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Anybody want anything from Ontario?

YYCHobbyMachinist said:
I would say so. You have to come east to hit Sweet Grass as it is. Might as well get on 2 sooner than later. Then Stoney will get you around Calgary nicely.

There is no nice way around Lethbridge on Hwy 2 and it's not the greatest place to have to drive through.

I would suggest that you head east on Hwy1 at Calgary and catch Hwy 36 south to Warner. That will bypass Lethbridge all together.
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Thanks!!
I don’t know how far I’ll get tonight, I’m loaded but still gotta tarp it
 
This is getting interesting. What's the load, where was it picked up at, and where is it going?
 
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Hey David.... how about a sitrep. Where are you and where are you intending to hole up for the night?

Craig
 
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Red Deer for the night. It was the closest parking from where I was.
Also I needed fuel
 
Probably a little late to the party no as your probably clear of the border by now but hope you didn't do the Hi 36 south from Taber route...last time I was down that way, even riding on 10 air bags the last 40 miles or so would jar your teeth out. Might be a half dozen lights going thru Lethbridge but it is still a much better "ride".

Thinking of the lights in Leth. and you going south to head east reminded me of your earlier post on Inter-states...gotta love them...60-70 MPH thru town centers past the court houses with the local Sherriff's that are hanging around, waiving at you as you go by.

If you do go south to Great Falls and then east...gotta stop at
Jakes Corner diner for Corn Beef Hash & Eggs...best in "merica" and Ive tried it all over LOL.

Did you have a "back haul" that routed you south...not sure I would have recommended that route if your just hauling Sailboat Fuel or Motorcycle doors for a way home this time of year...winter road maitainance southside in the winter isn't tackled with the same fervor as we do in the frozen north.


Again man safe ride!!!
 
Well damn, just read your last post and I'm 35 min from RD, I could have come and met for a coffee or, for that mater I have lots of room to park here in the yard and a plug-in for the truck... and a spare warm bed that doesn't have a noisy 600 hp diesel motor heating it...and 21 hi is 4 miles east of my place that will pretty much lead you right to Sweet Grass.
 
historicalarms said:
Well damn, just read your last post and I'm 35 min from RD, I could have come and met for a coffee or, for that mater I have lots of room to park here in the yard and a plug-in for the truck... and a spare warm bed that doesn't have a noisy 600 hp diesel motor heating it...and 21 hi is 4 miles east of my place that will pretty much lead you right to Sweet Grass.
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I’m just getting going here now. It takes awhile to do the customs paperwork and now on e-logs you have to take 10 off straight
If you see this in time let me know where to point the big horse sir
 
historicalarms said:
Probably a little late to the party no as your probably clear of the border by now but hope you didn't do the Hi 36 south from Taber route...last time I was down that way, even riding on 10 air bags the last 40 miles or so would jar your teeth out. Might be a half dozen lights going thru Lethbridge but it is still a much better "ride".

Thinking of the lights in Leth. and you going south to head east reminded me of your earlier post on Inter-states...gotta love them...60-70 MPH thru town centers past the court houses with the local Sherriff's that are hanging around, waiving at you as you go by.

If you do go south to Great Falls and then east...gotta stop at
Jakes Corner diner for Corn Beef Hash & Eggs...best in "merica" and Ive tried it all over LOL.

Did you have a "back haul" that routed you south...not sure I would have recommended that route if your just hauling Sailboat Fuel or Motorcycle doors for a way home this time of year...winter road maitainance southside in the winter isn't tackled with the same fervor as we do in the frozen north.


Again man safe ride!!!
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Yes I loaded last night out of Rocky Mountain House heading to Wisconsin

It’s six to one half a dozen to the other. I prefer trucking in the USA for the most part, but I really don’t know border crossings out here. I probably should have run back to SK or MB then dropped down but I have no idea where to cross unless I go to the one south of Winnipeg

I know Hwy 2 in the USA and I know there’s interstate south of that so I’m heading there, but may hate life later with this blizzard warning I’m seeing
 
Looks like #2 south to Sweet Grass is your most direct and prudent option. Maybe Lethbridge has a bypass route now, I haven't been down there since 2014.
 
Hey David.... Where are you? Did you take Hwy 2 south?

That Whoops looks like me trying to back our travel trailer on to our parking pad LOL.

Craig
 
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YYCHobbyMachinist said:
Hey David.... Where are you? Did you take Hwy 2 south?

That Whoops looks like me trying to back our travel trailer on to our parking pad LOL.

Craig
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We took Hwy 2 to Lethbridge then Hwy 4 the rest of the way.
Now we’re on Hwy 2 eastbound in Montana. Plan is to follow Hwy 2 all the way
 
Glad your clear of the border...but don't be inter-stating goods while down there...that can get real expensive real fast (unless your married to a y'all)...ask me how I know. LOL.

This aint much of a "machining thread now but seems to have a bit of interest all the same...anybody want to hear more "trucking lifestyle" posts just to break the "norm"??
 
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