We're having fun now......................

Post by **Greg D** » March 28, 2009, 9:58 am

Said to myself "enough" last night and pulled over at the Petro in Salina Ks. Was supposed to go to Wichita and go west on US 54 - it's closed, alternate US 56 - closed. The dispatcher suggested I 70 then south on US 83 - closed south of Garden City - big shocker there. Well apparently I am going to be here for awhile, lol.

36truck · Post by **36truck** » March 28, 2009, 10:02 am

Greg it's amazing to me that far sough of me you got SO MUCH snow.
Hope you don't have to sit for to long waiting for it to thaw.

Post by **Greg D** » March 28, 2009, 10:06 am

They were in a big a$$ hurry for me to leave last night to "miss" this stuff. With good weather this is a 2 day run, I would have left this AM. I am going to lose all the time I gained yesterday and then some waiting here. Right now I can't even get out of my parking space or the lot - stuck trucks in my way.

36truck · Post by **36truck** » March 28, 2009, 10:08 am

Isn't snow fun!

Post by **Greg D** » March 28, 2009, 10:11 am

They are likely going to end up rescheduling this drop. We should have set it for Tuesday and I left tomorrow. Could be at home right now and last night.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » March 28, 2009, 10:16 am

You know...

...

...

...there's never this problem in the SUMMERTIME!!

65_Slick · Post by **65_Slick** » March 28, 2009, 10:39 am

Greg

Give slick4x4 a jingle. He's only about 14 miles from Salina over in Kipp.

Stay Warm!
Marty

Post by **Greg D** » March 28, 2009, 10:43 am

Pat is one guy who's # I don't have. Sort of hoping he sees this post if he wants to come up for coffee (and can get here, lol). They have a big Cat front end loader and a grader trying to plow the lot, they are sliding around too, lol.
How have you been Marty?

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 28, 2009, 10:52 am

no tire chains bro ?

around here the big rigs go till they cant then chain up and go some more.
suppose those would do you no good if they close all the roads though.

not very often a road gets closed. an avalanche or serious ice from freezing rain on the road is about the only time.

Demonknight · Post by **Demonknight** » March 28, 2009, 1:40 pm

fun part about the plains out there is it takes very little snow to close a road, if the wind is blowing the right way. Grew up out there and as little as 6 inches can cause the biggest headaches...years ago we were elk hunting and the plains got 6 inches, roads closed in 4 states for days, DIA (denver airport) was down 2 days and cattle all over were getting hay dropped by the national guard choppers.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » March 28, 2009, 2:14 pm

just off the phone with Greg D.....
had a good chat with him , and told him what i just got to look at.......
the roof of my 30 x 60 shed sitting on the corner of the boys 63...
yea.....not only does snow suck......its heavy.

Post by **Greg D** » March 28, 2009, 2:19 pm

Thanks for giving me a ring Pat, good to talk to you again. I was real sorry to hear about the shed and the 63, hope it's not hurt too bad.
Pat & Coleen are great folks but I remember that from last August at SS!

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » March 28, 2009, 4:45 pm

we hardly have any snow here in kc greg. it rained a bunch and has been snowing on and off for a while, but no real accumulation. stay safe out there.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 28, 2009, 5:07 pm

What year do you have spring over there?

36truck · Post by **36truck** » March 28, 2009, 5:34 pm

You funny Alan that's what you get with our global warming.

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » March 28, 2009, 6:00 pm

One of the great things about Houston is, you never have to shovel heat.
U@ss

66 POJ · Post by **66 POJ** » March 28, 2009, 6:14 pm

Uncle Skip wrote:One of the great things about Houston is, you never have to shovel heat.
U@ss

Just the humidity.......

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » March 28, 2009, 6:33 pm

And an occasional hurricane!

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » March 28, 2009, 7:12 pm

just snapped this pic. doesn't look like i will be swapping engines this weekend. lol.
thanks mother nature. 'preciate it!

Post by **Greg D** » March 29, 2009, 2:35 am

Pulled out of Salina finally at 4:00 PM, they had finally opened US 54. I am Santa Rosa NM now. This is the first truck stop parking lot I have ever that is just a rocky piece of desert, lol.