I-90 Minneapolis to Spokane

It's a days drive from Mpls, about 580 miles, to Beach ND. It's 720 miles across Montana. 72 or so across ID.


If you come out US 12 from the cities, I'll buy you supper tonight.

 

The way I do it is leave Eagan, which is just outside Minneapolis, run to Beach. Then I make all 705 miles across Montana, stopping at the rest area b4 Lookout (no cell service up there at all. Then make it the rest of the way, about 90 miles or so into Spokane

 

Fergus aint a bad stop. Only 50 miles to fargo. 400 to beach nd.

Winds will be worst around the livingston area. And they can be brutal.

 

Required to carry them in Washington and the scale is just as you enter.

 

Some of the highlights for Washington state...

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=204-24-050

(a) Vehicles or vehicle combinations with two to four axles including but not limited to trucks, truck-tractors, buses and school buses: For vehicles with a single drive axle, one tire on each side of the drive axle must be chained. For vehicles with dual drive axles, one tire on each side of one of the drive axles must be chained. For vehicle combinations including trailers or semi-trailers; one tire on the last axle of the last trailer or semi-trailer, must be chained. If the trailer or semi-trailer has tandem rear axles, the chained tire may be on either of the last two axles.

(f) All vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) must carry a minimum of two extra chains for use in the event that road conditions require the use of more chains or in the event that chains in use are broken or otherwise made useless.

(h) On the following routes all vehicles and combinations of vehicles over 10,000 gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) pounds must carry sufficient tire chains to meet the requirements of this chapter from November 1 to April 1 of each year or at other times when chains are required for such vehicles:

(i) I-90 - Between North Bend (MP 32) and Ellensburg (MP 101).

You don't want to be stuck on the passes on your route without adequate chains...

 

MP 32 to 101 would put him on Snoqualmi. Completely opposite side of the state from Spokane.

Montanan doesn't even require you to carry them. But if you are caught without them when chain law is in effect, then you are in trouble.

Washington does also require you to carry 2 EXTRA chains just in case you are using them and they break.

http://www.coopsareopen.com/news/chain-law.html

 

Forgot about the winds in Livingston. They may route you off 90 and run thru town. If so, there's a little truckstop before you get back on 90. Half way decent diner food there too.

 

Washington does also require you to carry 2 EXTRA chains just in case you are using them and they break.


If thats true thats new to me lol but a handy bit of information i go through washington a lot and didnt know that.