Route next week into FL

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  1. TravR1

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  3. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    My biggest concern is the wind, since we are driving there empty... and whether or not they will even let us in. One of the articles I read said they are prepared to deploy the National Guard for flooding... and I am going to the coast.

    I guess I'll go and just park it if it gets too bad.
     
  4. 06driver

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    Most folks out of Florida make a bigger deal out of these deals than Floridiots do. WInd is always a concern (Who the hell runs empty into Florida??) but no more or less than any afternoon thunderstorm could be.

    Follow the advised route though I would run 27 out of Bainbridge to 10 and east.
     
  5. TravR1

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    So the only thing I have to worry about is getting wet.. then getting into a freezing reefer. :D
     
  6. TravR1

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    Thanks for that. They plan my route kinda because I have to fuel where they decree. But we will see how it goes.
     
  7. NavigatorWife

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    Once you get your route, pick out a few parking spots along the way, just in case it does get windy out.
     
  8. supersnackbar

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    Don't stand still to long putting a load lock on or else your co-driver will have to chisel you loose...:)

    Don't feel bad, I am home near Gainesville now and delivering a load of glass (that can't get wet) to Tampa in a conestoga on Tuesday, then empty all the way back to Laurinburg, NC(Maxton).
     
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    Describe your truck fully. I want to see if it shows up on the 6 0clock news sitting in a small lake that used to be a parking lot !
     
  10. TravR1

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    For real. I got rained on in MI and when I was in the reefer I felt like I was in a Jack London novel. Boots freezing to the ground, dropping stuff because I can’t feel my fingers, it’s nuts. Then the humidity gets in and it makes it look like a blizzard on the inside. So I picked up a rainsuit for my partner and me.

    We aren’t rolling out today after all. Probably some time tomorrow and layover somewhere if needed.
     
  11. Redtwin

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    Just drive until weather confitions or road closures/Police tell you to stop. No point worrying about what may be.
     
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