Highway 30 or 80

[Joe Camper]

All this talk has me really wanting to crank er up and head out somewhere.

Anybody else feeling it

I can see the mountians

[Kevinmc5]

Didn't realize we were that close to you folks.  We came by Rock Springs yesterday in the snow.  I was glad to get it behind us during daylight because that stuff and a cold night can be a bad combination. 

What direction are you headed. Are you going west on 80 to Utah. Would love to get road up date. through the passes
Kevin

[John316]

What direction are you headed. Are you going west on 80 to Utah. Would love to get road up date. through the passes
Kevin

I have never tried highway 30. Usually I like to stick to the bigger roads, but 30 sounds like a good option.

The thing with the weather is, Kevin, it is always changing. http://map.wyoroad.info/hi.html Doesn't look too bad for WY, right now. But to be honest, I would be a tad nervous doing so without heat. Look into options. What about bringing electric heaters? Run the genset the whole way. Rig hair dryers to the windshield. Just ideas, but you need heat.

I agree with Bob, daylight is the best! I have come through there at 5am, coming up the hill towards Cheyenne. It had snowed, the roads were slick as can be (at least I wasn't in the bus, but in a Rav4). I came around one bend, and it turned to solid ice. Just like that. I didn't touch the brake or the gas. It went okay, but sure wakes one up. Do it in daylight.

Otherwise, everything changes very quickly. Make sure you have chains and cold weather gear. Keep an eye on Wdot, and you should be good. Clifford is right, Elk mountain can be bad during summer. But then again, I have gone through there in November, at it has been warmer then when we were in a blizzard in July. Go figure.

Hope all goes well.

John

[Kevinmc5]

Thanks for the info. We are going to bring hairdryer for windsheld. The bus has heat strips in the ac's but a little heater in one of the bays could help. Will look at getting chains.
Kevin

[John316]

Thanks for the info. We are going to bring hairdryer for windsheld. The bus has heat strips in the ac's but a little heater in one of the bays could help. Will look at getting chains.
Kevin

To be honest, if it is cold, heat strips won't touch it. Heat strips will knock the edge off of the cold, when parked. Not much more.

Get some good heat. Get creative, and you can do it.

You will probably need to carry chains for at least the drive axle. We only carry enough for the outside drive wheels, not for both dualls (sp?). We also have a backup set. It is actually good, that we carry the two sets. We have been able to go through chain control, when we couldn't have if we just had one set.

Also, I would suggest that you get some good tensioners. We have ones that are orange and look like a star. You can get them at most truck stops in the winter.

HTH

John

[Busted Knuckle]

As far as snow and road conditions go the crews on 30 used to keep the road in better shape than the big road.

But then again they had less road & traffic to deal with. And it was a high priority since it was the main route.
  BK