How do you handle high winds eamty 53reefer

i can't say if 39 mph is unsafe. i have driven in higher wind gusts.

all i can say is, you sound new to be asking this. i can assure you that unless it was the high winds like they get in Wyoming, your company ain't gonna be too happy with you.

 

There is not set way to tell like ice. One thing you can do is listen to the radio and see if they issue a wind advisory for high profile vehicles.

You gotta kinda feel it out. If you drive and cant control it pull over at the next safest area to park.

 

You need to be hooked up with powerful entities, then, no worries


But otherwise, reported gusts to 39 mph is sort of borderline debatable. These can host rogue gusts in terrain funnels high enough to make your butt pucker, or worse, especially if empty.

In this scenario as you describe it, you will probably be okay but a lot depends on mean wind direction in relation to your mean heading as to how uncomfortable you might be. If you feel like you're on the verge of being blown over, try and find a place to stop with a wind break or nosed or tailed into the wind

 

I pulled over once on 80 at the IL/IA border cause wind was too strong. I was empty. In fact it was so bad that 2 other trucks had been blown over and when we parked it was shaking our truck so bad. I called the company. Told them what was going on and I was going to bed. Woke up a few hours later. All I got was okay whatever you deem to be safe.

Sane thing in Ohio running 70 out of IN into OH. Who cares if company is happy.

 

Parking in high wind areas does not prevent a blow over. MVT got blown over parked south of Cheyenne a bit ago, watch your trailer, if it is dog tailing all the way over to the next lane it is time to find somewhere that has a wind break to hide behind or if you can find a spot you either heading directly into or away from that breeze.. but they do change directions.

 

Good point. If you are going to park, try to park either facing directly into the wind or away from the wind.

Set your tandems all the way to the back if you plan to drive in big, broadside winds. If your tandems are all the way forward the wind has leverage on your trailer tandems, because you have a lot of trailer surface behind the tandems. Rollovers always start with the trailer tandems getting torqued off the ground, twisting the ### end of the trailer over until the tractor comes slamming over.

 

I use NOAA high wind advisory and warnings for the area not yet entered. I wait out those warnings before proceeding.

One exception, storm conditions on the CBBT Norfolk to Tidewater Md. If loaded (Which usually am) I'll take it. However if it is during a Noreaster I will get across while the bridge is in the NW quadrant of the storm. It's up to the Bridge people though. Sometimes they will close it and that's that to all traffic when winds exceed 50.

I always find a hole if I am not able to get clear of a hurricane, it might be a while before I come out of there. However a 24 hour run westward (Loaded so it's not a abuse of equiptment and fuel) inland usually gets clear of them things. But once in a while you don't have a choice.

The insistence of the industry to install skirts on the trailers increase the problems of wind so I would be even less inclined to take on a storm with them.

 

I HATE it when wind blows up my skirt.