What if it Snows?

Judge · Oct 26, 2020

Rideandrepair said: ↑

One side of my ubolts stuck, it’s a tight spot. Gonna take forever to cut with my 1/4” die grinder.
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77fib77 · Oct 26, 2020

Cattleman84 said: ↑

I got a rookie that calls me every once in a while with questions... I called him today...

Me: Where ya at?

Rookie: Iowa

Me: coming or going?

Rookie: headed to SLC

Me: NE and WY are starting to get messy

Rookie: what you mean?

Me: snow, ice, and idiots

Rookie: ####, I dont even know how to drive one of these in the snow.

Then I proceed to give him some tips and pointers... I think he is goimg to go crazy the first time he gets stuck somewhere for 2 or 3 days for a storm... Hes always in a hurry to get wherever hes headed, which isnt all bad. But I'm worried his in a hurry attitude is going to teach him a hard lesson, the hard way. Ive tried to tell him that sometimes you just got to slow down, or even stop... But I'm not sure how much of it has sunk in, it doesnt help that he 24 and a bit of a hot head. I guess this winter will determine if he can hack it in this line of work or not.
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You know those videos truck after truck slides into each other in wyoming. What can you do about that. Except sit. Sometimes I want to run out west but not in winter. Hmm turn the CB up.

Stay safe.

lovesthedrive · Oct 26, 2020

Judge said: ↑

Another bad idea was the Pigeon River gorge on 40 TN/NC.
Was some senator over there wanted it to happen.

In other news, they still haven’t found the Indian ‘Falling Rock’

Here’s that story...

An Indian chief, Rising Sun, was concerned with how white men were expanding across the forests, plains, and mountains. His tribe was very small, but as every tribe and nation was being overpowered and sent to reservations, he came up with a plan to save the People.
His son, Falling Rock, was a strong, intelligent, and trustworthy young man and Rising Sun loved him very much. Rising Sun asked Falling Rock to travel across the whole of the country and talk to every tribe he met. He was to convince them to join forces and repel the invasion of the white men.
Falling Rock left in the spring with 4 other braves.

When the leaves fell in late summer, one brave returned to Rising Sun to tell him that they had contacted all the tribes in the desert SouthWest.
When the snow began, another brave returned telling of their success with the Great Lakes tribes.
A third brave arrived home just as the spring flowers bloomed and told how the strong tribes of the Rocky Mountains were ready.
Finally, the last brave returned in high summer from the Eastern tribes with their promise to fight. This last brave also said that Falling Rock was now racing back to all the tribes, telling them to meet at the Mississippi river in the spring for the great war.

Rising Sun's small tribe prepared for battle and, when the snow melted, they traveled to the Mississippi. They waited there through spring and summer, but no other warriors arrived. At the end of summer, Rising Sun sent braves out in all directions to track down Falling Rock while the tribe waited.
By snowfall, all the warriors had reached the other tribes and returned to Rising Sun. All the tribes had waited to hear when the war was to take place, but Falling Rock had not been seen by any of them so they had stayed put. This worried Rising Sun terribly since he loved his son and missed him terribly.

The small tribe was forced to wait there through the harsh winter and when spring arrived, so did the white soldiers. They surrounded Rising Sun's tribe. Rising Sun knew they could never win without the other tribes so he talked to the leader of the soldiers.

Rising Sun promised to go peacefully to a reservation if the white men would promise to help him find his lost son. This was a small price for avoiding a fight so the white men agreed and Rising Sun's tribe did not resist.

To this day, Rising Sun waits for his son to return. And, to this day, the white men have held up their end of bargain struck that day. People across the country are still searching and everyone is asked to help. That is why you will see signs along the road that say, "Watch for Falling Rock".
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Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kemosabi49 · Oct 26, 2020

Cattleman84 said: ↑

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Robbed this from another thread... It's what has 80 shut down in WY.

GRRRRRR!!!!
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And that's not in that notorious section over Elk. As far as trucks wrecking, Wyoming is getting worse every winter. Too many "Hammer Down" drivers running too close together. I wouldn't be surprised if they just started closing the road when it snows. Or maybe start having the state troopers escort traffic through in groups at reduced speeds like I've seen done going over Donner. The state DOT says they just don't have the budget to keep cleaning up these wrecks.

Dave_in_AZ · Oct 26, 2020

The OM has gone into growl and we haven't even started the truck yet!!!!

Dave_in_AZ · Oct 26, 2020

kemosabi49 said: ↑

And that's not in that notorious section over Elk. As far as trucks wrecking, Wyoming is getting worse every winter. Too many "Hammer Down" drivers running too close together. I wouldn't be surprised if they just started closing the road when it snows. Or maybe start having the state troopers escort traffic through in groups at reduced speeds like I've seen done going over Donner. The state DOT says they just don't have the budget to keep cleaning up these wrecks.
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Result of e log and automatics or just coincidences????

kemosabi49 · Oct 26, 2020

Dave_in_AZ said: ↑

Result of e log and automatics or just coincidences????
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I don't think the auto trannys are causing these pile ups where they are running too close to each other at speeds too fast for conditions. As far as elogs, who knows.

okiedokie · Oct 26, 2020

Just ####ty drivers.

Dave_in_AZ · Oct 26, 2020

kemosabi49 said: ↑

I don't think the auto trannys are causing these pile ups where they are running too close to each other at speeds too fast for conditions. As far as elogs, who knows.
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I guess my point is drivers far below the skill set of drivers of say 10, let alone 20 years ago being put in trucks.

Dave_in_AZ · Oct 26, 2020

okiedokie said: ↑

Just ####ty drivers.
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This was the point I was trying to gracefully make so as not to introduce injury to anyone's feelings.

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