"Again, I'd love to know from the OP how frequent the truck traffic was and what kind of volume the traffic was in general before I would rule this road out"

that's all I said

and I also talked about how you use speed to minimize your exposure to the risk presented by the lack of a shoulder

I'd rather just shake a little ass and get clear of the danger than mount 50 pounds of reflective crap to my bike, but I'm sort of old fashioned.

what line you take through the corners doesn't make a blind bit of difference compared to how long you intend to dawdle around in a dangerous spot