[AT] Trucking a tractor back from Nova Scotia

[Alan Nadeau]

Jerry,

I forgot about 90 going through Chicago.  I "discovered" that run out around 
39 last fall, coming home from Deerfield, WI.  I absolutely refused to pay 
the rapist tolls on whatever that route is that runs around by O'Hare 
Airport.  They just about triple the tolls for having a single axle trailer 
behind a car.

As for 80 saving hundreds of miles I'm not so sure on that.  First time I 
had to go west I ran three routes, one on 90, one on 88 to Binghamton and 
then whatever route connects back to 90 right by Erie, and the third via 87 
and 80.  They all came out too close to choose when I ran one of them little 
map wheel gadgets on them.  I ended up going a mishmash of routes, 88 to 81 
and then 80 where it crosses 81 south of Wilkes-Barre (?).  I was towing 
overloaded with a pickup and never got so sick of climbing grades at 45 in 
my life.  I don't drive to WI as often as you do but, for me, I'll take the 
relative flatness of 90 to any of the alternate routes if I'm towing.  I've 
made four trips either from Chicago area or Erie, PA back to Burlington, VT 
in the past four years, pulling one of those little 4x8 light duty (1200lb 
cap.) trailers behind our Honda Element.  Honda says you can leave it on 
overdrive unless it's shifting constantly.  Running 90 there are only two 
hills between Chicago and Albany, that require me to shift out of OD with 
1,000 lbs on the trailer.  They both happen to be on 90 in western NY.

Al Nadeau

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Rhodes" <jerry38 at alltel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trucking a tractor back from Nova Scotia


> Guy, I think Alan got you started right BUT when you bring I-90 across 
> above
> NYC pickup I-87 west/south to I-80 will save you 100s of miles in the end,
> I-80 will come together with I-90 in NE Ohio, take 80/90 across OH and IN 
> to
> to I-39 then north to I-90 again no big cities..I've drove this route (
> Boston to Wauasu WI) about 10 times in the past year an will not take I-90
> thru the "Windy City" ever...
>
> Jerry NW Ohio