GA-Fife, WA Routing
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Then homestake pass which is a pretty big climb. going down take it easy, those turns can creep up on u if not careful. With 100k pounds on its gonna be quite the pull... That hill is in butte mt.. Your next pass is lookout pass on the border of idaho, another big pull, and some turns going down, take it easy.. In idaho u have 4th of july pass, smaller than lookout but still a bit of a pull... Next pass is the one over in the gorge in washington .. U go over a bridge over water and seems like you pull it for 10 miles or more... Then snoqualmie which you just go downhill going west , but watch ur speed going down its easy to let it get away from you if u not paying attention... Other then that , nothing to it. Pretty flat drive from sioux falls sd to western montana... I wouldnt hesitate to run it. Its pretty easy running.. All the passes have plenty of room being an interstate... As for hwy 18 it is 2 lane road and kinda tight , i seen oversize on it before but not sure how wide they were... Its the secret route to bypass seattle and grt from i90 to i5.. It will drop u right into fife if u are able to take itSiinman, God prefers Diesels, FerrissWheel and 2 others Thank this. -
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I’d go up and run across 90. I’ve been staying on the interstate and taking the extra miles instead of 212. Used to be not much traffic and you could blast across there but anymore everyone’s gps must be sending them that way.
Going west Homestake Pass isn’t much. It’s a decent pull but going down the west side isn’t anything to really worry about. Westbound doesn’t have any truck speed limits like the it does going down the east side.
Other than that, if you can’t sleep at your delivery I’d suggest reserving a spot in North Bend a couple days before you’re gonna be there. That’s about your last decent shot, you can’t park at the junction of 90 and 18 anymore.Siinman, God prefers Diesels, D.Tibbitt and 1 other person Thank this. -
Get the phone number to the scale on the route that you are entering Wyoming. Call at minimum an hour before you get there.
Give them all the details they will give you a clearance number.
That clearance number is valid for 3 days in most cases that I know of.
Show up to the scale they will possibly measure you and weigh you sometimes they just glance at it.
Then pony up the cash and they cough up the permit.
This only changes when you get stupid big or stupid heavy and you need a letter.
Also a lot of OSOW loads do go on WA18, but I'm unsure of where they draw the line on that one. I always request it when it is possible.God prefers Diesels, xsetra, Long FLD and 2 others Thank this. -
Ok I was late on that.....
Anyway....
I-80 US30 I-15 I84 etc
Is a regular route for us. And I always go through there to avoid utah
There's a few hills that way but honestly nothing scary.
I90 wins the pretty factor tho......
Worth a go if you've never seen itLast edited: Aug 31, 2022
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I80, US 30, I15, I86, I84. I know it's pretty obvious but thought I better throw that in there.xlsdraw, xsetra, God prefers Diesels and 3 others Thank this. -
Yeah ive never been through Montana so I kinda need to check that off my list!!!!
Im not worried so much of the climb as I am the decent.......God prefers Diesels, FerrissWheel, Oxbow and 1 other person Thank this.
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