Hammer goes to the Dark Side...

[Hammer166]

It's approximately 50 degrees, light mist, no wind. You'll be fine.
I gotta go up to Bolingbrook at 5. It'll be crappier by then I'm sure.

You can tell the wind is coming off the lake today. It's in the mid-fifties east of Lake Station and west of Joliet, and in the mid-forties and foggy in between.

I usually run over to Iowa City enough 380 and 218, that's not looking real promising on the radar, so I might make a right turn at Albuquerque and run up 39

 

[Hammer166]

You know what cameras don't look that bad, no guts no glory! Westbound and Down!

 

[r3gulator3]

You know what cameras don't look that bad, no guts no glory! Westbound and Down!

Friend in the Iowa City area says it’s just been flurries from Des Moines to Walcott

 

[Hammer166]

Friend in the Iowa City area says it’s just been flurries from Des Moines to Walcott

Hope it stays that way. 343 miles with 5:11 left. That's more than a little snug.

 

[ironpony]

What in the hell is in Dwight?

A ****ed up Aldi's DC.

 

[r3gulator3]

Hope it stays that way. 343 miles with 5:11 left. That's more than a little snug.

Justified by weather if ya don’t make it.

 

[Duck]

I usually run over to Iowa City enough 380 and 218, that's not looking real promising on the radar, so I might make a right turn at Albuquerque and run up 39

I think you'd save a hell of a lot of money on fuel if you skip the Albuquerque detour. That's a bit out of route!

 

[Rigjockey]

A bacon butter double sure sounds good about now. I don't think there's a Culver's between me and Grass Lake, and after that I don't care I won't cross any more scales anyway.

Grass Lake is always working even when they are not there. A few times I have been through Grass lake and someone left the OPEN lights on when they went home.

 

[Hammer166]

Grass Lake is always working even when they are not there. A few times I have been through Grass lake and someone left the OPEN lights on when they went home.

When I first started running Detroit every week about 10 years ago was when they were tore up, kind of spoiled me

 

[Hammer166]

Made it to Floyd, IA. Probably 2 ton of ice on truck, looking at suspension pressure. Luckily the temp gradient was really steep, never saw much ice on the road. Went from raining and wet to snowing and covered in 10 minutes. Conditions weren't atrocious, but you'd never know that from how slow traffic was moving.

 

[Sinister]

Made it to Floyd, IA. Probably 2 ton of ice on truck, looking at suspension pressure. Luckily the temp gradient was really steep, never saw much ice on the road. Went from raining and wet to snowing and covered in 10 minutes. Conditions weren't atrocious, but you'd never know that from how slow traffic was moving.

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I stopped in Rochelle and was completely unaware of this.

I have a whopping 2900 in the box going into Beaver Dam.

Lovely.

 

[mndriver]

Made it to Floyd, IA.

Do you stay at the wagon wheel?

 

[ironpony]

Doesn't seem to have moved too much at 0200 - 4 hours later. Still on the warm side SW of Chicago.

 

[Hammer166]

Do you stay at the wagon wheel?

That's where I'm at. One of those places I've been past a bunch of times, but never stopped at.

Doesn't seem to have moved too much at 0200 - 4 hours later. Still on the warm side SW of Chicago.

Was strange watching it progress on the radar history. The frontal boundary moved really slow across Northern Illinois, while it was moving quickly east further south in Missouri and dropping south across Michigan. Like a huge bow being drawn with handle near the quad cities.

 

[Duck]

Well it's cleared up now. Time to get moving. Them cars ain't gonna deliver themselves.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Well it's cleared up now. Time to get moving. Them cars ain't gonna deliver themselves.



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They will if they're Teslas. You just have to set them free.

Run little Tessies, run!

 

[Hammer166]

Well it's cleared up now. Time to get moving. Them cars ain't gonna deliver themselves.



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I'll get a pic after the sun's up. I'm going to be glittering today! Probably going to need a hammer to get the straps loose.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I'll get a pic after the sun's up. I'm going to be glittering today! Probably going to need a hammer to get the straps loose.

Glittering?

Is that really the word you were looking for?

 

[r3gulator3]

Glittering?

Is that really the word you were looking for?

Of course it was. sparkles

 

[Hammer166]

Glittering?

Is that really the word you were looking for?

Yes. Bitches love it when I'm glittering!