes come on. I tend to be a smooth driver, and prefer the feel and safety of two pedal driving (which is how I designed my little microcar PHEV many years ago). At every stop, the Ford can tell you how effective regen has been in stopping the vehicle. While I was still playing around with the truck's features, I kept the energy display on, and at least 90 % of the time would get 100% regen effectiveness. A clutzy, abrupt braker would not achieve this, but any competent chauffeur could.

My habit, from 60 years of driving, is to lift off quickly when I see a potentially dangerous situation ahead, and put my foot over the brake pedal. The vehicle slows gently (under light regen in the case of the Lightning). Then, if I need to stop quickly, I am completely ready to do so, with faster reaction time than if I had 1. modulated my lift off (to keep from slowing too abruptly when still in the assessment stage), 2, then lift off completely, only to find the decel rate too slow, and then 3. switch to the brake pedal, finally applying the brakes full force.

(Most drivers tend to apply the brakes too slowly in panic stops, so modern ABS systems are adjusted to fix this. Having your foot poised over the brake pedal helps further reduce reaction time. )

I've been driving cars with regen for a long time, so my natural responses worked well with the Lightning, getting 100% regen in all the situations where lifting off (under one pedal) would do the same. If someone were an abrupt driver, a little time spent with the energy display on could train that driver to drive more smoothly and to get 100% effectiveness in every ordinary stop.

Another advantage of two-pedal driving occurs in parking lots, where I can creep out of a space, (foot poised over the brake pedal) and be instantly ready to brake forcefully if someone walks (or drives) into my intended path.

Yet another advantage, is that regen will sometimes not be available (such as when it is cold, and that battery is topped up. ) An otherwise ordinary stop can become a panic stop when the "brakes" feel as if they have failed. (In my Tesla the option for two pedal driving was taken away just a couple weeks after I bought it, so I found this safety problem particularly annoying.)
(Adding to the irony: in the Model Y, I would get a critical safety message ("Regen not effective" or some such) on the center screen (its only screen) where I SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING while driving... at any time, but especially not during a panic stop.)

Yet another advantage of two pedal driving is that I can give the car to a friend or valet, and not have to worry that they will be rear ended from quickly lifting off when they only intended to slow gradually. (I was within a couple inches of getting hit in a parking lot when my Tesla, under FSD, abruptly braked for a person approaching from the side. It was clear, to me (from eye contact and body language) that the person would not walk out in front of me but the Tesla "thought" that there was an emergency. The person behind me no doubt screamed about what a crummy driver I was, jerks in EVs, etc.

 

[K6CCC]

3,346 feet hardly counts as a hill around here. The highest I have had my Lightning is the Mammoth Mtn at a bit over 9,000. Reading about Pikes Peak made me think. I am possibly going to visit my sister in Colorado Springs next summer. Maybe have to take a drive to the top of Pikes Peak. She likes to go there - but she normally hikes it.

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