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.
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
Siskiyou pass either into Oregon from California or the other way,7 percent for 7 miles into Ashland Oregon, or Grapevine pass northbound into the San Joaquin valley,7 percent for 7 miles,gear down with a heavy load!
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.
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"
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.
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.
The 93 to the I-10 going to Phoenix from Vegas is dangerous AF. I drive that road every day I miss going to Victorville from Vegas. I didn’t realize how bad this road was until I started doing it and looking into the history of it.
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.
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.
The tightest I've been on is hwy 89 by grand canyon. Lots of turns and narrow lanes. Would be fun on a street bike not so much in a 18 wheeler. Beautiful drive though
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
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.
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.
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.
Driving a semi on number 4, 5, 6, 8,10, and, 12 My first day driving over the road and a big rig was number 4 on the list here, I-70 over the mountains west of Denver. My last year of driving over the road was I-80 through Wyoming every day, should have been on the list. Salt Lake to Denver one day, Denver back to Salt Lake the next. Ironically I live and work in a snowier colder part of Wyoming now, driving a truck in the oilfield and chain up less often than I did driving I-80.
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.
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.
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
Arkansas 7 from Russellville Arkansas to Branson Missouri around Northern Arkansas that road has a 7% grade runaway truck ramps and 20 mph is the fastest turn it's a two-lane Highway it makes 40 through North Carolina and 77 through West Virginia look like a drag strips I talked to a worker at a gas station she said I've done that in my car in the day light you can have it that road ain't built for big trucks is barely built for a pickup truck with a 24-foot gooseneck goes through 8 small towns
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.
Rt 2 in Western Massachusetts..Rt 60 in Eastern West Virginia past Eagles Nest and Rt 12 between Montana and Idaho...Other than that..Every Interstate Highway is a sinch...
Yeah I 7-Day Wolf Creek been on that and Monarch Pass oh yeah let's see here I-40 I live in eastern North Carolina I travel I-40 from Asheville into Tennessee every time I leave home but yeah it can be dangerous but there's one small Road Ohio 43 I forget which interstate I'm you're coming from but going to a Walmart DC it is basically nothing but switchbacks you cannot stay in your lane and there is one turn in this small town if you and another truck meet up with me and another rig did we almost exchange mirrors and paint it was that tight that was a scary Road for me I've only taken that road once I have never hit it again
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.
Dave, I'm one of your dreaded four wheelers and for me the scariest stretch of highway is the bit of highway 97 in the Okanagan I spend an hour driving to and from work. I have about had it with the idiots who treat the highways as a Mario Cart game whatever the weather (a few are truckers on this route - the vast majority are the impatient/incompetent @*#^^#^$ morons who don't know or care that the road is a shared space). I drive defensively and to the road conditions and respect the big rigs for what they can and cannot do and give them the leeway they need. But my fellow commuters? I'm scared and ashamed to be lumped in with a lot of them. Finally, Dave, thanks for the story. Only my quick reflexes saved you from having to pay for a new laptop when I spit my coffee out - as soon as heard two B-trains taking a short cut and Galena Bay I knew it was going to be comedy gold. Thanks for the wisdom and laughs.
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
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
#3= cabbage patch/#4 vail pass/40,48 in w.v./and hwy 140 from winnemucca nv to klamuth falls or.so bad they closed it to vehicles ob 28 feet and so much weight( can't remember for sure) that was the worst downhill i've ever been on,back before jakes and weight was 73280 that mt. killed a bunch of truckers and it still kills campers
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.
Flagstaff to phoenix...sandiego going east....and please dont underestimate monteagle in tenn.....famous last words...'doesnt look so bad'...truckers go way too fast because of that reason..monteagle has an extemely high mortality rate
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 !!!
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.
#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?
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 remember running down fancy gap as a kid with my dad before the chicken coop was at the bottom dad would come around that last curve and let her go triple digits floating down at 2 a.m. try that today.......... That coop is usually always open.
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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.
The fog in Fancy Gap can be brutal!
Yes it can!
You're not lying about I-70 West of Denver. It's no joke
Been there done that
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.
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.
😃👍 Any Highway that has those blinking yellow and white signs that say "CHAINS REQUIRED !!!!" 😊
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
Siskiyou pass either into Oregon from California or the other way,7 percent for 7 miles into Ashland Oregon, or Grapevine pass northbound into the San Joaquin valley,7 percent for 7 miles,gear down with a heavy load!
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
I 68 across Maryland can rough u can lose your brakes fast
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!
I 40 in NC is called The Gorge.
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"
You should consider doing a worst road, state by state series of videos. Everyone needs local knowledge sometime. Thanks.
US 550 in Colorado. Most dangerous stretch of hwy imaginable.
There are some scary ones in w VA such as 33 between Elkins and harrisonburg VA and 219.
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.
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.
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?
US 50 in California, guys think it's a detour when Donner is closed. It's not
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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.
The 93 to the I-10 going to Phoenix from Vegas is dangerous AF. I drive that road every day I miss going to Victorville from Vegas. I didn’t realize how bad this road was until I started doing it and looking into the history of it.
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.
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'd add I-80 from Wyoming through iowa, not unusual to hit 50+ winds for days, always seeing roll overs.
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.
Tail of the dragon on Deals Gap..318 curves in 11 miles...Dont attempt..signs 15 miles before you get to entrance to tell semis to turn around
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.
The tightest I've been on is hwy 89 by grand canyon. Lots of turns and narrow lanes. Would be fun on a street bike not so much in a 18 wheeler. Beautiful drive though
Every road is DANGEROUS with SUPER TRUCKER and FOUR WHEELERS.
You said it all. Once anyone enters any American street, roadway, highway or freeway, you just begun the most dangerous endeavor; the U.S. roadway.
Cajon pass in California. Steep grades wild curves and high winds.
The most dangerous mile you will ever drive ?
The next one .
East of Asheville NC I-40 black mountain
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!
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.
Oh Cabbage Hill 6 miles and a 2000 feet elevation change.
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.
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!
I can vouch for 550 in Colorado. I drove through in my personal vehicle. There were big rigs up there. Tough route, would not recommend with your rig.
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.
Driving a semi on number 4, 5, 6, 8,10, and, 12
My first day driving over the road and a big rig was number 4 on the list here, I-70 over the mountains west of Denver. My last year of driving over the road was I-80 through Wyoming every day, should have been on the list. Salt Lake to Denver one day, Denver back to Salt Lake the next.
Ironically I live and work in a snowier colder part of Wyoming now, driving a truck in the oilfield and chain up less often than I did driving I-80.
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.
On 84 right now. This year I have been lucky and haven't had to chain once!
Let's hope your good luck continues Kyle!
Trans Canada from Wawa to Thunder Bay in the winter can be a dicey drive.
Yes it can!
Yep those roads in the Co. Mountains are no joke!
Wolf Creek pass song is done by Mannheim steamroller. My company does not want us taking i-70 West of Denver
CRST?
Highway 212 near lame deer montana is my vote.
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.
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 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
Arkansas 7 from Russellville Arkansas to Branson Missouri around Northern Arkansas that road has a 7% grade runaway truck ramps and 20 mph is the fastest turn it's a two-lane Highway it makes 40 through North Carolina and 77 through West Virginia look like a drag strips I talked to a worker at a gas station she said I've done that in my car in the day light you can have it that road ain't built for big trucks is barely built for a pickup truck with a 24-foot gooseneck goes through 8 small towns
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.
Cabage Hill in Oregon is a long one, don't get yourself in trouble.
Rt 2 in Western Massachusetts..Rt 60 in Eastern West Virginia past Eagles Nest and Rt 12 between Montana and Idaho...Other than that..Every Interstate Highway is a sinch...
British Columbia, I'm from there, yeah those roads are bad in winter.
Yeah I 7-Day Wolf Creek been on that and Monarch Pass oh yeah let's see here I-40 I live in eastern North Carolina I travel I-40 from Asheville into Tennessee every time I leave home but yeah it can be dangerous but there's one small Road Ohio 43 I forget which interstate I'm you're coming from but going to a Walmart DC it is basically nothing but switchbacks you cannot stay in your lane and there is one turn in this small town if you and another truck meet up with me and another rig did we almost exchange mirrors and paint it was that tight that was a scary Road for me I've only taken that road once I have never hit it again
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.
Dave, I'm one of your dreaded four wheelers and for me the scariest stretch of highway is the bit of highway 97 in the Okanagan I spend an hour driving to and from work. I have about had it with the idiots who treat the highways as a Mario Cart game whatever the weather (a few are truckers on this route - the vast majority are the impatient/incompetent @*#^^#^$ morons who don't know or care that the road is a shared space). I drive defensively and to the road conditions and respect the big rigs for what they can and cannot do and give them the leeway they need. But my fellow commuters? I'm scared and ashamed to be lumped in with a lot of them. Finally, Dave, thanks for the story. Only my quick reflexes saved you from having to pay for a new laptop when I spit my coffee out - as soon as heard two B-trains taking a short cut and Galena Bay I knew it was going to be comedy gold. Thanks for the wisdom and laughs.
Thank you for watching! Take care Murray!
I-95 travels through Idaho?? I don't think so.! Must mean US-95
Are you saying it's not a bad road or 95 doesn't run through Idaho?
I am a new truck driver I got my license last week and I was on the 40 and went through fancy gap. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
Also Mount Eagle, I-24 in TN, that one can be a little tricky.
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
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 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.
Hwy 191 from wy to ut is pretty tough, steeeeeep grades and very sharp turns that ya wagon is in other lane lol
Hwy 2 & 22 in Southern Alberta. Lots of semis blow over when the wind hits 80+ km/h.
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.
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!
84 is beautiful and yeah it's really something. The dreaded 65 between Chicago and Indianapolis in the winter. Boy that road gets slick.
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
Loveland pass over the Eisenhower tunnel is pretty wild.
I-80 Elk Mountain, WY...where truck drivers or their careers go to die.
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.
Good ol fancy gap first hill I ever drove after I first got my cdl
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!
I've been on I-40 in exactly the same area!! I drove past a four car pileup my first time driving through there!!
I live in NC. Right in the middle of NC. And I-40 sucks through the whole damn state of NC.
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.
#3= cabbage patch/#4 vail pass/40,48 in w.v./and hwy 140 from winnemucca nv to klamuth falls or.so bad they closed it to vehicles ob 28 feet and so much weight( can't remember for sure) that was the worst downhill i've ever been on,back before jakes and weight was 73280 that mt. killed a bunch of truckers and it still kills campers
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!
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.
The pull heading out off osoyoos east bound is incredible especially the switch back at the top
Flagstaff to phoenix...sandiego going east....and please dont underestimate monteagle in tenn.....famous last words...'doesnt look so bad'...truckers go way too fast because of that reason..monteagle has an extemely high mortality rate
That's easy, any Roads with 4 wheelers
🤣🤣 that's the truth but I see alot of terrible foreign truck drivers as well
No kidding!
Wolf creek pass, trucking on down the other side. Lol. The old grapevine highway. There are trucks still at the bottom of the canyon
I liked the old # 1 lived at a bush camp at Boston Bar. This utube trucker likely Cdn. Yup those long hills need signs at top and # going down.
Rt 95 between coeur d'Alene,Idaho and Ontario, Oregon ...horrible
Love it, glad you mentioned BC, I know how sketch our highways can get, especially in winter.
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 !!!
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.
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
#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.
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
Cant remember the name of the road but Wyoming State route over Bighorn Mountain. 10% grade. Kinda crazy but beautiful drive for experienced drivers
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
Definitely the Lewiston grade I've seen some trucks smoking brakes
The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Tok is pretty unforgiving and obviously the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Barrow.
I remember running down fancy gap as a kid with my dad before the chicken coop was at the bottom dad would come around that last curve and let her go triple digits floating down at 2 a.m. try that today.......... That coop is usually always open.
550, is the worst I’ve ever been on, elevation, cut backs, avalanche