Can't get to the Warehouse in Michigan.

[Nightweaver20xx]

I need both concrete slabs from the Warehouse to get bridges done (and bricks for the Farm), and I need the bridges done to get to the Warehouse, because the most direct route from the Garage is nothing but a bog that heavy trucks immediately get buried in and I can't get them out. I've tried every other route but every other route is either submerged or blocked off or needs a bridge to complete. Kind of stuck, don't know what to do now.

[JTracx]

Exit garage, turn left up the hill BEHIND garage. There is a way up that to the road. You may need too winch some but it is very easy. Cross the road and go up the pathway. Not much room and has rocks but easier than fighting all of the mud.
That will get you to the Warehouse with relative ease. Getting to the bridge... it's been a while since I've done that map.

[Eagle Eye]

There is a trailer with 4 blocks you can use for the bridge and the downed power line, it is parked in a house on the left on the main road between the garage and the first bridge you fixed.

No need to get them from that warehouse.

[Ixia Irisborne]

Yeah, if you're not going to do it Eagle Eye's way, then you're just going to have to deal with that bog. It's irritating, but, welcome to Snowrunner.

[mendel]

Fleetstar to that warehouse (the secret is to ballast your rear axles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSIOdk2W960

If that's too difficult for you, grab a trailer with service parts that's parked near the warehouse in town and clean up the rock slide north of town; make your way to Smithville Dam; turn right after the tunnel; clear up the rockslide close to the garage with parts from the logistics base nearby; then drive down that way, turn left at the crossroad, and keep going past the dam, turn right towards the warehouse there and load concrete slabs.

[Nightweaver20xx]

Thanks guys, this is all going to take some time to do but I'll give it a shot in order of posting. I'm pretty used to truck simulators but this is something else entirely for sure.

[mendel]

Originally posted by Nightweaver20xx:

Thanks guys, this is all going to take some time to do but I'll give it a shot in order of posting.

-- Eagle Eye's suggestion is the easiest if you haven't sold that trailer yet
-- JTracx's suggestion is the same path I'm showing in my video, except for how it gets up to the road (it proposes going up the bare hillside as a shortcut)

[Nightweaver20xx]

OK, I was able to repair the downed power line AND the mountain bridge, but it took awhile. First the trailer with the concrete got stuck in the mud right at the end of the lot, so I had to winch it out. Then the road turned to deeper mud after the paved section and even winching didn't work, so I took out my Fleet Star and winched the whole GMC AND the blocks out of the mud, which worked surprisingly well with the diff locked. In fact, I towed the whole mess all the way to the power line like that. Getting up to the bridge required more inventiveness, where I had to use a combination of winching and "leapfrogging" the trucks -- driving ahead just far enough to winch, then hauling it up and switching which truck is in the lead -- to get it up there.

And that was just two tasks. This game is hard.

[JTracx]

Originally posted by Nightweaver20xx:

...And that was just two tasks. This game is hard.

Wait till Russia.




And Imandra can kiss....

[mendel]

Originally posted by Nightweaver20xx:

OK, I was able to repair the downed power line AND the mountain bridge, but it took awhile.

Did you have the GMC ballasted? Because obviously the Fleetstar with AWD/Diff lock is better suited, but the GMC *can* do it by itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtcYLLN_7s

Which is why I recommended putting the sideboard and the crane on the Fleetstar.

But you've been inventive and solved the problem your way, which (if you found it fun) means you'll go far in this game!

[Nightweaver20xx]

The problem is that my offroad tires on my heavy trucks are locked until Rank 6, and I don't know if I can get to Rank 6 WITHOUT the offroad tires. Seems I can't go almost anywhere on the map with anything but my Chevy without getting stuck in mud.

[mendel]

Originally posted by Nightweaver20xx:

The problem is that my offroad tires on my heavy trucks are locked until Rank 6, and I don't know if I can get to Rank 6 WITHOUT the offroad tires. Seems I can't go almost anywhere on the map with anything but my Chevy without getting stuck in mud.

Use the Fleetstar, and don't drive it empty.
It's definitely possible to get to level 6 (even to level 8) with highway tires, I have done it more than once.
You can collect a lot of XP with your CK1500 (which also works a lot better with the diff lock upgrade you'll find in Smithville Dam).

Also, level 6 gives you all-terrain tires; offroad tires are even better than these.

[JTracx]

As mendel says, keep weight in the truck. Also, dont be shy to use the winch. I draged a two wheel drive highway overcab fuel tankerall across Russia just to prove to myself it an be done. That was on the back roads with swamps and tilted roads.
Running two trucks together will overcome much as well, as you have seen.

[NuclearToast™]

Originally posted by Nightweaver20xx:

Getting up to the bridge required more inventiveness...

And that was just two tasks. This game is hard.

This game is about inventiveness, experimentation, and rescue. You'll be rescuing your trucks and cargo regularly. You'll learn to live with the fact that a mistake will cost you a lot of time (as in, rescue). This isn't just an offroad driving simulator, it's a problem-solving puzzle. :)

[martin]

you can get the things from Smithfield dam map and drive them back on easy roads to Michigan

[Nightweaver20xx]

Just watched a few YouTube videos. I found the Kodiak and Scout 800, then I sold the GMC, Kodiak and Fleetstar, and with the money bought the Azov 64131. Game's on easy mode now, I can go anywhere and even bogs don't slow me down. :)