Challis, ID to Sun Valley, ID on 75

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  1. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Here’s the restricted roads. Everything else you’re good with a 48ft trailer.

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  3. tramm01

    tramm01 Road Train Member

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    The old Horseshoe Bend hill on 55 was not quite as bad many moons ago, but there was a great deal of carnage
     
  4. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    I’ve never been on 55. Even after they opened it up on the offtrack we all just kept running 95 because it was faster.
     
  5. tramm01

    tramm01 Road Train Member

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    Even these days you want to have plenty of time when you venture into the interior of the Ho
     
  6. Big Road Skateboard

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    Beautiful drive! You can't cheat them right turns along the river for sure. Couple traffic jams, but the kind I don't mind.
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  7. Oxbow

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    Before they rebuilt the Lewiston and Whitebird grades in the 70s the old roads were probably safer than the new. With all the switchbacks you really couldn't get going fast enough to worry about brakes.
     
  8. desertracer

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    yes an awesome trip i did that route for 2 years never got tired of it winter and summer hauling up to the big mines by clayton also liked the day when the topless bike riders on the river road
     
  9. Oxbow

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    Dang @Big Road Skateboard , I failed to mention that there is no cell phone service to speak of from about 10 miles out of Challis, to Stanley. Guess you figured that out by now!
     
  10. Big Road Skateboard

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    No worries. I let my family know when I left Missoula Friday that I may not have had service till Monday.

    Most places I wanna be have no service, and that's fine by me.
     
  11. tramm01

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    Where’d you end up today? Looked for a truck with a scooter on it when I went by the TO and didn’t see anything resembling your rig
     
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