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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
[Re: J_BODY]
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02/27/22 10:49 AM
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CA 178 with a trailer….. you ain’t from around here are ya! 58 to the I15 all day long! 58 was a cluster do to the Trucker caravan...
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
[Re: volaredon]
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02/27/22 10:51 PM
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Oh yeah, Indy then down to Fayettville, GA then to Daytona Beach, then up to Norfolk, and over to Bristol, TN before going home again. Leaving straight from Indy...
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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02/28/22 08:48 AM
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Jim, you taking an enclosed trailer to Florida? I need a motorcycle delivered if you're interested.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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02/28/22 10:58 AM
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Jim, you taking an enclosed trailer to Florida? I need a motorcycle delivered if you're interested. Yes, if I have room. A Challenger with AMD hood and fenders plus a 493 and a couple transmissions may fill up the entire trailer. PM me...
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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02/28/22 10:59 AM
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A couple years ago I had to go to Reno NV from MN to trailer a truck I bought back home. Traveling on I-80 through Wyoming in the late part of January was quite scary. Fresh blowing snow made it a bit sketchy on the way out with an empty trailer. On the way back I was trying to get through the whole state of WY during daylight hours. Snow covered roads with occasional black strips of asphalt that I would try to keep my tires on. It got dark before I made it to Laramie and the blowing snow was huge flakes that my headlights were illuminating so much that it made it near impossible to see the road. I had to ignore the snowflakes and totally concentrate on the semi taillights a half mile ahead of me so that I had some idea where the road was and where it was taking me. White knuckle driving big time! When I went on this trip I was going to go all the way out I-80, but they were talking 8-12" of new snow so I did the southern route through Denver which was fine until I hit Utah...
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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02/28/22 01:55 PM
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I have friends, Father and Son, that bent up their 24 ft. enclose car trailer and 2001 Dodge 3500 4x4 dually getting off the # 70 going south onto the #15 at Cove Fort Utah when they got onto that bridge to fast in January several years back. They had picked up a 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mustang that was all apart from a Widow in Denver, I had advised, warned, them to go south to the #40 from Denver and come home to SO CA that way but they didn't 
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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03/01/22 01:01 AM
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I have friends, Father and Son, that bent up their 24 ft. enclose car trailer and 2006 Dodge 3500 dually getting off the # 70 going south onto the #15 at Cove Fort Utah when they got onto that bridge to fast in January several years back. They had picked up a 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mustang that was all apart from a Widow in Denver, I had advised, warned them to go south to the #40 from Denver and come home to SO CA that way but they didn't Suckers for punishment. I've only driven I-70 west from Grand Junction to I-15, but there's some big pulls just on that section. Plus the Ike Gauntlet to the east. Pretty sure I-40's a lot flatter. Hell of a lot more truck traffic on 40 vs 70. Both times I ran I-70, it would have been very easy to leg it along at 90-100, as traffic was way thin. A 2010 Nitro will happily run 85 all day. But, when it sees a grade like the San Rafael Swell, it gets real easy to wish you had another 60-70 hp on tap. 
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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03/01/22 10:06 AM
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I have friends, Father and Son, that bent up their 24 ft. enclose car trailer and 2006 Dodge 3500 dually getting off the # 70 going south onto the #15 at Cove Fort Utah when they got onto that bridge to fast in January several years back. They had picked up a 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mustang that was all apart from a Widow in Denver, I had advised, warned them to go south to the #40 from Denver and come home to SO CA that way but they didn't Suckers for punishment. I've only driven I-70 west from Grand Junction to I-15, but there's some big pulls just on that section. Plus the Ike Gauntlet to the east. Pretty sure I-40's a lot flatter. Hell of a lot more truck traffic on 40 vs 70. Both times I ran I-70, it would have been very easy to leg it along at 90-100, as traffic was way thin. A 2010 Nitro will happily run 85 all day. But, when it sees a grade like the San Rafael Swell, it gets real easy to wish you had another 60-70 hp on tap. I-40 is a pot hole laden piece of crapola! From Kingman to Flagstaff it is basically destroyed and my kidneys are just now feeling better! I will never take that route again! 
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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03/02/22 12:59 AM
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I have friends, Father and Son, that bent up their 24 ft. enclose car trailer and 2006 Dodge 3500 dually getting off the # 70 going south onto the #15 at Cove Fort Utah when they got onto that bridge to fast in January several years back. They had picked up a 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mustang that was all apart from a Widow in Denver, I had advised, warned them to go south to the #40 from Denver and come home to SO CA that way but they didn't Suckers for punishment. I've only driven I-70 west from Grand Junction to I-15, but there's some big pulls just on that section. Plus the Ike Gauntlet to the east. Pretty sure I-40's a lot flatter. Hell of a lot more truck traffic on 40 vs 70. Both times I ran I-70, it would have been very easy to leg it along at 90-100, as traffic was way thin. A 2010 Nitro will happily run 85 all day. But, when it sees a grade like the San Rafael Swell, it gets real easy to wish you had another 60-70 hp on tap. I-40 is a pot hole laden piece of crapola! From Kingman to Flagstaff it is basically destroyed and my kidneys are just now feeling better! I will never take that route again! I only drove that stretch twice, and the last was a dozen years back. I don't recall it being smooth, now that you mention it, but it was a dozen years better than it probably is now.
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Re: Heck of a trip so far...
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03/02/22 11:07 AM
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I have friends, Father and Son, that bent up their 24 ft. enclose car trailer and 2006 Dodge 3500 dually getting off the # 70 going south onto the #15 at Cove Fort Utah when they got onto that bridge to fast in January several years back. They had picked up a 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mustang that was all apart from a Widow in Denver, I had advised, warned them to go south to the #40 from Denver and come home to SO CA that way but they didn't Suckers for punishment. I've only driven I-70 west from Grand Junction to I-15, but there's some big pulls just on that section. Plus the Ike Gauntlet to the east. Pretty sure I-40's a lot flatter. Hell of a lot more truck traffic on 40 vs 70. Both times I ran I-70, it would have been very easy to leg it along at 90-100, as traffic was way thin. A 2010 Nitro will happily run 85 all day. But, when it sees a grade like the San Rafael Swell, it gets real easy to wish you had another 60-70 hp on tap. I-40 is a pot hole laden piece of crapola! From Kingman to Flagstaff it is basically destroyed and my kidneys are just now feeling better! I will never take that route again! I only drove that stretch twice, and the last was a dozen years back. I don't recall it being smooth, now that you mention it, but it was a dozen years better than it probably is now. They haven't touched it since. I drove it all the time from 2006-2012 and it was rough, but nothing like it is now...
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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