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Never mind that last bit about Colorado.
They screwed up my permits, they had my overall length down as 70’0”, instead of 80’0”. I called Montana and had them amend it, but OK and TX wanted new permits pulled. Dispatch emailed me my new ones and I see a Colorado permit now.
I pulled over to figure out where they have me going now.
 
YYCHobbyMachinist said:
Whoops. Who spotted that discrepancy?
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I did. I usually print off the permits, go through them with a highlighter checking everything over, then look at the route they give me.
It’s faint but you can see I ticked off beside the 80’0” spot but not the 70’0” one

And where it says “ViaRoute” that’s the route I’m expected to take. Some are more detailed than that some are pretty bare bones
 
Cheyenne WY for the night.

Gotta look at the hours I have left in the morning and the weather reports. Tomorrow is 65 mph winds and Sunday is snow....ssssoooo.... I think I’d rather run in windy
 
YYCHobbyMachinist said:
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Is 80K the load weight or total including the tractor and trailer?

Why is route important to them?
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80K is legal weight in the USA. We’re just a little long, we’re not heavy.

Route is determined by where they think you’ll fit best. Construction zones, low bridges, cities, weight restrictions, there’s a ton of reasons why they pick routes. The dumb part of that is they insist you follow the route but it’s up to the driver to not hit anything. They take zero liability for any issues

For instance I ran 47 and stayed out of Billings. Maybe it’s shorter miles or maybe they don’t want oversize in Billings. I never know
 
Hmmmm….. I see the licence plate dilemma now. Could you not mount it on a fender above the head light?
 
Not sure about the place , cant remember any names but it was real close to where 3 major north-south-east-west shipping highways converge and truck traffic was many many time busier than I was used to in the frozen north of Ab. LOL.

I owned a 2005 Nav at one time, solid black 9900 I with one o' those red 550 Cum. that the hired driver always tried to turn the hood/front rad about 45 degree's every time he started out....loaded or empty...I swear he tried to torque the frame and lift one of the steering tires off the ground just to see if he could do it.
 
You have to remember, my trip was 42 yrs ago...that Truck stop or parts of it may very well be a residential development now the way land use has evolved.
But back then those folks knew that the trucking industry buttered their bread...and they buttered both sides at every opportunity.
One of the most embarrassing moment of my life happened at that truck stop restaurant that exemplifies that in spades. It was noon lunch time when we got there and 5 of us walked in in a group...the place was packed full. The head waitress took a look at us & recognized us a a group of drivers wanting to eat...without a word of a lie , she walked over to a large table that a vacationing -like family was sitting at already eating, obviously not truckers, and she took a bunch of paper plates and brown paper lunch bags to their tables and told them they had to leave as some working truckers needed a place to sit. ...We tried to change her mind when we realized what was going down but she was having none of that ...they were leaving and we were staying...42 years later and that still bothers me a few time a year.
We didn't stay there for a night...more miles to make...but one other thing I remember about the place was that there were dedicated shuttle buss's from each parking section to the building itself. It was over 300 yrds from some of the parking stalls to the building and some of them "old boys" with 8 million miles & 30 yrs of truck stop eating couldn't walk 30 yards. LOL

Edit: Oh yah forgot to mention, watch out for those boing 737's...Driving through Denver or Boulder (cant remember which it was now) and interstate I was on was about to go under an overpass...nothing new here...until a frickin Boing 737 or somesuch BIG F#%N PLANE landed on the overpass about 200 ft in front of me...what I thought was another interstate going over the top was a runway ...That catches your attention in a big way and keeps you awake for a few more miles I can tell you!!!

Amarillo tomorrow morning :)
 
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Any of that look familiar?
It looks like it hasn’t been updated or paved in 40 years. It’s on the north end of town by the weigh station, in Lamar CO
 
YYCHobbyMachinist said:
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You're down for 36 hrs in Boise now correct?

Here is a question for you. Since leaving Gavenhurst, how many times have you had to re-fuel and what's a stop at the pumps worth?
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Nope, I can run on “recap” for now. I get 8ish hours back tonight and the same tomorrow night

You’ll hate life trying to figure out HOS

I’d have to look but around 8 fuel stops, usually about $750 per fill up
 
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