tips for not blowing over!

Find a off ramp and park it. try to park facing the wind if possible.

 

Oh, and for the OP, this was from Sunday in Alberta.

 

Like Daddy you to say. "Ya can't deliver the load if your titz up in the bar ditch".

 

If it's adverse weather, park it and point her into the wind. High wind storms are fast movers anyways. It won't be an hour before it passes.

Valleys, mountain passes and bridges can be wind magnet as wind is squeezed through a smaller space. Bernoulli's principle for you pilots. It's them quick gusts that'll catch you off guard.

I'll never forget about my third year, I was I-77 southbound through the tunnels between WV-VA. I come out of the tunnel and the wind hit me so hard my passenger side tandems come off the ground. It'll definately draw that underware up. I never want to go through that again. I can imagine one going over.

Running across the southwest on I-10 you'll encounter alot of sandstorms. The wind is strong, but steady. You just countersteer and keep going. That's a strange feeling.

 

Welcome to the pucker factor. High winds makes every other driving condition seem like childs play. I would rather drive threw an icy pass then a high winds pass. With ice and snow you can see where the dangers are. you can react to them before it happens. With wind its some invisable force ready to push you over going around the next bend.

You should always pull over before you wheels leave the ground. If you always wait till after, one of the times they are not going to come back down. And its just going to take exsperiance to know when to pull it off and when its still safe to drive.

But be careful when you do pull over, exspecialy if your just going to stop on an offramp. 3 years ago I was leaving Ontario CA, heading up to Las Vegas over new years eve. Inbetween Ontario and bakersfield there is a pass. It was prety windy there that night. I dont rememeber how many MPH's it was, but it was some pretty bad wind. If I knew it was that bad I would not have driven threw it. By the time I got into it, it was to late to do anything about it. My trucks leaning over, and there are already several trucks in the ditch. And several more pulling over. However after looking at the side of the road there. There is acualy a slight drop off. This small drop off was just enough that trucks pulling over, where hiting it and then going over. I really wanted to pull over myself but I knew if I hit that lip, I would go over too. So watch yourself when your making these transitions to a safer location.

 

Had one of my biggest wind scares of my career just last night. Pulling a set of doubles, which I pull every day, in northern Indiana. Back box was empty. It was windy but nothing too crazy, but this one gust was very very fast and blew me out of the lane I was in. Definitely woke me up.

 

Frieghtliners for you....J/K

 

Park it, as it's been said many times.

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Harvey Wallbanger
Im not a "real trucker" because I drive a daycab. Id like to see a few of these "real truckers" pull these triples in the wind.

There is a high wind restriction on T trains. Around 40-50 mph then no triples.

 

When it blows around a loaded tanker you know it's windy!
The best advice is like the others said, get off the road.