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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by PapaThiele
That's the damned-able nature of traveling across Kansas and Eastern Colorado...interstate is the fastest way but it is boring and there are idiots out there that think it is the Autobahn
Big azz trucks too... and plenty of idjiots who don't hava clue....
 
Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:03 AM
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If a truck manages to pass me then I can promise you he is really moving! I don't stay along side them and I definitely don't stay behind them. Way too much stuff falls off those guys..
 
Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by LiiT
If a truck manages to pass me then I can promise you he is really moving! I don't stay along side them and I definitely don't stay behind them. Way too much stuff falls off those guys..
Not only that.... the opposing crap that comes your way... ya just never know what it might be...
 
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I rode I-75 up from Florida a few times.... truck after truck after truck... like a bad dream on that highway...
 
Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:10 AM
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Not only that.... the opposing crap that comes your way... ya just never know what it might be...
Originally Posted by krwould
I rode I-75 up from Florida a few times.... truck after truck after truck... like a bad dream on that highway...

Yeah, I've been on that road a BUNCH of times. It can get a bit crazy but I still don't think it's as bad as 40. Especially when you get close to Ashville.
 
Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:11 AM
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The biggest problem I have with 18 wheelers is too many foriegners driving them now and they just don't give a crap... usta be a lotta truckers rode motorsickles...
 
Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:16 AM
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The biggest problem I have with 18 wheelers is too many foriegners driving them now and they just don't give a crap... usta be a lotta truckers rode motorsickles...

True. I have all the respect in the world for the long haul guys and will give 'em a break every chance I get.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:19 AM
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Old Jan 28, 2016 | 07:20 AM
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