I drove from Oregon to Twin Falls, ID today and it was windy as all get out. I'm loaded heavy so it wasn't too bad, but I guess Wyoming and Colorado has it a little worse than I do. Glad I'm not over there.
Be Careful out there drivers
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At least he stayed upright.
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Yeah I think that was the best outcome he could have hoped for. Didn't look like he did it intentionally though. The wind did it for him.
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I’m not driving through Wyoming or Colorado during winter. I will do it in the summer but not winter. Same thing happens in California on the 395 between Barstow and Reno. I’ve seen many trucks tipped over due to wind , it always looks the same. The way they are laid out on the road , that one was wind. Sad situation.
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Doesn't Wyoming normally put out a wind advisory for high trailers/light loads?
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I’m stuck here at Little America. 80 across Wyoming is shut down now. The shut downs crept across East to West starting this morning.
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Those prime trucks tend to be real light too. At least it wasnt anything major. Sometimes stopping isnt an option either. A stopped truck on the interstate was blown over recently in colorado.
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Last winter I was stuck in the snow storm at rest area in Wyoming. State trooper saw me digging snow from under my truck and offered a phone number of a local tow truck driver to pull me out. Since the highway was still closed and I didn’t want to pay for towing I thanked him but continued to dig. An hour later he came with the shovel and helped me dig out. Soon he had a guy with a pickup truck to pull me out. By that time the front loader finished cleaning the rest area and they opened the highway. I think I was the first one to leave that rest area. As I was leaving I saw him knocking on the doors of other truck drivers to make them dig out they trucks.
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