East through Kansas
Morning! After all the great advice over the last half year I've gotten from so many of you, I'm going to try keep it going! We will be leaving Meade Kansas next week after a storm front blows t...
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JRscooby wrote:
As a general rule, I try to avoid driving east in Kansas. Watch your snot.
But I have made many trips, normally longer and heavier than you are. Wichita is pain to get thru on 54/400. I would take K61 at Pratt, catch US 50 at Hutchison. That is a major truck route, I435/I470 along the south side of the KC metro area. Drop off I470 on US50. Good route, plenty of food and fuel. Sedilia Mo, take US 65 north. If want to avoid interstates, turn east on US 24. 24 will drop you on US 36, that will put you into Ill far enough south to find a path that does not include Chicago
@JRscooby, thank you very much!
I don't like hearing passing through Wichita is a pain from a retired trucker, so that is enough for me to take the route your experience recommends!
You mention its a good route. Not to jog your memory too much, and it may have been improved. How were the roads on the said route? I imagine the Interstates are "decent", but how about K61 and US50, US24? US54 had some atrocious areas in OK. It was manageable, but they were absolutely awful with no obvious signs of construction.
Also, by "watch your snot" did you mean watch the road with the big rigs? I can push along around 62Mph, but those big rigs on 54 are literally helping me move as a passing lane shows up. I know, the speed limit is 75 in many of those areas, but I try to stay off the interstates to not slow the trucks, and I end up doing it anyway on the US Highways....
Thanks again, JR, the feedback is much appreciated!
DR
