Advice please: I70 through Colorado or

[lowrange]

150 miles extra on the lower route to Cali? Close to gross. TIA

[Orangetxguy]

From where??? If your traveling from KC...stick with 70...if your leaving outta St Louis....drop down 44 to 40.


You could drop down 25 to US160 and drop down across Wolf Creek Pass into Farmingto and then Gallup..........

Sorry I was late...but was busy with traffic. Friggin NE'ers. Don't any of um know how to drive??

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

From where??? If your traveling from KC...stick with 70...if your leaving outta St Louis....drop down 44 to 40.


You could drop down 25 to US160 and drop down across Wolf Creek Pass into Farmingto and then Gallup..........

Sorry I was late...but was busy with traffic. Friggin NE'ers. Don't any of um know how to drive??

Hit my1st deer on us160 in pagosa springs co .

[lowrange]

From where??? If your traveling from KC...stick with 70...if your leaving outta St Louis....drop down 44 to 40.


You could drop down 25 to US160 and drop down across Wolf Creek Pass into Farmingto and then Gallup..........

Sorry I was late...but was busy with traffic. Friggin NE'ers. Don't any of um know how to drive??

I don't know about Wolf Creek pass but I see the smilies, so....

I start out in Janesville, WI. I haven't driven 70 through Colorado since I was a trainee with a load of feathers about 13 years ago. I've always since avoided it like the plague. I can't remember if it's as bad as I thought.

I was looking at it, I may be able to shave some miles cutting through KS on the two lanes. Without that, though, it's the I70 mountains or it's about an extra 150 miles, not sure which is worse.

[Orangetxguy]

Hit my1st deer on us160 in pagosa springs co .

That's bad when yer killing the wildlife on a city street!! 6 years of driving over that road I never hit one critter...but did manage to spin-out once-----right in front of the ski area!


Can you say..."Hot Chocolate Please!!" ??? " I'm waiting for a wrecker!!"

[Orangetxguy]

I don't know about Wolf Creek pass but I see the smilies, so....

I start out in Janesville, WI. I haven't driven 70 through Colorado since I was a trainee with a load of feathers about 13 years ago. I've always since avoided it like the plague. I can't remember if it's as bad as I thought.

I was looking at it, I may be able to shave some miles cutting through KS on the two lanes. Without that, though, it's the I70 mountains or it's about an extra 150 miles, not sure which is worse.

Since your starting in WI country...drive west on I-80, then drop down I-15 into LA.

[lowrange]

Since your starting in WI country...drive west on I-80, then drop down I-15 into LA.

Ah yeah, that's just an exta 72 miles, much better than the lower route. Thanks

[Orangetxguy]

Ah yeah, that's just an exta 72 miles, much better than the lower route. Thanks

As your driving by Rocket Springs...toss out a wave hello for me.

Stop at Little America WY...have some chicken out of the hot case in the Fuel Center...take one for the road...good stuff.

[TK THE TRUCKER]

Ah yeah, that's just an exta 72 miles, much better than the lower route. Thanks

It should be even a little less than that, I usually come up with about 60 miles to go through Salt Lake. I like going that route too. I just went that way 2 weeks ago. In the winter out of WI or that area you could go 39 to 88 west to 35 south out of Des Moines through Kansas City to Emporia to 50 then cut down 61 to 54 all the way to Tucumcari and pick up 40. It's only 15 miles farther than the Salt Lake route.

[lowrange]

Ok, thanks for the tips, gents. I'll check out the chicken, I know that little area back there with the leather couches is pretty nice. Is there anything the Vegas way comparable to the Wendover buffet?

Thanks also too for that winter route. That could come in handy sometime.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

That's bad when yer killing the wildlife on a city street!! 6 years of driving over that road I never hit one critter...but did manage to spin-out once-----right in front of the ski area!


Can you say..."Hot Chocolate Please!!" ??? " I'm waiting for a wrecker!!"

actually I hit the doe about 3-4 mi east outside town just shortly after comming off the hills I just did not have enough shoulder to pull off right after impact safely until i hit town ...

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From where??? If your traveling from KC...stick with 70...if your leaving outta St Louis....drop down 44 to 40.


You could drop down 25 to US160 and drop down across Wolf Creek Pass into Farmingto and then Gallup..........

Sorry I was late...but was busy with traffic. Friggin NE'ers. Don't any of um know how to drive??

How's the ride across US 160 East, from Durango, CO?
About a year ago, I missed US 550, leaving Farmington, NM. I wound up on US 64 across to I-25. Scenic, but not a route for the faint of heart.

I had considered going from Farmington up to Durango, but opted out because of a question about snow. Now, I think 160 would have been a better choice than 550 or 64. But, I don't know...

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

How's the ride across US 160 East, from Durango, CO?
About a year ago, I missed US 550, leaving Farmington, NM. I wound up on US 64 across to I-25. Scenic, but not a route for the faint of heart.

I had considered going from Farmington up to Durango, but opted out because of a question about snow. Now, I think 160 would have been a better choice than 550 or 64. But, I don't know...

all colorado back roads suck in a truck ...

[Scottt]

I run it out and back everyweek

35 South to Emporia KS

50 West to Dodge City KS

283 South to Minneola KS

54 West to Tucumcari NM

40 West to Barstow

15 South into LA

There is a weigh station at Nara Visa NM that doesn't weigh anyone. He just checks your NM permit and you are on your way. It closes at 5:00pm everyday and he opens it up once in awhile on the weekend till noon. Just pull up there and wait for him to wave you on because the lights don't work. I have stopped and talked to the guy that runs it and he is OK.

I run over to Dodge City and don't take 61 to Pratt because there are some nice quiet places to sleep around Dodge City. There is a rest area between Stafford KS and Macksville KS that will hold 4 trucks and is nice and quiet. There is a Historical Site just before you turn on 283 off 50 that holds 6 trucks and nice and quiet. Flying J at Dodge City and a quiet little truck stop off 283 to the left as you leave Dodge City. Pratt KS has a truckstop on the intersection of 61 and 54 that is usually full and that is about the only place along there to take a nap. My 11hrs is usually up around Dodge City.

Just past Tucumcari NM at the Quervo exit you can pull off there and room for about 20 trucks.

[Orangetxguy]

How's the ride across US 160 East, from Durango, CO?
About a year ago, I missed US 550, leaving Farmington, NM. I wound up on US 64 across to I-25. Scenic, but not a route for the faint of heart.

I had considered going from Farmington up to Durango, but opted out because of a question about snow. Now, I think 160 would have been a better choice than 550 or 64. But, I don't know...

160 pretty much runs east - west across Colorado. From Durango you would go east to Pagosa Springs or west to Cortez. 550 would take you north through Durango, up the mountain to Silverton, then down the north side of the mountain to Ouray.

You found out about 64 east from Farmington. It is about the same as crossing Wolf Creek...I did all those routes back in the late 70's through the mid 80's in trucks without jake brakes. Lot's of ITH 549 gas engines and Cat 3208 "throw-aways"

[lowrange]

I run it out and back everyweek

35 South to Emporia KS

50 West to Dodge City KS

283 South to Minneola KS

54 West to Tucumcari NM

40 West to Barstow

15 South into LA

There is a weigh station at Nara Visa NM that doesn't weigh anyone. He just checks your NM permit and you are on your way. It closes at 5:00pm everyday and he opens it up once in awhile on the weekend till noon. Just pull up there and wait for him to wave you on because the lights don't work. I have stopped and talked to the guy that runs it and he is OK.

I run over to Dodge City and don't take 61 to Pratt because there are some nice quiet places to sleep around Dodge City. There is a rest area between Stafford KS and Macksville KS that will hold 4 trucks and is nice and quiet. There is a Historical Site just before you turn on 283 off 50 that holds 6 trucks and nice and quiet. Flying J at Dodge City and a quiet little truck stop off 283 to the left as you leave Dodge City. Pratt KS has a truckstop on the intersection of 61 and 54 that is usually full and that is about the only place along there to take a nap. My 11hrs is usually up around Dodge City.

Just past Tucumcari NM at the Quervo exit you can pull off there and room for about 20 trucks.

That's interesting. From where I'm starting out in Wisconsin, it's a little further this way than if I take 80 to Wyoming, drop down to SLC and run in to California through Vegas. Any advantage to this route when there is no snow to deal with?

[lowrange]

Just to be clear, because I haven't done it in so long, you definitely don't go 78,000 right through Colorado on I70, right?

[Orangetxguy]

Just to be clear, because I haven't done it in so long, you definitely don't go 78,000 right through Colorado on I70, right?

I don't let the mountains bother me. I've hauled coils, oil, livestock, acid and driven fixed weight service equipment across 70 from Denver. If the truck is a slow one...I sit back and enjoy the views.

Mountain goats beside the road are cool.

[lowrange]

I don't let the mountains bother me. I've hauled coils, oil, livestock, acid and driven fixed weight service equipment across 70 from Denver. If the truck is a slow one...I sit back and enjoy the views.

Mountain goats beside the road are cool.

Well, maybe then. I just know most guys avoid it, but I can't remember what it's like. There will be mountains in Wyoming or New Mexico, too. One thing I do remember, the views were breathtaking. Don't remember the goats, though!

[Orangetxguy]

Carl...if 70 makes you nervous...then either 80...or work your way down to 40. I don't mind any of the routes across the mountins...but then...I grew up in western Montana...learned to drive in the mountians.