Wind

At what gust speed would you shut it down with an empty trailer? Trailer is being blown sideways quite a bit at 35 mph gusts. Prime says 50+ is unsafe for empties. That seems like a stretch to me. I want to be safe, but I also don't want to be a wuss...you know?

You just said "its quite a bit" which means shut down. I just came from MN to IA amemoty and SCREW this. Wind advisory until 1700.

I'm on I35. As soon. As I parked the wind almost took the door of my truck. Seriously this wind is worse than WY .where are u?

I am south of Chicago. Snow is moving in, and I am supposed to head to WI for an 0400 pickup. Load goes to AZ but heading to sprimo first.

Kat if you can't control your vehicle or feel unsafe driving I would shut down. There is no hard and fast answer on what wind speed is unsafe, way to many veribles, just slow down to give your self more time to react and lessen the lifting force by the wind and find a safe place to park. I am in Morris IL it's shaking the truck pritty good here were I am parked.

Kat if you can't control your vehicle or feel unsafe driving I would shut down. There is no hard and fast answer on what wind speed is unsafe, way to many veribles, just slow down to give your self more time to react and lessen the lifting force by the wind and find a safe place to park. I am in Morris IL it's shaking the truck pritty good here were I am parked.

Best answer...! Agree.

18 wheelers vs wind. You tube has a couple of videos. Not a pretty sight.

I really felt badly about sitting in WY this weekend....guess what. Not inky did my FM tell me my jib is to be safe and his is to change the appt....but I got to the customer who said "we're glad you got here safely. Three trucks are late and one got into a wreck"

Night dispatch said last night a bunchnof drivers shut due to weather. Just put in the QC "shutting down due to wind" they will reschedule it...even if u hit snow later they will postpone again.

If you don't feel safe, shut her down. I shutdown for wind 3 times and as time has went on I can handle the wind. You kind of get a feel for it. If it doesn't feel safe, then it isn't safe. Plenty of miles to go around even more when our truck isn't taking a nap in the median. They won't think any less of you. At swift we get videos on the qualcomm and the most recent was encouraging drivers to shutdown in bad conditions and when we don't feel safe. It's cheaper to be late than to pay the repair bills and insurance bills of a wreck.

I stayed put until wind speed died down a little. Once I got going and was headed west instead of north, that helped too...wind wasn't hitting broad side. I made it to my 01, and once I'm loaded, things should be fine. Appreciate the replies. This whole thing seems so objective based on prior experiences and such. If I don't feel comfortable driving, my FM has never given me any grief. He's great!

I'm south of chi as well at the pilot in Gary just came from Wisconsin. I tuned in the weatherband on my cb they said Gail force wind warning. I was empty from green bay to Milwaukee and it was blowing me a bit but not a dangerous amount