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

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  1. cdavis188

    cdavis188 Road Train Member

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    Nebraska and Wyoming doesn’t do such a hot job either. Here in Kansas, KDOT does a pretty decent job with our roads most of the time. Last winter i had to pick up a load in NE when i left hometime. Google maps showed green all the way until it hit the state line, then immediately went to yellow and red. Checked traffic cams and NE hadn’t even touched 81
     
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  3. cdavis188

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    Only states that i’ve been to a lot that have good plow equipment are the upper Midwest states. In MN and other states, they even have equipment that will swing out from the plow truck towing it to clear two lanes at once. Something like this IMG_4380.jpeg
     
  4. azheavyduty

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    In the early 90's, it snowed on I40 in Texas. Got real slushy, then froze hard and snowed more on top of the ice. 5 mph was high speed as the ruts in the ice threw you around. When the media asked then governor Ann Richards why dot wasn't cleaning the roads, she replied " God put it there, God can take it away"
     
  5. drvrtech77

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    Utah has those as well
     
  6. supersnackbar

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    I heard years ago that NE's road crew adopted that motto as well.
    I used to joke that WY's snow plows were solar powered because you didn't see them at night, and they waited until the sun came out after a snow storm before they would start plowing.
     
  7. supersnackbar

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    You won't believe me, and like a bigfoot sighting, I don't have any pictures to prove it, but between the big hill east of Albuquerque and 20 miles west of Tucumcari I saw 6 NM plows throwing down the magic red dirt @cdavis188 mentioned. Although the only precip I saw on the road (or on the shoulder) was 10 miles on either side of Clines Corners. Other than that the weather was fine, and the snow I did see on the road was in the left lane and barely enough to slightly obsure the lines a little. It was a 67.8 mph trip all the way across from Albuquerque.
     
  8. kylefitzy

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    Happy thanksgiving SSB, and everyone else reading this.

    I made it home last night after swinging by Wichita and picking up the trailer for next week. I flipped both axles for the two trailers we need. I fix a few minor issues while I’m at home that the last guy left me. Then Tuesday we are off to Alberta at 104k.
     
  9. supersnackbar

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    Thanks, hope you had a good Thanksgiving as well.

    I bet with that size load you miss Ole' Blue and it's Cummins instead of the Silver Streak and it's Briggs and Stratton Paccar.
     
  10. mdmgolfin

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    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on this thread. I know all of us have different jobs to keep this country moving, and I appreciate every single one of you.
     
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