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Originally Posted by Chunker
I just came down the Grapevine a couple hrs ago and they were still cleaning up the mess on the shoulder. He had to be heavy, he was loaded with pallets of bottled water or soda. He missed the only gravel ramp and there were tracks in it also, maybe another truck was in there at the time and he had nowhere to go. It's no wonder why trucks have a problem on those hills, the road surface is total hell on trucks. I thought a couple times my dash was gonna fall apart or the passenger seat was gonna come off the floor. Why can't California fix roads like other states do? I-5 in Oregon is a dream to drive on. Wasington is ok till you get around Seattle, but at least they keep working on it. I understand CA is in a budget crisis, but what happen to federal funding for interstate hwys? Did it go in some politician's pocket? I-5 in the Red Bluff area is bad too. They've been on it for over a year now and it's no where near fun to drive on.
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You would think that they might keep in mind that anytime a heavy vehicle is moving slow, the pressure from the tires acts like a PRESS on the road surface. For any road surface where trucks are moving slow, they need to allot more funding for resurfacing. The rougher the surface, the more difficult it is to control any vehicle, and that includes trucks.
I got to dive for the ditch when I was putting my triangles out once. And, the jeep that ran down the 2 triangles that I had already put out nearly rolled it to avoid the back of my trailer. It was an up-grade where a lot of trucks are geared down, and although there were not pot-holes, it was all "speed bumps". I blew a steer. The wheels on the jeep looked like they were spending half their time off the road surface. When he managed to get into another lane where there were no slow trucks, he didn't seem to have any more trouble. Yes, he was also going too fast for speed limits and conditions, but tell me who doesn't.