Would you pull an empty across I80 in Wyoming

Are you suggesting a conspiracy of CRE/Knight/Swift to bring back British rule through a Mormon Mafia?

Interesting thought, though it has some twists and turns along the way.
Very insidious.

 

Nope. Not by I-80. Take the slightly longer path through I-70. If you are empty, it won't be too bad, unless they are having a late snowstorm.

 

Not really. There is mountains of produce. But processed foods are stripped.

Run Colorado if the weather situation is good. Being empty is a plus provided the pavement is dry or just wet. (Not snow, freezing etc.)

 

I've done it a few times. I have also hauled very light loads in these areas. Get as much information as you can. Not sure? STFAH!

I have also seen "parked" trucks, dropped trailers and RVs flipped over because of wind there AND on I 10 in Arizona and New Mexico. Wind is a danger in many more places than just Wyoming.

 

I ran real light this winter thru wyoming a couple times. Had to get a pry bar to remove the seat from my behind afterwords !! Wyoming is no place to f with

 

Send these to your dispatcher:

 

Tell dispatch to KYA.

Ask them if they want that truck to get there without a $100,000+ clean up from a blow over and unbelievable fines.

40 miles for fuel and wages will cost them approx $50 in wages, fuel, wear and tear.

I'd take that trade off if I knew what I was driving into.

Don't do it. I always check i80 and it's blowing I ain't going.

 

Stevens Transport has an image that they use to make a point about how bad the wind in Wyoming can get. Driver was running empty in 40+ mile per hour constant wind with strong gusts. There was a wind advisory but they were not requiring light loads to get off the interstate.

The image showed a truck laying on it's side about 20 feet off the road. Being so far off the road the Safety team assumed the driver had simply fallen asleep, and driven off the road.

Then someone noticed a problem with that idea. There were no tire tracks in the dirt. The driver was not charged with a preventable accident, because the wind advisory did not indicate the possibility of 100 MPH gusts, which is what the Safety department thought would be the minimum necessary to completely lift a truck off the ground and throw it 10 feet.