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I only get to drive thru the rockies which doesn't make me overly excited about them but I share your affinity with higher locations and mountains. Vale pass is a ski resort you've probavly heard of but I don't have the dough to spend a night there.
Oddly, biggest mountain I had to ever go through was called Wolf Creek Pass in southern Colorado heading to Boulder. That's one scary road in winter lol
Oddly, biggest mountain I had to ever go through was called Wolf Creek Pass in southern Colorado heading to Boulder. That's one scary road in winter lol
At least you were going uphill through the worst parts. A couple of years back I took a travel trailer down to Durango from Co Springs in the summer for a friend. When I hooked the thing up I quickly figured out that the trailer brakes didn't work so I got to go down Wolf Creek being pushed by the darnded trailer.
Wolf Creek is definitely one of the worst major mountain passes (that can't be relatively reasonably detoured) that I've seen. Red Mountain Pass is definitely by far worse (two lanes, not a lot of guard rail) but not a heavily traveled road.
The drive over Red Mountain Pass is definitely worth it (in a smaller vehicle) though. Phenomenal views of the high country in the San Juan Mountains through historic mining country.
Wolf Creek is definitely one of the worst major mountain passes (that can't be relatively reasonably detoured) that I've seen. Red Mountain Pass is definitely by far worse (two lanes, not a lot of guard rail) but not a heavily traveled road.
The drive over Red Mountain Pass is definitely worth it (in a smaller vehicle) though. Phenomenal views of the high country in the San Juan Mountains through historic mining country.
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The one thing I like about our smaller company is that our shop can pay more attention to our equipment. Usually our trailers are in very good shape.
The only bad thing about the freight we haul out here in the west is that the average load only has like 5000 to 10k pounds. Very light. Its nice in summer months because you don't get bogged down up hills, but in winter time I always get anxiety because I have very little weight on traction tires. We usually go from Sacramento Calif to Seattle washington, to Shelby Montana by the border. From these locations we go to multi stop deliveries to mom and pop shops that are very small companies in little towns, so its a lot of secondary highways that aren't really advised for trucks but it is what it is.
I've never had to go through red mountain. There are two loads that leave Sacramento that go to local deliveries in north and south California, but they have one driver who lives in this area that takes care of those loads thank god. I had to do each of them once. Traffic is unbearable for a truck in southern Cali.
The only bad thing about the freight we haul out here in the west is that the average load only has like 5000 to 10k pounds. Very light. Its nice in summer months because you don't get bogged down up hills, but in winter time I always get anxiety because I have very little weight on traction tires. We usually go from Sacramento Calif to Seattle washington, to Shelby Montana by the border. From these locations we go to multi stop deliveries to mom and pop shops that are very small companies in little towns, so its a lot of secondary highways that aren't really advised for trucks but it is what it is.
I've never had to go through red mountain. There are two loads that leave Sacramento that go to local deliveries in north and south California, but they have one driver who lives in this area that takes care of those loads thank god. I had to do each of them once. Traffic is unbearable for a truck in southern Cali.
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Hahahahahahahahàaaaaa
That literally had me laughing out loud listening to the song and video.
My dad got stuck at the summit once cause they closed the road for a storm and there was a skier with a broken leg drunk at the local restaurant because they couldn't get him off the mountain BC of the storm...he just self medicated until the following day.
That literally had me laughing out loud listening to the song and video.
My dad got stuck at the summit once cause they closed the road for a storm and there was a skier with a broken leg drunk at the local restaurant because they couldn't get him off the mountain BC of the storm...he just self medicated until the following day.
The one time I made the drive I followed an OTR tractor with a 53' flatbed for a bit. On some of the sharper turns the tandems on the trailer were hugging the white line of the opposing lane.
I fixed it for ya.
I drove tow trucks in northern LA county for 7 years and of course business took me all over So Cal and traffic was one of the numerous reasons I left CA.
I fixed it for ya.
I drove tow trucks in northern LA county for 7 years and of course business took me all over So Cal and traffic was one of the numerous reasons I left CA.
My favorite place is Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida. So stunning and awe-inspiring. I love to walk on the beach at night and think of how vast the sea is, so mysterious under the surface of that dark water.
A close second would be my own Caddo Lake. The swamp is too beautiful and surreal to explain with a photo... you have to come see it for yourself to understand it's majestic charm and vast solitude.
A close second would be my own Caddo Lake. The swamp is too beautiful and surreal to explain with a photo... you have to come see it for yourself to understand it's majestic charm and vast solitude.
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I got towed a couple times in the last truck I had. An automatic Volvo. I started it out with like...280k miles and finally they junked it at around 595k.
Now I'm in one of their newer kenworth t680 manual trans. I like it a lot better. A lot less to be worried about with the manual trans in cold weather opposes to the automatic
Now I'm in one of their newer kenworth t680 manual trans. I like it a lot better. A lot less to be worried about with the manual trans in cold weather opposes to the automatic
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No I can't say I share the enthusiasm for the ice roads. A couple years ago I hit that ice storm with the artcic airmass the settled over the area from Indianapolis to effingham illinois. So cold the salt froze. 200 miles in 11 hours. I-70 was a junkyard of wrecks the whole way.
I had an empty trailer. Nearly lost control about 6 times...and that was at 10 to 15 mph.
I had an empty trailer. Nearly lost control about 6 times...and that was at 10 to 15 mph.
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I don't mind ice too much on the nice and straight highways...but I won't do it in places like west Virginia. Only load that are company has that otr drivers get stuck with through west va goes from bowling green ky yo central pa. 80 percent of the routing is through west va at 40k lbs. It seems like it goes on forever with bogging down to 20 mph on every hill.
Only bad thing about these manual kenworth 680 is that they bog down a lot more than those automatic volvos.
At least load I'm picking up in about 6 hrs is straight up to seattle. Usually there's like 7 stops in between. Hate it BC of receiving hours for most of these places all vary. Some of em receive at 6 am, some not til 8... And also very when they close. I usually top off each week between 2700 to 3200 miles with each stop an added 20 bucks so it evens out most of time. But a lot of the places are small shops...no docks or anything. Sometimes have to unload straight from curb of road...but its mainly the same repeat customers so after a bit of time you know the best way to enter exit etc.
Only bad thing about these manual kenworth 680 is that they bog down a lot more than those automatic volvos.
At least load I'm picking up in about 6 hrs is straight up to seattle. Usually there's like 7 stops in between. Hate it BC of receiving hours for most of these places all vary. Some of em receive at 6 am, some not til 8... And also very when they close. I usually top off each week between 2700 to 3200 miles with each stop an added 20 bucks so it evens out most of time. But a lot of the places are small shops...no docks or anything. Sometimes have to unload straight from curb of road...but its mainly the same repeat customers so after a bit of time you know the best way to enter exit etc.
Margeurite Falls, east TN. Only about 3/4 mile hike and a bee-yoooootiful waterfall at the end. Anyone can hike it, kids can hike it.
I climbed up about halfway to a declivity in the rock face and looked down at the waterfall's landing area from the waterfall itself. I was half "COOL!" and half "oh shoot" because the rock was so slick I had to use my fingernails to get any traction at all. Any balance loss and I would have slid right over and down.
I climbed up about halfway to a declivity in the rock face and looked down at the waterfall's landing area from the waterfall itself. I was half "COOL!" and half "oh shoot" because the rock was so slick I had to use my fingernails to get any traction at all. Any balance loss and I would have slid right over and down.
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I drove across the states and back in 2012 and one thing I learned is that I can't pick just one spot. I mean Utah of all places is beautiful. But so is where I grew up, northern California, the entire pacific northwest has it's own appeal as well. But I really wish I could live in Chicago for some reason. The food alone looks like it would be worth it.
