"Go back to 307" (???)

[billpritjr]

Maybe some folks can understand what this means.

Today I was traveling from Abilene, TX to Dallas, TX and via my scanner radio (loaded with 27.185, Ch-19), I hear a guy giving road reports "in the blind." He would do this

"Heads up westbound 20, you got a 4 wheeler with the trunk open, parked on the side of the road, be aware"

(nobody would answer or reply)

15 mins later

"Hey yall, you got a Swift trailer on the side of the road, watch out for him, you can go back to 307"

????

I almost though he was some sort of wide-load escort vehicle but I don't think so. I saw no wide-loads the entire trip

Thanks

 

[redbeard]

You might have misheard him say "you're good back to 307" which may be a local road that he is saying he's seen no police or road hazards since that point. Many truckers will give road reports to passing trucks whether asked or not, and many new truckers don't have CBs to hear them or respond.

 

[billpritjr]

Similar topic... I wonder why truckers haven't adopted like a GMRS or FRS channel, with FM quality and 5W+ of power, this would be the way to go, for highway chats.

 

[StaticDischarge]

for highway chats.

For very limited coverage "highway chats" if you are lucky...
Which would happen to be the main reason they don't use those radios...
Just sayin'...

 

[robertmac]

Similar topic... I wonder why truckers haven't adopted like a GMRS or FRS channel, with FM quality and 5W+ of power, this would be the way to go, for highway chats.

No need as many have adapted VHF and UHF radios as more power than FRS. More flexibility than FRS.

 

[FiveFilter]

Line-of-sight constraints limit everybody to just a few miles in mobile units unless they are in hilltop-type situations or ionospheric skip is in play, in which case the HF 11 meter radios go nuts with multi-state ranges.

Of course, repeaters can also extend ranges considerably, but they aren't practicable for working trucks unless they are dedicated company networks or something like that

 

[n9mxq]

Similar topic... I wonder why truckers haven't adopted like a GMRS or FRS channel, with FM quality and 5W+ of power, this would be the way to go, for highway chats.

Can't get half the newer guys to install a CB, let alone GMRS or FRS (or even MURS) They all run everything from the phone.

 

[SmitHans]

Similar topic... I wonder why truckers haven't adopted like a GMRS or FRS channel, with FM quality and 5W+ of power, this would be the way to go, for highway chats.

Because they have phones.

 

[SmitHans]

Maybe some folks can understand what this means.

Today I was traveling from Abilene, TX to Dallas, TX and via my scanner radio (loaded with 27.185, Ch-19), I hear a guy giving road reports "in the blind." He would do this

"Heads up westbound 20, you got a 4 wheeler with the trunk open, parked on the side of the road, be aware"

(nobody would answer or reply)

15 mins later

"Hey yall, you got a Swift trailer on the side of the road, watch out for him, you can go back to 307"

????

I almost though he was some sort of wide-load escort vehicle but I don't think so. I saw no wide-loads the entire trip

Thanks

I'm guessing he was saying "you're good back to 307" which would be exit 307, US 283. There's a Loves truck Stop there, probably where he got on the highway.

 

[slowmover]

Mile Markers are key words/phrases to using a mobile while traveling.

When one has the radio volume turned low, hearing a mile marker called is reason to turn it up. Maybe asked why used.

A pair of guys swapping info for opposing directions will use MM to indicate where they entered road. (Absence from road 15” means info back past that now invalid).

As above, “you’re good back to the 307”, means he entered the road at that point and that there are NO impediments to smooth travel to that point.

Understand that what’s 1/2-hour behind you is 1/2-hour ahead of the westbound guy as you head east. That info is an hour stale as he arrives at that point. It’s a matter of courtesy; you aren’t responsible except for what you’ve seen.

Thus reports peter out between 5-10/miles away from where a backup begins. If there’s a wreck on the westbound side at the 307-MM, the backup may extend to MM-312 in a hurry. And radio reports will cease (mainly) before the 318-MM.

— You have to have a great set of ears to hear this as you are westbound at the 330-MM. 23-miles from the wreck, 18-miles from where the backup begins . . and 12-miles from where the last warning was broadcast. In that last twelve miles may be two men discussing a route diversion (highway number & compass headings) such that — if you catch it — you can work up a go-around in sufficient time/miles distant.

Otherwise — unless witnessed — don’t repeat that for which you cannot be responsible .

(Have stopped at that Loves many times. You’ll meet the characters portrayed in the recent Hollywood film, Hell & High Water, all thru that part of Texas. I know I’m home, then).

The Texas Playboys

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[FiveFilter]

Sage advice Slowmover, obviously garnered from many years out there on the road where the ole CB can still prove its worth for those who use it.

Too bad such a valuable tool has fallen victim to all the cellphone- and satellite-based devices now used by the "progressive" generation.

 

[slowmover]

Sage advice Slowmover, obviously garnered from many years out there on the road where the ole CB can still prove its worth for those who use it.

Too bad such a valuable tool has fallen victim to all the cellphone- and satellite-based devices now used by the "progressive" generation.

I’ve been practicing my communication and map-reading skills this past year. Nothing is off the table — now — in Clown World.

1). Finding the route which avoids the problem.
2). Confirming it’s suitable for a big truck.
3). ALSO avoiding where DOT or WAZE sends the sheep.

— Upshot is that next to none use an alternative discussed on-air. I’ve often been alone.

4). When on the Interstate there is often the old US Highway it replaced. That’s the “best” parallel route, though average mph is far slower.’

— One might be 15-30/miles from that old road. Their discouragement, your encouragement. A two hour road delay can be matched or offset using the old road. (Many variations exist; do route planning the day before; no alternatives through mountains, sometimes).

— The reason for practice is that on that day the traffic jam itself constitutes the danger it is too late to learn what details apply to the geography. Where to exit, and what roads to use.

Being away from the center-of-gravity is one thing. Being cut out from the herd possibly just as bad. “Reading sign” (tracking; hunting skill) on the back roads also valuable. What’s normal and what isn’t.

CB Radio is a tool of the prudent man concerned for his family’s safety. It has no substitute.

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[FiveFilter]

Your advice brings to mind my use of the CB while making a decision to continue on a preferred I-10 route through Baton Rouge in Louisiana and the option of taking US190 which parallels I-10. Especially important is at the I-10 bridge over the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, which is famous as a bottleneck. An all-too-frequent stoppage at or on the bridge or its approaches can back up traffic for miles east and west.

So, my usual habit approaching the bridge on I-10 is to monitor CB channel 19 for any unusual chatter about traffic. Indeed, if traffic seems unusually heavy or slow as I approach within 20 miles of the bridge, I'll ask for information from truckers in the opposing lane about how the bridge traffic is doing. If I find that there is some sort of traffic SNAFU at the bridge, my immediate option is old US190, which has its own Mississippi River bridge a couple of miles north.

Now, US 190 through Baton Rouge is a red-light-ridden old-fashioned type of road that takes three or four times longer to traverse than I-10 when all roads are open and running smoothly, but when I-10 is clogged at the bridge, US 190 can represent a couple hours' savings, and sometimes much more. The trick is to learn of the I-10 stoppage early enough to make the cut. You can choose when and where to cut back to I-10 after routing around the bridge or wherever the blockage is.

Admittedly, Waze and company can often warn you in advance if the stoppage is longer than a few minutes, but it still doesn't give you information you can often get from truckers about what the problem is, how long might the wait be to clear it up, and if taking the cut to 190 is worth the effort. The old CB still can earn its ride, and then some, when you take advantage of it, which include advantages both in terms of wear-and-tear on your psychic and money in your wallet.

Driver-to-driver intelligence enabled by a CB radio is still relevant amongst today's advances in computer-aided artificial-intelligence communications.

 

[SmitHans]

I've actually heard people question why anyone would use a CB for road conditions today when we have Waze, etc. I question why anyone wouldn't. I use Waze, google maps traffic, scanners & a few other sources IN ADDITION to the CB.

Why not use ALL resources available to you? Each one has limitations, and there will be gaps in the information from each. That "old" CB may just be what fills in the gaps modern technology gives us.

 

[Dog]

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