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Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by MR SLEEPY, Dec 30, 2007.

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  1. Dec 30, 2007 #11
    Itsmy6

    Itsmy6 Bobtail Member

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    LOL I love the lil swift comment on the right of the page. :biggrin_2559: I agree though why even chance it.
     
    Itsmy6, Dec 30, 2007
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  3. Dec 30, 2007 #12
    SILVER EAGLE

    SILVER EAGLE Bobtail Member

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    i used to live in western nc till my "ex" wife decided to move back to ne ohio and take my quadrupletes with her lol so i had to go. knowing the area there are certain roads to avoid for them reasons. For example nc 181 from Morganton north and US321 from north of Lenoir to Boone usally it is easier to run nc 18 to us 421 to boone lol.y'all have a great day
     
    SILVER EAGLE, Dec 30, 2007
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  4. Dec 30, 2007 #13
    Pur48Ted

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    Because it is listed as a TRUCK ROUTE on PCMiler. I had to pick up a load last month in the area and my company told me my pick up was about 120 miles from my position. I routed it, and recognized the road as impassible for trucks because of an article in Landline Magazine July 2003 (http://www.landlinemag.com/Search/s...ragon&zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1&zoom_sort=0)

    The route I took "around" this road was almost 200 miles.
     
    Pur48Ted, Dec 30, 2007
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  5. Dec 30, 2007 #14
    LeadfootSlider

    LeadfootSlider <strong>Queen of the Confused</strong>

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    Often times in flatbed you will get your load, look at the map, and say to yourself: No Way! Then you call the customer and not only is that little dingy gray line on the map the road you need to take, it is the only way in. Several times I have come to the end of the hard road, looked at that dirt lane stretching out in front of me, and prayed that the gravel shoulder will hold out for the next 5 miles I have to drive to get this load of hay to that barn.

    But, in general, I like to stay on the highway and try my hardest to go around the undesirable roads. Not always an option.

    YEE-HAW!
     
    LeadfootSlider, Dec 30, 2007
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  7. Dec 31, 2007 #15
    MR SLEEPY

    MR SLEEPY Bobtail Member

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    Thanks to all of you all for your thoughts and comments..
    The company I work for pay's us pc miller, And you would be surprized at some of the roads they want us to run, After my experence in my last post, If I don't know the road, I don't travel that way, Unless I am told by someone that its a good road, I was over in the western Mo and used pc miler routing and one stretch of road went thru a cow pasture, it was paved and very narrow , glad no one passed me or one of us would'nt been using the ditch and it wouldn't have been me..
     
    MR SLEEPY, Dec 31, 2007
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  8. Dec 31, 2007 #16
    RoamingGnome

    RoamingGnome Medium Load Member

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    thts a good way to think when driving.
     
    RoamingGnome, Dec 31, 2007
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  9. Dec 31, 2007 #17
    25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Specialized flatbeds and livestock trailers are expected to go where big trucks shouldn't, a pot belly trailer is easily hung up even on the crown of the road when an inexperienced driver 'reads' it wrong.

    When I first started driving semi, we picked up chickens near Arcadia, WI try doing it in the dark on ice or, even worse, all of the above plus fog, and snowbanks obscuring everything.

    My schooling was mostly driving farm machinery in impossible situations. You just develop a sense for getting things around corners, even if you have to put a steer tire in the ditch to make that corner without flattening that mailbox or knocking down that pole.

    I just love taking a condo with a 48 foot spread down those 17 foot county blacktops in Indiana as well, those roads aren't in any trucking atlas, even as a light gray line.


    Frost going out on gravel roads and farmyards is another thing we have to deal with, that gives hard pulling a whole new meaning.


    I just get it done and do it the next day, but it is getting on my nerves.:biggrin_2551:
     
    25(2)+2, Dec 31, 2007
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  10. Apr 14, 2008 #18
    MR SLEEPY

    MR SLEEPY Bobtail Member

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    I think this route is finaly restricted, in the 08 rand Mcnally map..
     
    MR SLEEPY, Apr 14, 2008
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  11. Apr 15, 2008 #19
    truckermario

    truckermario Road Train Member

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    Wow. Watching the Youtube videos of this stretch of road. It reminds me of Leguna Seca! No wonder it's popular among bikers.

    But no. It's not listed in the restricted routes section. Yet.
     
    truckermario, Apr 15, 2008
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  12. Apr 15, 2008 #20
    truckermario

    truckermario Road Train Member

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    I've heard of stories about the THP getting a little "frisky" on this road. Any truth to this?
     
    truckermario, Apr 15, 2008
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