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Billings, MT to Grand Forks, ND

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by DUNE-T, Sep 18, 2024.

  1. Sep 18, 2024 #1
    DUNE-T

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    Screenshot_2024-09-18-12-12-23-94_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg The wind is pretty strong today and I am considering taking this route instead of staying on i94.
    Is wind gonna be less noticeable going through there with an empty dry van, or should I not bother?
    Screenshot_2024-09-18-12-00-34-14_3d9111e2d3171bf4882369f490c087b4.jpg
     
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  3. Sep 18, 2024 #2
    tscottme

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    Somewhere out West, in my mind.
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    Check the Windy App on your phone. Your question is more of a weather prediction one than a route question.
    In windy, just press on a location and it will tell you the wind speed and direction at that location.
     
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  4. Sep 18, 2024 #3
    DUNE-T

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    My question is really about terrain over there, in hilly area wind is a bit less noticeable than in the wide open space
     
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  5. Sep 18, 2024 #4
    blairandgretchen

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    I took that route a couple of times - it’s wide open and similar terrain. I’d be more concerned if it were N-S oriented wind gusts.

    Actually - cancel that - I was thinking of SD.
     
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  7. Sep 18, 2024 #5
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    It won’t be protected any better than I-94. If anything, sometimes on two lane roads you’ll get higher winds at the ground level because it gets pushed through narrower cuts.

    My friend in MT that runs empty bottles out of Calgary said it’s about 35mph out of the north over on 15. Windy shows wind out of the north today changing to mostly out of the west tomorrow.
     
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  8. Sep 19, 2024 #6
    trkrjim

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    It’s 4 lane from Williston to Grand Forks
     
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    Moosetek13

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    Unless the wind is funneling in through those hills, which can make things a lot worse.
     
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  10. Sep 19, 2024 #8
    DUNE-T

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    It's actually a nice road over there, only a few traffic lights and no traffic whatsoever.

    By the time I got empty in Billings, wind switched from South to West, so I made it out from MT pretty good doing 10 mpg :D
     
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