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Originally Posted by yoopr
Stay out of Wyoming
Thats for sure!!! I've had runs across Nebraska and Wyoming on 80 when it was so windy...it was nearly impossible to keep my loaded trailer out of the fast lane even though my tractor was practically running in the breakdown lane....and yes, I did shut it down...as soon as I got to a safe place to park. Being up on Elk Mountain in the winter when its snowing, white-out, and really high winds....no fun at all......
On the original subject.... if you are pulling a light or high center of gravity load and it is really windy....slow down!! If you are pulling a fully loaded tanker...with 45K+ lbs of product in it...wind won't affect you to much... but if you are in a curve.... you had best bring the speed down...below the speed limit, and if its a deep curve that tightens up....especially a ramp, you had better jack it down quickly and get into a slow roll.... if you are moving too quickly and "the beast starts to climb the wall" you are going to find yourself rolling over and maybe keep right on rolling....
But never overestimate your abilities...even with a van or flatbed... because if a load shifts and you're in a curve....its going to shift to the outside of the curve...and you can't go very far that way to correct....so unless you are moving slow enough to correct the effects of the shift, you are about to have a really bad ending to your day!!
If you are coming off an interstate....you need to at least drop to 10 mph below the posted ramp speed, and if you are driving a tanker, maybe 15 to 20 mph below is in order, and if its a real tightly curved ramp....a speed known as "crawling" will do just fine 8)