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Re: Logging trucks on mountain roads
Author: trackwalker
Date: 06-16-2018 - 13:38
pnw Wrote:
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> Something I have never forgotten is meeting a
> logging truck on the narrow dirt road over
> Stampede Pass.
> In 1998 I was up there railfanning in my little
> pickup.
> I was slowly climbing the west side of the pass on
> a narrow straight stretch and met an oncoming
> truck doing maybe 35 to 40 mph. I had a few
> seconds to pull over. The truck didn't slow a bit
> and was inches away when he passed.
> Though that was 20 years ago, the memory is still
> vivid and it shakes me up a little to remember how
> close I was to being killed that day.
The average speed for a logging truck provided the driver wants to get to the bottom in one piece over Stampede Pass is about 15mph. Although, if you are not paying attention and get surprised by a truck, the speed can appear to be much higher. No, you don't need a CB although I would not be without one when around active logging, all you need to do is look at the road and study the tracks, and pay attention, it is pretty simple.
>
> Is it my responsibility to monitor the CB channel?
> I don't have a CB radio.
>
> Do logging trucks have some special right-of-way
> on those roads that I am not aware of?
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> Something I have never forgotten is meeting a
> logging truck on the narrow dirt road over
> Stampede Pass.
> In 1998 I was up there railfanning in my little
> pickup.
> I was slowly climbing the west side of the pass on
> a narrow straight stretch and met an oncoming
> truck doing maybe 35 to 40 mph. I had a few
> seconds to pull over. The truck didn't slow a bit
> and was inches away when he passed.
> Though that was 20 years ago, the memory is still
> vivid and it shakes me up a little to remember how
> close I was to being killed that day.
The average speed for a logging truck provided the driver wants to get to the bottom in one piece over Stampede Pass is about 15mph. Although, if you are not paying attention and get surprised by a truck, the speed can appear to be much higher. No, you don't need a CB although I would not be without one when around active logging, all you need to do is look at the road and study the tracks, and pay attention, it is pretty simple.
>
> Is it my responsibility to monitor the CB channel?
> I don't have a CB radio.
>
> Do logging trucks have some special right-of-way
> on those roads that I am not aware of?
