Dedicated Route

Us 6/191 through price utah. Driver.

 

Yeah, that's the preferred route. Good roads, can get lonely out there if something goes wrong. A few mountains and all, but it's the intermountain west, so that's always a consideration. Good route, I've been there about a dozen runs, good roads, well maintained.

 

Yep. It's almost 100 miles OOR to go over to 50.

Good road and the Utah road crews do a pretty good job in the winter.

Colorado on the other hand.....I think the CDOT bosses send the dimwitted guys to work in Dolores and Montezuma counties because if there's any stretch of that road that will be snowpacked and icy, it will be US491 from the NM line to the Utah line.

The guys at the Monticello scales aren't the friendliest on the planet.

 

PackRat has good information. That stretch from Gallup to Colorado is Navajo Reservation jurisdiction, for what that's worth. As for the Colorado stretch, if you're following the salt shaker you'll be fine. Otherwise, maybe not so much.

 

Being on the Navajo reservation means you better slow down for those 45 mph zones in the small towns and especially the no fly zone north of Gallup.

 

And be prepared to chain up. I had to chain up between Dove Creek and Cortez this winter on 491.

 

On the plus side, you have ample places to park and rest on that route.

3 rest areas (4 if southbound), 9 truck stops and tons of turn outs and wide spots

 

Can I get some details on a good company with dedicated routes and trucks with no governors? Primarily in south Florida