Preferred route, I-80 or I-70 over Rockies?

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    bbmyls2go Medium Load Member

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    Just a shorthand I have always used, why does it matter to you?
     
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    bbmyls2go Medium Load Member

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    I pretty clearly said no weather concerns. I've driven wyoming a hundred times in 22 years but not with an elog ticking away my hours.
     
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    There are no weather concerns in Wyoming. During winter, the roads are always ice. Regardless of weather.
     
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    Yeah, and the bloody wind was gusting over 70 today. Glad I'm cutting off on 76 tomorrow...supposed to be even worse.
     
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    I'm running this direction all the time, with 80000 gross I'm about half an hour faster from Omaha to Vegas over I-80. My truck is governed to 70 mph, on I-80 there are only a few speed limits (for me). I always go to I-15 thru Provo Canyon, speed limit 55.
    Last time I had only 12500 in the box and it was windy in WY, I took I-70 and with this weight I was faster on I-70. It's not only the hills in CO, from Green River to I-15 you have a lot of climbing that costs time.
     
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    The time to drive 80 vs 70 is not the biggest concern for me, it the condition of the roads. Are you ready to sit two days in Wy for a road closure....or chain up to climb a 11,600 ft hill in the snow?
     
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    But thats irrelevant for me tomorrow.
     
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    70 hardly closes. If it does not long. 80 can take you awhile if it’s snowing or wind. 70 you have to chain sometimes but you can keep rolling. If I was paid cpm 70 for the win if weather is acting up. If it’s clear weather I’d run 80.