Well That Will Rattle The Nerves A Bit!

My scariest monent was while driving light on I 40 West bound just East of Little Rock last June. A squall line came through the area with a tornado just a few miles away from me. I don't know what the wind speed was, but, it had the grass laying down. I pulled on the shoulder next to an overpass embankment which helped block me from the full force. The trailer rocked pretty violently for about a min until the line passed. Scared the s**t out of me.

Hairiest I've ever dealt with was back when Sandy blew ashore. I was deadhead in west on I-94 across Michigan towards Illinois, and the backflow winds being sucker into the storm were intense. My trailer was whipping back and forth enough that it reminded me of a ****ed off cat's tail. That was fun.

But yeah, Wyoming. Yeesh. That state idles at a 30 mph straightline wind. They have 4 kinds of weather there: sunny/windy, snowy/windy, rainy/windy, and cloudy/windy. They need to change those signs when you cross the border to read "Wyoming: Forever WHOOSH." Especially between Cheyenne and Rawlins. Who needs a wind tunnel? Just take whatever you're testing to somewhere around Elk Mountain and park it. You'll get all the wind you need.

They have 4 kinds of weather there: sunny/windy, snowy/windy, rainy/windy, and cloudy/windy.

Indeed!

I can remember running with my trainer with a flower load , very light, maybe 5k in the box. We were coming out of Florida headed to washington state. We got to Amarillo tx and had to make a decision.

We could go to alberquerque take 25 north to Cheyenne and take 80 across. 25 to Denver and take 70 across or head to Vegas and catch 15 north from there.

We couldn't take 80 because winds were at 40 forecasted to 50+. So the choice was 70 or Vegas, I chose Vegas but I know it's the loonnngg way round and my instructor didn't want to roll those extra miles so 70 it was.

We were chaining up before we hit Eisenhower

I can remember running with my trainer with a flower load , very light, maybe 5k in the box. We were coming out of Florida headed to washington state. We got to Amarillo tx and had to make a decision.

We could go to alberquerque take 25 north to Cheyenne and take 80 across. 25 to Denver and take 70 across or head to Vegas and catch 15 north from there.

We couldn't take 80 because winds were at 40 forecasted to 50+. So the choice was 70 or Vegas, I chose Vegas but I know it's the loonnngg way round and my instructor didn't want to roll those extra miles so 70 it was.

We were chaining up before we hit Eisenhower

He should have kept going west and took US-6 to UT and then north to Washington. Beautiful drive too.

I used to work for Nissan Forklifts out of Ontario Calif. There were days going either home northbound I-15 , or on service calls That flat zone out of Fontana, and the curve nearing I-215 split, winds would be so bad, I'd see literally, 5-8 rigs/trailers laying on their sides on northbound side. I couldn't imagine having to go thru all that flipping over yikes!

I used to work for Nissan Forklifts out of Ontario Calif. There were days going either home northbound I-15 , or on service calls That flat zone out of Fontana, and the curve nearing I-215 split, winds would be so bad, I'd see literally, 5-8 rigs/trailers laying on their sides on northbound side. I couldn't imagine having to go thru all that flipping over yikes!

Yeah Yikes.... And if that's not bad enough. Is there really any instance where a turnover would NOT be classed as a preventable accident? I could see where DOT/FMCSA would tend to say "Driver Error" as the root cause, much like the NTSB loves to wield "Pilot Error" as the main if not contributing factors in their Aviation accident reports.

Man those are some crazy stories about Wyoming. I've never traveled west of the Mississippi so I'm gonna have to take your guys word for it. It makes plenty sense why the winds are so bad. I've also heard that they shut down the bay bridge to truck traffic of the winds get to bad. Anyone ever seen that?