Charlotte to Chattanooga

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  1. TruckerDee84

    TruckerDee84 Bobtail Member

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    What’s the best recommend route? Down to Atlanta then up to Chattanooga or through the mountains 74 26 and 40? I will be empty
     
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  3. x1Heavy

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    74, 26 and 40 done.

    You are empty and there is a winter storm forming as I write this on the other side of Chattanooga. The sooner you get going the less trouble that last 10 miles will be (Fog alley)
     
  4. TruckerDee84

    TruckerDee84 Bobtail Member

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    Gotta head out around 3-4am. Was thinking about that storm and wondering if it would be worth going the extra 40 miles or so to stay out of the mountains in the snow. I’m gonna have to deal with eventually so might as well go through it first empty rather than 79k pounds huh
     
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  5. x1Heavy

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    Chattanooga is a city by the river. Bounded on three sides. all 4 sides are essentially mountain walls.

    The most dangerous one is to the east. You want to drop down that one when the temperature chart for tomorrow is late enough in the morning to be above 32 degrees to avoid the ice fog and other hazards through this developing storm.

    We did not get a flake of snow where i am but this is a classic southern storm like I predicted the other day to someone from DC wanting to go to Dallas to get a car and drive back. I recommended to them to run WVa and Kentucky and then Oklahoma to get around this new storm and lo and behold here we are without a drop of rain in those 4 states right now. But that will close in a few days when the western part of the weather moves east and how.

    They are running scared already in the NE. And the storm is not even moving east very much just yet. Tennessee is just a advance gaurd.
     
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  6. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    60A384B9-C9F4-4FF8-92EA-552D28678606.jpeg sometimes 26 in Asheville gets snow.
     
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    Thats so pretty. My new desktop for a while if you don't mind.

    However those big fat snowflakes tell me that the worse of it is coming. Hopefully you can sleep through it somewhere safe.
     
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  8. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    cool. thats fine. i like driving on fresh snow. but hey i grew up on a dirt road anyway. fish tailing dirt and all
     
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    Swedish Chef Heavy Load Member

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    Hi there! I live in Charlotte, and I always take 85 to 74 to 26 to 40 to 75 to get to Chattanooga. It’s only 7 miles longer than going through Atlanta, a no brainer IMO.
     
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    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    how do you go to atl
     
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    that pic is from last year tho
     
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