I curious why you say not to follow a quebec truck? I'm not gonna lie though being from up north its hammer down all the time no matter the weather you just get used to it.

In the winter you may as well forget you have a jake brake as mentioned it can lock up your wheels in slippery conditions.

I cant stress enough leave plenty of following distance a couple years ago i seen and accident where a car spun out a truck tried to dodge it went into the snow bank and 4 more trucks all ran into the back of each others trailer.

As said watch for spray on the tires if it's a cold cold night you wont see any spray so watch the tail lights of the vehicle in front of you the longer the light stretches on the ground the icier its getting

If your climbing a hill a start spinning out drop a gear get your rpms up outta the torque range torque is power power breaks traction in slippery situations, with that being said tires play a big part in that too bald or nearly bald tires and a heavy load may as well call just the tow truck.

When parking your truck in the snow at a TS shipper home where ever backup a little farther then you want and pull forward do that a few times to pack the snow down make it harder so your hot tires wont melt the snow as much an sink you in as bad making it easier to get out.

this one i would think would be common sense but i see it every year. if you try and leave a spot and your wheels start spinning just stop please just stop flip the diff lock switch if you have one go a couple gears higher and try again if its still spinning go tell you get to a gear the stalls the truck and go one lower the goal is to use the clutch and very slowly get the truck rocking progressively rocking more and more tell you can hit the fuel at the right time and pop out.if you can't get the littlest bit of rocking and you just spinning the tires go find a shovel or salt dirt something just sitting there spinning the tires making a smoke show is pointless you'll burn you tires off before you melt enough ice to get out.

And the last one i can think of when stopping for the night DO NOT put the parking brakes on the trailer on they have a good chance of freezing to the drum which sometimes can be a pain in the ### to release if your dropping the trailer nothing you can do it unfortunately becomes somebody else's problem.

Those arn't all about driving but are some good winter tips i'v been told or learned through my few years hope they help somebody else out....out those little 2 1/2ft extenable shoves you can get at walmart is some good equipment to have with you during the winter i love mine