Here's a little 4 minute video I pieced together from video clips taken with my iPhone at the steering wheel. This is a youtube link. The worse couldn't be captured as I was busy trying to keep myself from driving into the ditch. It seems that most jackknife rigs lost control due to excessive speed, especially when trying to correct during poor visibility...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XiVNfLXIKM
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The Great Blizzard of 2011
Discussion in 'Trucker Videos' started by stocktonhauler, Feb 10, 2011.
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Good video.
So why were you taking it from a handheld device while driving in the blizzard? Just askin'. No need to get defensive.
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Hey Brother,again,do not get defensive..but,I am wondering,did you have super time sensitive freight?? I am guessing you are young..,and GREAT job..,but I would have pulled over and waited the storm out..but that is me talking at 51 yrs old...hell,25 yrs ago,I would have went for it too..Keep truckn.,be safe.,and stay strong.................. Oooops,forgot..-GREAT VIDEO...........
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Aw hell, that's me 56 years old not wanting to let a snowdrift trap me in the empty midwest.
No, the cargo wasn't super time sensitive--just 30,000 lbs or so of cardboard boxes--but why waste a good day's driving time. Go slow, use your gears, not the brakes or jake, and stay well away from all other traffic (especially other trucks). Then, prepare to pay a few hundred to get towed out if one wheel goes into the ditch. This kind of driving is actually easier than chaining up in the west, and a lot easier than driving through an ice storm. Dry snow can provide good traction.
Yeah, I can hold my iPhone and steering wheel at the same time...what else is new? I don't have to focus the video or anything; just tilt it in the right direction. Then, when compiling the movie, I edited out at least half the total time. Like I said, none of the real dicey shots were possible because I would anticipate and put the iphone away during those choice moments. -
Do I hear the flashers on a Volvo?
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You bet, I kept those flashers on for hours, just so the young dudes didn't come up on my tail too fast. I don't like stupid collisions. There's a way to deprogram the flasher sound, but I want the sound there as a reminder...
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I really don't why Volvo signals tick should be so annoying. ALL of the other trucks I've ever driven were so poorly insulated against noise that it was all but impossible to keep a normal conversation with someone sitting in the passenger seat.
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