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08-01-2020, 12:53 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Thornton
Posts: 7
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OMG! Glad you are OK. The wind is brutal on I25 especially up there on the flatland. My husband recently went blind and I'm taking over the driving on out Jayco HT Eagle 5th wheel and that is one I haven't encounted with full force yet... Wind is scary so glad she muscled threw it.
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08-01-2020, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,954
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Perhaps DW would appreciate a gift certificate for Victoria's Secret for all the effort? It might be needed!
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08-01-2020, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Carseland
Posts: 31
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Glad you are all alright 👍 and your wife did a great job 👏. Wyoming is always bad I remember driving truck with a basically empty 53ft trailer in the winter and going from one side of road to other
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08-01-2020, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Michigan
Posts: 436
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Tell her if she can do that? She qualifies for being a part of the school bus league. This is why I make sure the sway bar and stabilizers are in place. I hit some winds and glad for the school bus training because I was able to go into bus driver mode. Glad you guys lived thru that one. Gold star.
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08-01-2020, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Michigan
Posts: 436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomson
I 25 through Colorado Springs we hit a tennis ball sized hail storms amid numerous others slamming on their brakes. I kicked off the cruise and let it slow down without braking narrowly missing a pick up going sideways, brake lights on. When we got below I turned on 4WD and touched the gas to straighten the fiver. Missed everybody and everything. While everyone stopped we slowly continued out of the storm. We didn't want to continue with the hail. We needed a new awning. Small price to pay considering the alternatives. BTW those air vent covers that you put over the vents weren't damaged.
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I 70 is worse and yes, those hail storms are wild. I never saw anything like it. Golf ball was more tennis ball hail. Glad Michigan does not have anything like it.
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08-01-2020, 01:50 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Colorado
Posts: 61
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There is a reason there are windsocks along that stretch of I-25 and warning signs.
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08-01-2020, 01:59 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Dallas, PA
Posts: 57
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Wyoming Meets The Boss!
Glad to see you are both safe and see the issue of who is the better driver has finally been solved!
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08-01-2020, 02:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Pinedale
Posts: 13
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Welcome to Wyoming...
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08-01-2020, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: FORESTVILLE
Posts: 472
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We carry a portable weather radio with us that is both battery and AC powered and we too use the windy app.
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08-01-2020, 07:00 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Sheridan
Posts: 12
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I've lived in Wyoming all my life and the wind can be vicious. As a Jayco Grayhawk owner I suspect you might not have had the same luck with a different brand. Kudos to your wife for a job well done. Thank goodness the ditch wasn't wet or it could have really been awful.
When its terribly high winds it really is best just to stay parked and wait it out. There are signs to warn of high winds on the Interstates and they usually are pretty accurate. Not to say that you cannot get hit unexpectedly but there are warnings. All three interstates in Wyoming can have high winds and can topple semis. Glad you are safe.
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08-02-2020, 07:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 693
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Glad you you came out okay with the wind! Good for your wife! : )
I-25 b/t Fort Collins and Cheyenne white knuckle cross winds...
2.5" hail in Ogallala..
Unscathed by winds in the area, but had TV and TT totaled in Ogallala - fortunately it was mostly cosmetic and we did very well on the buy back from salvage settlement.
After half a dozen trips from West Michigan to Fort Collins and lots of wind, torrential rain, storms, watching a distant tornado and I'm starting to get wary of the area.
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08-02-2020, 11:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Pensacola
Posts: 667
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Your Wife needs to go drive for NASCAR she would be better than most of the drivers out there. Her no screaming or freaking sure did help and she took care of business .
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08-10-2020, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: SW Lower Michigan
Posts: 2,516
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Great handling by the DW! Ive since downloaded the Windy app. for good measure.
Glad it wasn't any worse for you two. Take care!
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2018 Jayco White Hawk 31BH 34'
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08-10-2020, 02:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Denver
Posts: 4,218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ledoyle
There is a reason there are windsocks along that stretch of I-25 and warning signs.
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I'd gladly pay for a lot more windsocks, flags and the like along I-80, I-25.
Every mile!
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08-10-2020, 02:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Denver
Posts: 4,218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KingRanch
Welcome to Wyoming...
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Your handle is ironic - she grew up about 1500' from the entrance to the King Ranch!
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