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Help from UTAH to Texas on the "back roads"

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by bigNATURE, Apr 21, 2015.

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  1. Apr 21, 2015 #11
    kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I used to run it from DFW to the Pac NW in the winter so I'd miss Wyoming. Most of the time it was a whole lot better.
     
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  3. Apr 21, 2015 #12
    Arkansas

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    It's not a bad route. You shouldn't have any problems. I used to run through there pretty regular a few years ago.
     
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  4. Apr 21, 2015 #13
    ‘Olhand

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    Nice ride used to load cheese outta Fillmore UT...to the Alamo...ran it all the time...bicycles round Moab can be lil annoying....:)
     
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  5. Apr 21, 2015 #14
    315wheelbase

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    New driver need to know that before there were interstate highway US routes were where everyone traveled,US routes are used a lot for oversize loads because interstate have overpasses that are too low for over height loads , Sure you are not going to run 70MPH on many and there are towns you have to slow to go thru. There are also steeper grades on some too. In the east they are too congested but out west they are good routes. I always if I can take the shortest route and many times they are US highways or a combination of US and Interstate highways,, Many in the western states have little traffic .Coming out of the Bay area going east on I-80 if your route takes you to I-70 going east from Denver take US 50 from Fernley,NV to Salina,UT and pick up I-70 there,,You can travel on US 50 in Nevada for 30-40 miles sometimes and never see an other vehicle going either direction and there are hundreds of great quiet places to park for the night.
     
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  7. Apr 21, 2015 #15
    Mr fix 3474

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    Anywhere San antonio or west that's the best route I'm in Albuquerque I make this trip mostly lubock or San antone then Laredo back to Nw there's a scale by price then Monticello it's under repair now but they're inspecting then a goofy scale in Cortez. After that almost never open. It's rough down by Roswell oil field!
     
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  8. Apr 21, 2015 #16
    bigNATURE

    bigNATURE Medium Load Member

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    Yeah, ever since I've been out here it's always been interstates and the highways kind of being a taboo subject. I even called the d.o.t in each state to make sure they were good routes. Sad, I know. I just didn't want to get onto restricted routes or get myself into something crazy. A couple years back I decided to take the "shortcut" to Phoenix off 40 through Holbrook, showLow and Globe down Us-60 with 80k gross lol and I had one HECK of a trip. Almost ran out of fuel too, I was made more of a man that day. LOL So, ever since then I learned to respect those highways more and to try and get informed on them before I go, especially OUT west.

    Thanks
     
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  9. Apr 23, 2015 #17
    ShortBusKid

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    I always go that way from Salt Lake to Houston with the exception of cutting down through Pecos. I run 40 to 84 to Sweetwater then back roads from there to home. It's mostly 2 lane and there are some hills but with a light load it's good running.
     
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  10. Apr 25, 2015 #18
    Nicaraguense

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    Its a great drive. Nothing major to note even if you are running heavy. Its one of those drives that makes you want to come back and do it in your 4 wheeler so you can go exploring.
     
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  11. Apr 25, 2015 #19
    Espressolane

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    Would you all stop giving away all the good route info. Next thing you know lots of trucks will be on them, and it will get clogged up with traffic.
     
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  12. Apr 25, 2015 #20
    TLeaHeart

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    naw, too many have to follow the company's route that dont think for themselves to do that.
     
    TLeaHeart, Apr 25, 2015
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