I-80 in Wyoming from rawlins to Evanston.. the first time I drove this road by myself there where 80 mph+ winds. I would always see a handful of trucks on their sides.
Good day drivers. Thanks to all of you who so generously took the time to post YOUR WORST ROADS travelled in your trucking travels! There really are some nasty stretches of roads out there! If there's a nasty stretch of road we didn't mention, post it below. Love to hear from you as always.
15 years of been doing my driving. I've been through each and every one of those Road and all the roads that you named on there all correct? Those are all dangerous road. A lot of these new drivers coming into the business don't know it. And get into those accidents. Just like the young guy that ended up driving through California and ended up losing his brakes and caused that big accident over there in California. Hard-headed Young Drivers stubborn and don't want to learn from the older guys.
Have to mention here. I 70 west of Denver back in late 80s my first experience driving in bad weather conditions and running solo at that. That is one road I am greatful I do not run through anymore. It will make a man of ya in a hurry. Glad I am stuck in southeast US anymore. My hats off to you for mentions of I-77 Fancy Gap and I-40 running the gorge (Asheville to the Tennessee Line), Both have hazards that will sneak up on you if you are not ready.
US 6 Loveland Pass in Colorado especially in winter time. Hazmat vehicles forced to use this road. Steep, tight switchbacks, high winds, no guardrails, kids snowboarding, weather can change very very quickly.
I-80 Donner pass, Dot freaks out at first snow flake and loves throwing chain laws into effect with a passion. I-70 west of Denver? Yup had to chain up twice this month each way from Vail to Denver
Around 8 years ago, I started out training with a decent sized company under a trainer. We were making a run from Cortez to Pueblo and he told me specifically to not stay on 160 and follow his instructions, not the GPS. It was just past midnight and I was pretty weary and hypnotized by the endless road and I mistakenly stayed on 160 without realizing it long after it was too late. He woke up not too long before Wolf Creek and nearly had a stroke. Still made it all the way down and it was a little icy to top it off. Had to dig my own ass out of the seat but I got treated to some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen this country.
Wolf creek pass was a damn pretty drive. Coming west and rolling through the 15 mph hair pin turns is probably the most beautiful section in my opinion.
That Highway you're talking about in, Oregon. On I-84 it's called cabbage Hill. And I have personally seen trucks lose their brakes on that pass about halfway down it. And trucks not being able to climb Up it in the winter because they didn't chain up.
The Gorge on I-40 is a neat ride... but you better be up on the wheel and paying attention. Another dangerous road I always hated running was US 24 between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Toledo, Ohio... Head-on collisions were extremely common when the road was 2 lane years ago. At one time, Readers Digest listed US 24 as one of the deadliest highways in the United States. It may not be in the mountains, but it's still dangerous.
Number 3 was not named but it is called Cabbage hill. It is a long and steep downgrade coming back into Oregon. The view of the valley as you come down is amazing. Every time I came down Cabbage it felt like I was finally home even though I was really still about 200 miles away.
In winter, the hill from Montrose, BC to Wanetta and Trail, BC. From Salmo, BC across the border into Washington. Highway 31 from the border through my hometown, Metaline Falls to Ione, then Highway 20 south. I used to drive a Lead Concentrate truck from Mullen, ID to Trail, BC every night. Very few guard rails and a 100 foot drop into the Pend Oreille River. One of our Drivers went off that road. No bueno.
My very first run as a solo driver I was going from Elmira, NY to Greer, SC and it ended up timed so that I hit Fancy Gap right at sunset. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. With the mountain on your right to block the glare of the sun and the entirety of the Yadkin Valley laid out before you to the left. Absolutely gorgeous.
I used to drive that I-77 stretch going back and forth from FL to CT in a car. Always wondered how bad it was for trucks. Then got into trucking and had to go south down it. Set the jakes and conquered it. Felt good at the bottom. Stay safe folks.
I-81 from Scranton, PA to southern VA. Just sheer traffic volume and challenging conditions in Winter especially in VA where they don’t typically keep up on roads.
I-68 eastbound from the Maryland scales down into Cumberland MD has fooled a lot of drivers into smoking brakes and jackknifes. The big concrete walls on the curves downtown testify to that.
I’m going to say this Lewiston’s old spiral highway it is very steep and at the bottom there is a stop sign that leads to Lewiston it is on a beret steep hill and hard to stop
I have gone up that hill a few times and was starting to seriously wonder if i was going to actually make it to the top. Aoutmatic truck with very tall rears do not make it easy to climb.
I was driving through Yellowstone a few weeks ago. The roads were completely covered in ice and snow and I was driving a little too fast for the road conditions. I ended up sliding off the road thought I was gonna hit the snow bank and spin out or lay the truck over. Luckily I was able to get back on the road with no problems except maybe some brown and yellow stains in my boxers.
550 in Southwestern Colorado between Ouray and Durango. Two lanes, no guardrails three passes in rapid succession. Wolf Creek with now four lanes is easy. But Red Mountain, Coal Bank, and Molass are true killers, so much so C-DOT has a memorial to plow drivers killed in winter and C.W. McCall also wrote a song about 550 and Red Mountain pass called "Riverside Slide"
I just came down from denver too farmington new mexico. Anyway i took 285 south to 160 and took wolf creek pass... most beautiful drive ive ever taken and yeah part of that pass is pretty sketchy
I was running hwy 12 in WAshington state over white pass every day back in my trucking days.. Every year there wore a lot of fatalities, including my coworker
Been down Cabbage Hill in Oregon many times, a couple of those near the bottom I had to get in curb lane to let braless trucks by, traffic on left so could not go around me that way.
My dad grew up near Cabbage Hill and related stories about the '30s and '40s regarding truck stories. He drove for Pacific Fruit & Produce in the late '30s until WWII.
Eastbound over Homestake Pass on I90. The first mile is pretty minor, then it gets long and steep. The Montana DOT has multiple warnings about the road down, but I have rarely driven down it without smelling other drivers brakes. Some nasty curves after you break over, and a nice long stretch dropping fast. An elevation change of about 2,000 feet, or 610 meters. The runaway ramp gets used way too often, and trucks on fire from overheated brakes.
Highway 160 through La Veta Pass in Colorado from Walsenberg to Monte Vista can be pretty bad sometimes. Never know when it's gonna be snowing and freezing fog.
My trainer had me drive I40 on like my 4th day driving at night during a rainstorm...came up on a rock with an 18 wheeler on my left and people out of their cars and trucks that had already hit them on the right...hit the rock but had gotten slowed down enough to avoid any damage...this was in January...3 weeks later I drove it again, this time in the day and no rain...surpised me when the construction brought it down to one lane...kept it at 45 to 50 all the way down with an 18 wheeler on my rear. Really need a "Student Driver" sign...lol
Drove long haul 15yrs. Trans Canada Calgary to Vancouver in winter. Boston bar I agree bad, but the Coaquahalla thru Merritt and down to hope a nightmare in snow wind and empty. Rather have my eyes poked out with a sharp stick.. I barely survived.. had to throw my shorts away. Cheers Billy
As a girl, my family was in the carnival business. We were with a Canadian show Wagner's in BC going up Frazier Canyon in the summer and came up to closed road due to rockslide. Well, we opened up the Pie Car for business. Sold hot plates, cold beer, and gambled. Turned out to be a hella party. Great memories, 1979 or so.
Love your videos. I've been driving a big rig since 1980 and besides driving a rig, I love bicycling. I've driven my rig and bicycled across all the roads you've mentioned with the exception of the ones mentioned in Eastern Canada. Bicycling is one way to truly appreciate the vastness and beauty of North America.
I would have to say that in my experience Rt60 out of Globe, Az is one that scared me the most, the first time I took it. You drop off the top of one of the hill right after leaving civilization and at the bottom you can see that it doubles back on itself. Not until you get to the switchback do you realize how tight it is. A straight job, much less a semi should not be there. The first time I went through I scraped the right front tire and the left rear trailer tandems on the guard rails. There's also the time I was trying to sneak a wide and over weight load from Phoenix to Denver over the weekend with no, authority or permits. It was summer and I decided to take Wolf Creek Pass. Big Mistake!I topped the pass fine sat there for a few minutes and heaved it over to the downhill side. What a ride. I had the Jake flipped all the way up and was fanning the Jonny bar. Still I was barely making it through the curves. Finally I bottomed out and just let it roll up hill to bleed off speed. There is a rest area along that part of the road and covered in sweat went back in the bunk and promptly fell asleep, exhausted. A little while later there was this pounding on the door. Fully expecting to find the D.O.T. I crawled out of the bunk. Imagine my surprise when instead of the DOT, I found a Frenchman who though I had a great looking truck wanted to know if he could take some photos of it. Of course I said yes, relieved.
I was just on 77 and 40 this week I know the loves you're talking about because I did stop there to change my shorts but worse was the construction going All the way across 40 Some very very nasty curves and dodging boulders in a couple of spots . Where I picked up at in Tennessee to go to Kentucky there is no inner state within an hour's drive so I ended up running state routes the entire Way a 189 miles took just under 4 hours it was quite a long trip.
another bad road is I-94 in winter time... starts Michigan city to Marshall known to have black ice at any given time. I remember driving thru there in one wither time.... 100 car pile up on one side of road and it kept me on my edge of seat till i pass Marshall and its fine after that even road is smooth and gentle curves still proven to catch you off guard
I know one that used to be bad but has been rebuilt to a safe spec. The 125 mm on l-40 on Arkansas. It was basically flat with a quick 50 or 60 degree corner in the middle. I've chased many a head of cattle there back in 90s. Seems like we had a cattle pot turned over about once a month!
That 84 mountain downhill drive in Oregon is one dicey piece of work. Jake braking is your best friend. I had to drop a load in Walmart in Hermiston Oregon and I was not a happy camper
Cabbage is really not bad. It is just deceptive. In winter it sucks. I dont know how many guys ive seen smoking their brakes because they ont think it is steep untill they get to the turns... they start out way too fast and can't get slowed down.
Dave, we're on the Canyon (Hwy1) Boston Barr BC to Cache Creek BC A L O T these days, cause the Coq is always closed due to wrecks! I84 in OR, is Cabbage Hill.
My grandparents house is on the top of the mountain in Fancy Gap. You can see Winston Salem from there on a clear day. I would go there every year to the house and look down to see North Carolina.
I used to drive Purolator Line Haul, Hwy #17 between Sault. Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Its not really a difficult road for experienced drivers. But its long, and requires focus, a single error can ditch your vehicle. And I thought, a shit that's not bad. But first time I drove to Toronto, again on the Trans Canada. ... And I am used to the driving but turning south at Sudbury to Barrie was something called Hwy 69. And kudos to the sexual description. This section of Highway is in the lee side of Lake Huron with a westerly prevailing squall. It didn't matter summer or winter, the snow and rain just squalled over every part of your vision almost without warning. You'd be humping it along in clear, turn a corner guarded by rock outcrop smack into a white or drown out. ... But that's not what made it dangerous. I've driven all the Canadian routes you described, but the Hwy 69A south of Sudbury. at night. I've driven all the other routes in dark but the section south from Sudbury, sucks the light right out of your headlights. ... There just cannot be enough light. And there were a lot of accidents since it was a two lane to begin with. It was the weirdest effect. No reflection, just a vortex of dark.
Don't know what I'm doing on here. I'm in the UK, nothing to do with truck driving but just hooked on your videos Dave. Interesting and somehow soothing to watch. A thumbs up from me.
Coming off Hwy. 40 in Scottsboro, AL on the west side. So many have wrecked not taking it serious at the top. It's only 6-7% most of the way down, but starts out at 13% at the top.
Right! I-84 out of the blues (cabbage to some) rough in the winter, fog black ice. “Love it”. Hwy 20 Santiam in Oregon out of Sisters is also a fun one in the winter
Yes I-84 East of Pendleton Or cabbage hill you look down at airplanes flying by and cloud banks totally fogs you in. Another I-90 west of vantage Washington 10 miles of curves at 6% plus grade real fun in the snow and ice then you cross the Columbia River which at that point is more then 1mile wide in a bridge then back up hill. Then theirs Washington state highway 12 white pass two lane right around the south side of Mt Rainer curves and I hold my breath hoping not to trade paint. Then in Oregon state Highway 58 willamette pass west of Odell lake 2 escape off ramps curvey and 6% grade in the good spots, I’ve seen many a truck come down hill with there brakes on fire.
Your from Ontario so you might have been on this road I never did ride this road but heard the stories its the Buchans Highway, if there is a truck coming at your truck on the opposite of the road and this road had no shoulder on either side when the trucks passed each other. the mirrors on both trucks almost touch! its a hairy one !!!
watch out for the Mallahat on Vancouver Island. 4000m of elevation. No runoff lanes. Jumps from one to two lanes then back. Everyone is going too fast or too slow.
#4 are you talking about Deadmans Pass, aka Cabbage Hill? Tou never mention the hill. And when you say West of Denver, that's an awful long stretch. Are you talking about Lookout Pass? Or are you talking about "going over the top" in general?
Theirs also another pass in South Eastern Oregon, outside Lakeview. Three Sisters. It's a 7 percent Down Grade, on a pure cliff. Almost a couple miles high. My old man took me in his 379 98 Pete with him when I was younger, going up the pass, he told me to look out the passenger window, and look at the base. It's scattered with flatten 18 Wheelers and 4 Wheelers, where O.S.P. was unable to recover the Cars and Semis, because they would be completely flattened like a pancake. It's dangerous anytime during the year. Wind speed gets more then 30mph because it's all flat land with no Trees, and during Dense Fog & Heavy Snow and or Rain, Drivers that never took this stretch of land wouldn't think of the Natural Danger, and would drive off going Westbound. If you are going down the grade and in the passenger seat, you have less then a 1foot from the Passenger Mirror too the Side Cliff, and your passenger can put his arm out and scrap the Cliff with his hand. However the rest of the list, is also sketchy as anything.
I 77 going into North Carolina, I want to thank NC DOT for putting the chicken coop at the bottom of the hill.You fight to get the altitude and then the bottom you've got to be slow enough for the scale. It can be a pain in the ass.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel. 17 mile long with 2, one mile long tunnel. Yes, you are on the ocean. Always know your weather. High wind = high profile vehicle ban. If you going to Norfolk VA. and if it closed, you wait there or drive back 230 mile to the main land to Annapolis MD.
The wreckhouse in NFLD is no joke at all! I have seen 5 trucks flipped at one time. It would be nothing to go through there and see 1-5 trucks on their side several times a week. That phone number to check wind speed there is a drivers best friend!
I grew up and learned to drive in Wyoming, so anything under 35mph sustained is a light breeze not worth talking about. The road I'm not a fan of is highway 55 heading north out of Boise ID up to McCall ID. Its a beautiful drive, but narrow and winding, the problems mainly from people being in a hurry and thinking the semi is holding them up when it is the tour bus sized RV three vehicles in front of the semi holding them up.
The Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston is pretty tricky but you know the old TransCanada is nasty when they make a TV show called Highway thru Hell about newer Coquihalla highway.
As a driver who started on logging roads in Montana, I appreciate any road with pavement and a centerline.
I hear that! Logging roads are a whole other ballgame!
285 around ATL, it takes at least a hour to get from Atlanta to Atlanta.
You're not lying about I-70 West of Denver. It's no joke
Been there done that
I-80 in Wyoming from rawlins to Evanston.. the first time I drove this road by myself there where 80 mph+ winds. I would always see a handful of trucks on their sides.
Good day drivers. Thanks to all of you who so generously took the time to post YOUR WORST ROADS travelled in your trucking travels! There really are some nasty stretches of roads out there! If there's a nasty stretch of road we didn't mention, post it below. Love to hear from you as always.
I-80 across Wyoming. Especially during the winter months.
15 years of been doing my driving. I've been through each and every one of those Road and all the roads that you named on there all correct? Those are all dangerous road. A lot of these new drivers coming into the business don't know it. And get into those accidents. Just like the young guy that ended up driving through California and ended up losing his brakes and caused that big accident over there in California. Hard-headed Young Drivers stubborn and don't want to learn from the older guys.
I25 Wyoming into Montana. Black ice, 65mph winds amass packed snow all winter.
The twisty turny road to Las Cruces, New Mexico⛄💭...first up and then down🚚↗🚚↘🚚!!!
Have to mention here. I 70 west of Denver back in late 80s my first experience driving in bad weather conditions and running solo at that. That is one road I am greatful I do not run through anymore. It will make a man of ya in a hurry. Glad I am stuck in southeast US anymore. My hats off to you for mentions of I-77 Fancy Gap and I-40 running the gorge (Asheville to the Tennessee Line), Both have hazards that will sneak up on you if you are not ready.
US 6 Loveland Pass in Colorado especially in winter time. Hazmat vehicles forced to use this road. Steep, tight switchbacks, high winds, no guardrails, kids snowboarding, weather can change very very quickly.
I-80 Donner pass, Dot freaks out at first snow flake and loves throwing chain laws into effect with a passion. I-70 west of Denver? Yup had to chain up twice this month each way from Vail to Denver
Around 8 years ago, I started out training with a decent sized company under a trainer. We were making a run from Cortez to Pueblo and he told me specifically to not stay on 160 and follow his instructions, not the GPS. It was just past midnight and I was pretty weary and hypnotized by the endless road and I mistakenly stayed on 160 without realizing it long after it was too late. He woke up not too long before Wolf Creek and nearly had a stroke. Still made it all the way down and it was a little icy to top it off. Had to dig my own ass out of the seat but I got treated to some of the most beautiful scenery I've seen this country.
It IS pretty there, isn't it?
You should consider doing a worst road, state by state series of videos. Everyone needs local knowledge sometime. Thanks.
Wolf creek pass was a damn pretty drive. Coming west and rolling through the 15 mph hair pin turns is probably the most beautiful section in my opinion.
😃👍 Any Highway that has those blinking yellow and white signs that say "CHAINS REQUIRED !!!!" 😊
I 40 in NC is called The Gorge.
That Highway you're talking about in, Oregon. On I-84 it's called cabbage Hill. And I have personally seen trucks lose their brakes on that pass about halfway down it. And trucks not being able to climb Up it in the winter because they didn't chain up.
Imo it's the easiest 6 percent interstate downgrade. just keep your foot out of it lmao
Famous last words "That doesn't look that bad"......
Yeah Shannon, I remember thinking exactly that later on! I think I had enough smoke going to cloud up the whole damn road!
This guy right here is the truth.. Sometimes I go down the road.. and I'll just listen to his videos .. Bless up Mr.Dave..
Thanks!
US 550 from Durango, CO all the way to Ouray, CO is by far the most treacherous, but the most beautiful.
Yes it’s very beautiful but also makes your dizzy I felt like I got off an airplane after the trip
Yup, pretty road!
I 68 across Maryland can rough u can lose your brakes fast
I run I-40 in Asheville quite often and I-77 from Wythville to Mt. Airy EVERY WEEK. Fun seeing 2 of my common routes on here.
Wolf creek pass, trucking on down the other side. Lol. The old grapevine highway. There are trucks still at the bottom of the canyon
The I-15 between Victorville and Las Vegas and the I-40 between Barstow and Needles will get you every time if you stop paying attention.
The fog in Fancy Gap can be brutal!
Yes it can!
I can't believe he didn't mention I 80 threw Wyoming
Did that road constantly for years. Didn't find it that bad compared to some of these others.
The Gorge on I-40 is a neat ride... but you better be up on the wheel and paying attention.
Another dangerous road I always hated running was US 24 between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Toledo, Ohio... Head-on collisions were extremely common when the road was 2 lane years ago. At one time, Readers Digest listed US 24 as one of the deadliest highways in the United States.
It may not be in the mountains, but it's still dangerous.
Also Mount Eagle, I-24 in TN, that one can be a little tricky.
Number 3 was not named but it is called Cabbage hill. It is a long and steep downgrade coming back into Oregon. The view of the valley as you come down is amazing. Every time I came down Cabbage it felt like I was finally home even though I was really still about 200 miles away.
In winter, the hill from Montrose, BC to Wanetta and Trail, BC. From Salmo, BC across the border into Washington. Highway 31 from the border through my hometown, Metaline Falls to Ione, then Highway 20 south. I used to drive a Lead Concentrate truck from Mullen, ID to Trail, BC every night. Very few guard rails and a 100 foot drop into the Pend Oreille River. One of our Drivers went off that road. No bueno.
My very first run as a solo driver I was going from Elmira, NY to Greer, SC and it ended up timed so that I hit Fancy Gap right at sunset. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. With the mountain on your right to block the glare of the sun and the entirety of the Yadkin Valley laid out before you to the left. Absolutely gorgeous.
There's some beautiful country out there isn't there.
US 50 in California, guys think it's a detour when Donner is closed. It's not
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Love this channel working my first cdl gig flatbed love it. Your channel has given me great advice. Hope to see ya on the road driver
Cajon pass in California. Steep grades wild curves and high winds.
I used to drive that I-77 stretch going back and forth from FL to CT in a car. Always wondered how bad it was for trucks. Then got into trucking and had to go south down it. Set the jakes and conquered it. Felt good at the bottom. Stay safe folks.
You too William!
I-81 from Scranton, PA to southern VA. Just sheer traffic volume and challenging conditions in Winter especially in VA where they don’t typically keep up on roads.
I'd add I-80 from Wyoming through iowa, not unusual to hit 50+ winds for days, always seeing roll overs.
Yep those roads in the Co. Mountains are no joke!
Love it, glad you mentioned BC, I know how sketch our highways can get, especially in winter.
The pull heading out off osoyoos east bound is incredible especially the switch back at the top
I-68 eastbound from the Maryland scales down into Cumberland MD has fooled a lot of drivers into smoking brakes and jackknifes. The big concrete walls on the curves downtown testify to that.
Amazing story! That might be one of the craziest stories I've heard from this channel! Thank you for sharing your advice and experience with us!
Hwy 2 & 22 in Southern Alberta. Lots of semis blow over when the wind hits 80+ km/h.
I’m going to say this Lewiston’s old spiral highway it is very steep and at the bottom there is a stop sign that leads to Lewiston it is on a beret steep hill and hard to stop
I have gone up that hill a few times and was starting to seriously wonder if i was going to actually make it to the top. Aoutmatic truck with very tall rears do not make it easy to climb.
Wolf Creek pass song is done by Mannheim steamroller. My company does not want us taking i-70 West of Denver
CRST?
84 is beautiful and yeah it's really something. The dreaded 65 between Chicago and Indianapolis in the winter. Boy that road gets slick.
I was driving through Yellowstone a few weeks ago. The roads were completely covered in ice and snow and I was driving a little too fast for the road conditions. I ended up sliding off the road thought I was gonna hit the snow bank and spin out or lay the truck over. Luckily I was able to get back on the road with no problems except maybe some brown and yellow stains in my boxers.
550 in Southwestern Colorado between Ouray and Durango. Two lanes, no guardrails three passes in rapid succession.
Wolf Creek with now four lanes is easy.
But Red Mountain, Coal Bank, and Molass are true killers, so much so C-DOT has a memorial to plow drivers killed in winter and C.W. McCall also wrote a song about 550 and Red Mountain pass called "Riverside Slide"
I just came down from denver too farmington new mexico. Anyway i took 285 south to 160 and took wolf creek pass... most beautiful drive ive ever taken and yeah part of that pass is pretty sketchy
Yeah, you're right though, pretty drive!
Loveland pass over the Eisenhower tunnel is pretty wild.
I was running hwy 12 in WAshington state over white pass every day back in my trucking days.. Every year there wore a lot of fatalities, including my coworker
East of Asheville NC I-40 black mountain
Been down Cabbage Hill in Oregon many times, a couple of those near the bottom I had to get in curb lane to let braless trucks by, traffic on left so could not go around me that way.
My dad grew up near Cabbage Hill and related stories about the '30s and '40s regarding truck stories. He drove for Pacific Fruit & Produce in the late '30s until WWII.
Eastbound over Homestake Pass on I90. The first mile is pretty minor, then it gets long and steep. The Montana DOT has multiple warnings about the road down, but I have rarely driven down it without smelling other drivers brakes. Some nasty curves after you break over, and a nice long stretch dropping fast. An elevation change of about 2,000 feet, or 610 meters. The runaway ramp gets used way too often, and trucks on fire from overheated brakes.
Highway 160 through La Veta Pass in Colorado from Walsenberg to Monte Vista can be pretty bad sometimes. Never know when it's gonna be snowing and freezing fog.
My trainer had me drive I40 on like my 4th day driving at night during a rainstorm...came up on a rock with an 18 wheeler on my left and people out of their cars and trucks that had already hit them on the right...hit the rock but had gotten slowed down enough to avoid any damage...this was in January...3 weeks later I drove it again, this time in the day and no rain...surpised me when the construction brought it down to one lane...kept it at 45 to 50 all the way down with an 18 wheeler on my rear. Really need a "Student Driver" sign...lol
Cabage Hill in Oregon is a long one, don't get yourself in trouble.
Drove long haul 15yrs. Trans Canada Calgary to Vancouver in winter. Boston bar I agree bad, but the Coaquahalla thru Merritt and down to hope a nightmare in snow wind and empty. Rather have my eyes poked out with a sharp stick.. I barely survived.. had to throw my shorts away. Cheers Billy
Interstate 90 going into Butte, Montana. That mountain you got to go down Is something else
As a girl, my family was in the carnival business. We were with a Canadian show Wagner's in BC going up Frazier Canyon in the summer and came up to closed road due to rockslide. Well, we opened up the Pie Car for business. Sold hot plates, cold beer, and gambled. Turned out to be a hella party. Great memories, 1979 or so.
Love your videos. I've been driving a big rig since 1980 and besides driving a rig, I love bicycling. I've driven my rig and bicycled across all the roads you've mentioned with the exception of the ones mentioned in Eastern Canada. Bicycling is one way to truly appreciate the vastness and beauty of North America.
I would have to say that in my experience Rt60 out of Globe, Az is one that scared me the most, the first time I took it. You drop off the top of one of the hill right after leaving civilization and at the bottom you can see that it doubles back on itself. Not until you get to the switchback do you realize how tight it is. A straight job, much less a semi should not be there. The first time I went through I scraped the right front tire and the left rear trailer tandems on the guard rails. There's also the time I was trying to sneak a wide and over weight load from Phoenix to Denver over the weekend with no, authority or permits. It was summer and I decided to take Wolf Creek Pass. Big Mistake!I topped the pass fine sat there for a few minutes and heaved it over to the downhill side. What a ride. I had the Jake flipped all the way up and was fanning the Jonny bar. Still I was barely making it through the curves. Finally I bottomed out and just let it roll up hill to bleed off speed. There is a rest area along that part of the road and covered in sweat went back in the bunk and promptly fell asleep, exhausted. A little while later there was this pounding on the door. Fully expecting to find the D.O.T. I crawled out of the bunk. Imagine my surprise when instead of the DOT, I found a Frenchman who though I had a great looking truck wanted to know if he could take some photos of it. Of course I said yes, relieved.
Great story, thank you for writing in!
I was just on 77 and 40 this week I know the loves you're talking about because I did stop there to change my shorts but worse was the construction going All the way across 40 Some very very nasty curves and dodging boulders in a couple of spots . Where I picked up at in Tennessee to go to Kentucky there is no inner state within an hour's drive so I ended up running state routes the entire Way a 189 miles took just under 4 hours it was quite a long trip.
another bad road is I-94 in winter time... starts Michigan city to Marshall known to have black ice at any given time.
I remember driving thru there in one wither time.... 100 car pile up on one side of road and it kept me on my edge of seat till i pass Marshall and its fine after that even road is smooth and gentle curves still proven to catch you off guard
I know one that used to be bad but has been rebuilt to a safe spec. The 125 mm on l-40 on Arkansas. It was basically flat with a quick 50 or 60 degree corner in the middle. I've chased many a head of cattle there back in 90s. Seems like we had a cattle pot turned over about once a month!
Hard on the girls when you tip them over like that!
GREAT VIDEO. took a gas tanker over monarch pass us50 several times. nightime in a snowstorm whew what a drive
That 84 mountain downhill drive in Oregon is one dicey piece of work. Jake braking is your best friend. I had to drop a load in Walmart in Hermiston Oregon and I was not a happy camper
Cabbage is really not bad. It is just deceptive. In winter it sucks. I dont know how many guys ive seen smoking their brakes because they ont think it is steep untill they get to the turns... they start out way too fast and can't get slowed down.
Dave, we're on the Canyon (Hwy1) Boston Barr BC to Cache Creek BC A L O T these days, cause the Coq is always closed due to wrecks! I84 in OR, is Cabbage Hill.
I live near Wolf Creek Pass. Almost every time I go on home time I have to pass through Wolf Creek.
Beautiful country!
Elk mountain in Wyoming I 80 between Rylands and Laramie in the winter. Sheet of ice almost every night.
My grandparents house is on the top of the mountain in Fancy Gap. You can see Winston Salem from there on a clear day. I would go there every year to the house and look down to see North Carolina.
Pretty spot, beautiful view and one hell of a toboggan ride!
There are some scary ones in w VA such as 33 between Elkins and harrisonburg VA and 219.
I used to drive Purolator Line Haul, Hwy #17 between Sault. Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Its not really a difficult road for experienced drivers. But its long, and requires focus, a single error can ditch your vehicle. And I thought, a shit that's not bad. But first time I drove to Toronto, again on the Trans Canada.
... And I am used to the driving but turning south at Sudbury to Barrie was something called Hwy 69. And kudos to the sexual description. This section of Highway is in the lee side of Lake Huron with a westerly prevailing squall. It didn't matter summer or winter, the snow and rain just squalled over every part of your vision almost without warning. You'd be humping it along in clear, turn a corner guarded by rock outcrop smack into a white or drown out.
... But that's not what made it dangerous. I've driven all the Canadian routes you described, but the Hwy 69A south of Sudbury. at night. I've driven all the other routes in dark but the section south from Sudbury, sucks the light right out of your headlights.
... There just cannot be enough light. And there were a lot of accidents since it was a two lane to begin with. It was the weirdest effect. No reflection, just a vortex of dark.
I-80 in Wyoming in the Winter is bad, lots of accidents and pile ups
Don't know what I'm doing on here. I'm in the UK, nothing to do with truck driving but just hooked on your videos Dave. Interesting and somehow soothing to watch. A thumbs up from me.
Thank you!
British Columbia, I'm from there, yeah those roads are bad in winter.
I-84 sucks. Dead Man's Pass/Cabbage Hill. Went through a blizzard. 75 wrecks and only three made it. 😩. I-40 Black Mountain in NC.
I've been on I-40 in exactly the same area!! I drove past a four car pileup my first time driving through there!!
Coming off Hwy. 40 in Scottsboro, AL on the west side. So many have wrecked not taking it serious at the top. It's only 6-7% most of the way down, but starts out at 13% at the top.
Good to know, thanks!
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I’m surprised you didn’t talk about any of the roads here in Alaska
Never been up there, but always wanted to go, in the summer!
Right! I-84 out of the blues (cabbage to some) rough in the winter, fog black ice. “Love it”. Hwy 20 Santiam in Oregon out of Sisters is also a fun one in the winter
Smart trucking 101, always enjoy your videos Dave .
Thank you!
The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Tok is pretty unforgiving and obviously the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Barrow.
Yes I-84 East of Pendleton Or cabbage hill you look down at airplanes flying by and cloud banks totally fogs you in. Another I-90 west of vantage Washington 10 miles of curves at 6% plus grade real fun in the snow and ice then you cross the Columbia River which at that point is more then 1mile wide in a bridge then back up hill. Then theirs Washington state highway 12 white pass two lane right around the south side of Mt Rainer curves and I hold my breath hoping not to trade paint. Then in Oregon state Highway 58 willamette pass west of Odell lake 2 escape off ramps curvey and 6% grade in the good spots, I’ve seen many a truck come down hill with there brakes on fire.
My first thought during the opening of the video when you walked in and sat down....
"All rise for the Honorable Judge Dave."
"Please be seated."
Wow! Usually I'm like Rodney Dangerfield, can't get no respect! Thanks Snidely!
Us 550 Near Durango Co is no joke
No it is not!
LOL Your first two are spot on. Especially with the old slow-mo Creston
Your from Ontario so you might have been on this road I never did ride this road but heard the stories its the Buchans Highway, if there is a truck coming at your truck on the opposite of the road and this road had no shoulder on either side when the trucks passed each other. the mirrors on both trucks almost touch! its a hairy one !!!
watch out for the Mallahat on Vancouver Island. 4000m of elevation. No runoff lanes. Jumps from one to two lanes then back. Everyone is going too fast or too slow.
#4 are you talking about Deadmans Pass, aka Cabbage Hill? Tou never mention the hill. And when you say West of Denver, that's an awful long stretch. Are you talking about Lookout Pass? Or are you talking about "going over the top" in general?
Yes, I'm talking about Cabbage and on I-70 just going over the top in general.
Theirs also another pass in South Eastern Oregon, outside Lakeview. Three Sisters. It's a 7 percent Down Grade, on a pure cliff. Almost a couple miles high. My old man took me in his 379 98 Pete with him when I was younger, going up the pass, he told me to look out the passenger window, and look at the base. It's scattered with flatten 18 Wheelers and 4 Wheelers, where O.S.P. was unable to recover the Cars and Semis, because they would be completely flattened like a pancake. It's dangerous anytime during the year. Wind speed gets more then 30mph because it's all flat land with no Trees, and during Dense Fog & Heavy Snow and or Rain, Drivers that never took this stretch of land wouldn't think of the Natural Danger, and would drive off going Westbound. If you are going down the grade and in the passenger seat, you have less then a 1foot from the Passenger Mirror too the Side Cliff, and your passenger can put his arm out and scrap the Cliff with his hand. However the rest of the list, is also sketchy as anything.
Steamboat hill on the Alaskan highway, that whole highway is one you gotta have your head up especially in winter
Thank you so much for this always giving help to me.
Worst Road Wrigley NWT To Norman Wells NWT 280km on a good day 10 hours all drive tires chained up winter road only at that time 8 years ago
Oh Cabbage Hill 6 miles and a 2000 feet elevation change.
These are in Pennsylvania
1) snow shoe mountain
2) Clearfield mountain
3) loganton mountain
All these are on I-80
US 550 in Colorado. Most dangerous stretch of hwy imaginable.
I 77 going into North Carolina, I want to thank NC DOT for putting the chicken coop at the bottom of the hill.You fight to get the altitude and then the bottom you've got to be slow enough for the scale. It can be a pain in the ass.
Some bad planning there! And they say road engineers are highly trained!
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel. 17 mile long with 2, one mile long tunnel. Yes, you are on the ocean. Always know your weather. High wind = high profile vehicle ban. If you going to Norfolk VA. and if it closed, you wait there or drive back 230 mile to the main land to Annapolis MD.
I live in Asheville, NC. That stretch of I-40 once you cross into NC from TN is a pain in the ass!
The wreckhouse in NFLD is no joke at all! I have seen 5 trucks flipped at one time. It would be nothing to go through there and see 1-5 trucks on their side several times a week. That phone number to check wind speed there is a drivers best friend!
I grew up and learned to drive in Wyoming, so anything under 35mph sustained is a light breeze not worth talking about. The road I'm not a fan of is highway 55 heading north out of Boise ID up to McCall ID. Its a beautiful drive, but narrow and winding, the problems mainly from people being in a hurry and thinking the semi is holding them up when it is the tour bus sized RV three vehicles in front of the semi holding them up.
Best story ever (at the end)! Super useful information!
The Kootenay Pass between Salmo and Creston is pretty tricky but you know the old TransCanada is nasty when they make a TV show called Highway thru Hell about newer Coquihalla highway.
I didn't find the Coq that bad, just the drivers on it.