An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

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  1. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    We have faith in you, Snack.....
     
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    Yes, flange metric.

    I used to pull containers regularly out of Penn Terminals. As far as ports go, it has to be one if the best.

    Some days I would turn a load in and pick one up and be in and out in 45 minutes. The longest ever was 3 hours, never with an appointment, simply FCFS.
     
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  4. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    Mother nature is a #####. At first I was gonna go across MT to ND then down thru MN and WI (it's actually shorter than thru WY or across SD according to my Nag-a-gator)...I checked all the forecasts for cities across MT and ND, except I forgot Bozeman...I was past Ellensburg when I checked there, and they're under a winter storm warning all weekend....so, I detoured thru Moses Lake down to Pasco then down 82 to 84. All was fine up and over cabbage but between LaGrande and Baker City, it was snowing so hard you could barely see the road, but the road was only slushy. Made it to Mountain Home, and start watching the roads between Ogden and Evanston...right at the 84/80 junction (Echo, UT) I find that Echo is under a winter storm warning, and most of the 84 to 80 thru Evanston is orange and red...so I am delaying my departure a bit...and Elk is under a high wind warning until 14:00 today, and some of 80 around that area is closed to high profile light vehicles, and I am bordering on that threshold AND pulling a conestoga. (I am just under 60k gross). Fun, fun, fun...
     
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    mstrchf117 Medium Load Member

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    Hope you checked again, 80 shutdown between point of rocks and rawlins. I managed to squeak through and it was whiteout conditions, trucks were losing traction, a few bad wrecks.
     
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    Reports are fatal accident involving semi..
     
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    I wish I would've kept going across MT. Right now the only bad spots up there are between Bozeman and Livingston. I made it to Little America and will head out as early as I dare pending opening of the road. I still have 1215 miles to go, so if I make it to York, NE, then it's 8.5ish hours to the delivery. So, I am not in a pissy mood just yet... that'll be tomorrow if they don't clean up the mess east of me in a reasonable timeframe.
     
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    I made it as far a little america before getting word it was closed..plan on taking off before daybreak so the idiots aren’t on the highway..lol
     
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    Not sure that's a great idea...80 is closed from Cheyenne to Big Springs


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    I80 is now closed all the way to Kearney Ne..