A little drive threw West Virginia today

jon f mn · Jan 21, 2014

I-64/75 through Wv. is about the toughest freeway drive in the US., and worse in a blizzard.
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old · Jan 21, 2014

Is I-64 still as bad as it was back in the late 70s. Back when I was stationed in Norfolk VA I would drive it to get here in Missouri and I always hated it due to lots of detours and it just flat out being a rough road

Vito · Jan 21, 2014

That doesn't look like a fun ride.At least it looked like the 4 wheelers were pretty much off the road.

Vito

James Williams · Jan 21, 2014

Whats wrong with I64,besides rolling hills I thought It is the best interstate Ive been on

jimmy

ohiojim · Jan 21, 2014

not interstate but the east end of route 50 is the most crooked road I've drove

Adirondack case guy · Jan 21, 2014

Jon,
the nice thing about that weather down there, when you are a veteran notherner, is them southerners are not on the road.
Keep the White Eagle in the rutts.
Loren.

MarkWV · Jan 21, 2014

Jon
live about 30 minutes east of that Grandview exit in you video. I worked the first accident going down sandstone mountain (after the mandatory pull off -which was created to force trucks to be in a lower gear going down) the truck had hit escape ramp, ran all the way thru it and over the end. Engineers figured that soil in sides of the pit had washed into the gravel allowing it pack down instead of truck burying up. They dug out all escape ramps and cemented sides and that has worked since, they ride about 1/2 way down and BURY up in gravel. Today was nasty as it gets, we have snow and freezing rain mixed, just got in from plowing 6 neighbors and my drive and about 1/2 mile of one lane road out. If you can drive the WV roads you can drive anywhere

IH2444 · Jan 21, 2014

did you mean 64/71?

casenut1 · Jan 21, 2014

Conditions must not of been to bad. Looks like you are moving right along at a pretty good clip.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 21, 2014

You must not have been on it between Beckley and Charleston WV.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 21, 2014

oh shux jon ,, you goin to Carolinas by way of west v ,, puts you rite in the ugly stuff,on a tuf rd ,ITS BEAUTIFUL IN THE SUMMER ,OR FALL ,.guess that's the route they gave you to take// ,,this am it was pretty nasty feedin everythin ,, but now the wind has dieddown ,,, and its just cold and serveral inches of snow ,, yesterday it was 53 ,,,stayed so busy doin stuff didn't have time to eat or scht

jon f mn · Jan 21, 2014

OOPS, your right it's I-77

Goose · Jan 21, 2014

I-70 from Wheeling to Morgantown at night in a snowstorm isn't exactly a stroll though the park, either. BTDT.

JDB · Jan 21, 2014

Looked like you were making good time

Larry NEIL · Jan 21, 2014

About 10 years ago I hauled a load of hay with my 34" goose neck trailer to my Daughter in Virginia Beach. Stopped in Ohio for 3 days for the Oliver Club summer show. I think I took part of that route heading east in the summer and made a note not to do not again. Had 2 blowouts on the trailer.

the tractor vet · Jan 21, 2014

Made many of runs up and down I 77 - I-79 and a cross 68 with big ugly loads in all weather . I think the most memorable run south of the Ohio river Mason Dixon line was a snow storm that shut down the south and i got caught on I 40 with no place to get off and also being my first trip across that section with a 120000 setting on the deck and coming up onto Blacks Mountain , only way to go was forward and up and over . Lock the rear together pick a hole that i would have the power if needed and i started up that thing i had to weave my way up around stranded cars trucks and buses i was ablbel to keep my speed around 35 to 40 and if she started to spin just lighten up on the go pedal when i could find more traction i could pick up speed . As i came over the top there was noone ahead of me and no one behind me . And east bounder setting in the parking lot that stretched back for about thirty miles asked me if the plows were coming , What plows i have not seen anybody but stuck cars and trucks . He informed me that i was the firt of anything that they have seen in two hours that they have been setting there and he wanted to know how i got up the mountain . Told him that i had to lock the ft hubs in . I was running in over a foot or so of snow and as long as i was still moving i was NOT STOPPING .

jon f mn · Jan 21, 2014

I'm just glad you didn't say dirty side down Loren. lol

showcrop · Jan 22, 2014

like traditional farmer says 64/77 North from Beckley down into Charleston is downright scary, and I have never driven it in snow. A few years back they had a lot of people stuck on it for hours in a snow storm because there were so few places to cross over to the other side. The added crossovers since then.

Tractor Vet, did you have full lockers on that truck or just divider lock? With full lockers and a good load I found that I could go where most vehicles would not.

Welding man · Jan 22, 2014

Guys,I hate to say it but those roads are some of the best the state has to offer. I've lived in Wv all my life and I'd rather drive any road we have than to travel I-81 in Virginia. Traffic bumper to bumper running 80 MPH. Numerous wrecks and a bunch of idiots.WV roads are steep and curvy but we don't have the volume of traffic either.All I can say is welcome to the Mountain State.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 22, 2014

Plenty of pictures of you Yanks wrecking on the news this morning.

Kenneth R Ohnstad · Jan 22, 2014

How could one throw a whole state?
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