I have to get from Denver to corpus christie

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  1. yuban

    yuban Medium Load Member

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    This will be a heavy load. So hoping for not too many hills.

    Navigo and Google has me routed on a lot of secondary highways. Any more direct routes?

    Thanks...
     
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  3. TwinStickPeterbilt

    TwinStickPeterbilt Heavy Load Member

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    Not sure why your worried about hills unless you've got a gutless wonder. The only thing I can think of is to run 70 east bound till you get to Salina, KS and drop down on 35 through DFW, and pickup 37 in San Antonio.
     
  4. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    will add about 150 miles - I-25co/I70co/I-70ks/I-135ks/I-35ks,ok,tx/I-35wtx/I-35tx/I-410tx/I-37tx/TX 407

    at 80k
     
  5. TLeaHeart

    TLeaHeart Road Train Member

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    Denver to Amarillo, flat route, i70 east, to US287 south, nice ride.

    Amarillo to Lubbock tx, I-27, then US 84 to sweetwater Tx, nice and smooth ride, no hills to speak off.

    Sweetwater Tx, to Junction Tx, US83, a few hills with passing lanes...

    From Junction tx to San Antonio, I-10, some hills,

    San antonio, to corpus Christi, I-37, down hill ride...

    I don't see any back roads on that route.

    And I ran that route numerous times at 80K with a company gutless truck
     
  6. AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    lol whats a secondary highway out of curiosity? 287 down to I 40 287, I 35, I 37, nary a hill to be found.
     
  7. DustyRoad

    DustyRoad Road Train Member

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    That's the surest way to avoid hills. Watch out for the DOT in Lamar on US 50.
     
  8. TLeaHeart

    TLeaHeart Road Train Member

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    Never had a problem with that port, had to go in a shoot the breeze a couple of times, late at night, as he was bored.
     
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  9. yuban

    yuban Medium Load Member

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    Sounds like just what I was looking for.thanks!
     
  10. yuban

    yuban Medium Load Member

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    Skinny 2 lane roads that twist and turn, go through towns with lots of stop lights. And are full of speed traps.
     
  11. yuban

    yuban Medium Load Member

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    Cause I been doing nothing but dragging a trailer through the mountains out west for the last month. This is going to be a nice change 10-4.
     
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