wyoming winds
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KillerFord1977
Emissary
Bet that driver had to change his drawers after that episode!
Talyn
Emissary
I recognize the area of that vid which is on I-25 between Casper & Cheyenne, having been thru WY many many times on both the southern I-80 and north-south I-25 routes in all four seasons. High winds are the normal, and above norm when major weather fronts from the west come thru. And being high elevation WY catches more of the high-altitude winds.
The various mountain ranges help accelerate the westerlies wind due to orographic-lift and creates what's called Chinook Winds from west to east (at least in my state), plus any weather diving down from Canada don't have anything to slow it down.
WY has a lot of wind farms NE of Casper & between Cheyenne & Laramie.
Snow fences ae common along both Interstates because of the winter winds, as well as the highway gates, on both, that they close when things get nasty.
On the I-80 route I travel east to west very early in the morning when things are calmer, and when going west to east I time it to get on I-80 at sun-up to catch a tail-wind when the westerlies startup.
Plus the Dakotas & eastern MT are notorious for high winds.
My .02
The various mountain ranges help accelerate the westerlies wind due to orographic-lift and creates what's called Chinook Winds from west to east (at least in my state), plus any weather diving down from Canada don't have anything to slow it down.
WY has a lot of wind farms NE of Casper & between Cheyenne & Laramie.
Snow fences ae common along both Interstates because of the winter winds, as well as the highway gates, on both, that they close when things get nasty.
On the I-80 route I travel east to west very early in the morning when things are calmer, and when going west to east I time it to get on I-80 at sun-up to catch a tail-wind when the westerlies startup.
Plus the Dakotas & eastern MT are notorious for high winds.
My .02
Blackmesa96
Custom
Love the comment about watching a "real driver". Dude is a lucky steering wheel holder.
Was likely running light and trying to get away with it. That stretch of I-25 (like other parts of Wyoming) is frequently closed to high profile vehicles when the wind blows. If a loaded trailer goes that far over, physics will make it nearly impossible to save it.
Given the extreme overcorrection that took the truck off the road, driver was caught by surprise. If you're running in crosswinds in this part of the world a pro knows to be ready for gusts. Add to that the message boards were almost certainly warning of high winds in the area. Or, they were distracted (think phone).
That person was lucky. Period. Watch it again. Road curving to the right, when trailer lifts tractor heads left. Panic then sets in and driver overcorrects to the right, which fortunately brings the trailer back down. After this the driver leaves the pavement with no apparent effort to keep the truck on the roadway.
45 years plus driving these things makes it easier to call B.S. Five to one odds the individual driving the truck would struggle with ELP. White tractor would make the odds better than even the operator hailed from somewhere in the Middle East.
Was likely running light and trying to get away with it. That stretch of I-25 (like other parts of Wyoming) is frequently closed to high profile vehicles when the wind blows. If a loaded trailer goes that far over, physics will make it nearly impossible to save it.
Given the extreme overcorrection that took the truck off the road, driver was caught by surprise. If you're running in crosswinds in this part of the world a pro knows to be ready for gusts. Add to that the message boards were almost certainly warning of high winds in the area. Or, they were distracted (think phone).
That person was lucky. Period. Watch it again. Road curving to the right, when trailer lifts tractor heads left. Panic then sets in and driver overcorrects to the right, which fortunately brings the trailer back down. After this the driver leaves the pavement with no apparent effort to keep the truck on the roadway.
45 years plus driving these things makes it easier to call B.S. Five to one odds the individual driving the truck would struggle with ELP. White tractor would make the odds better than even the operator hailed from somewhere in the Middle East.
meistermash
Operator
There is an area on that road that had 128 car/semi pile up some years ago.
It's a low spot miles long where the fog and moisture turn that area into bad news.
I can't see the video for some reason but I have watched some hairy **** before.
It's a low spot miles long where the fog and moisture turn that area into bad news.
I can't see the video for some reason but I have watched some hairy **** before.