Comments By Wiggle wagon

If I-80 is bad over Sherman just east of Laramie then check on hwy 287 south (no hazmat allowed). I’m assuming you were hoping to keep running I 80 so you would have to backtrack back north on I25 but it would be in the lower elevations and less likely to have the severe snow that Sherman will. It’s mostly a two lane road. It is too bad you didn’t have one more hour available you would have got past the area that will be bad. I’ll be over there trudging though it later tonight too.

The part that usually has the worst wind is elk mountain. Which is the part the is closed to light high profile right now. Alternate route is hwy 30 from Walcott to Laramie. It's about 15 miles longer, part of it is 2 lane and some 4 lane with a few small towns to slow down for. Winds will be less but it will still be windy.

After chaining up on vail the other morning it made me think of a few things a lot of driver’s don’t know. As you come up to a chain up station slow down and be ready to safely get over right away if it is a small chain up station. Also be aware and look ahead, many chain up stations are long and well light. Everyone bunches up at the beginning including parking partially still in the highway. Not a safe situation to put yourself in when so many spots are available just past where everyone is bunched up. Also to maximize what your chains can do learn how to turn off your traction control and lock in your differential. You want to try and go up the pass and never break traction but during really poor conditions you will want the ability to spin some.

Keep in mind when looking into LTL that companies do run completely differant. Some run a 5 days out with weekends off. Most of them run out and back each shift. some have runs that go out to a terminal, hotel for 10 hours and then back. I live some distance from the terminal so i run the last option. 3 runs one week, 2 runs the next week. This leaves me with plenty of home time while making good money.

Anytime you’re driving doubles or triples you just drive the truck. The trailers will follow. The more adjustments you try to do with the truck to straighten out the trailers will cause the trailers to wiggle more. As the above posters stated heavier trailer in the front lighter trailer in the rear. Also make sure your congear fifth wheel is greased. A dry congear will make it wiggle more.