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Driving the big-rigs in snow and ice

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by nwcountry, Sep 17, 2009.

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  1. Sep 17, 2009 #21
    nwcountry

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    I'll hold onto them:) Thank you much, Denise
     
    nwcountry, Sep 17, 2009
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  3. Sep 17, 2009 #22
    nwcountry

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    Sounds good to me:) Thanks again Spacer:) Denise
     
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  4. Sep 17, 2009 #23
    nwcountry

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    I've never had my own business so if I ever decide that being an O/O is what I want, man, will I ever have a lot to learn. At my age I just feel lucky to get to drive someone elses rig and have them figure all the details. But I can see where being an O/O would give you a lot more freedom. Time will tell I guess;) Denise in Sams Valley OR

    PS I need to make a "signature". I'm getting typers cramp, lol:biggrin_25523:
     
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  5. Sep 18, 2009 #24
    Stump

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    Drive untill YOU feel its unsafe, Its your call, not dispatch. If you feel its unsafe, you already went to far.:yes2557:
     
    Stump, Sep 18, 2009
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  7. Sep 18, 2009 #25
    jtrnr1951

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    Or move down here and drive regional. I only use chains when I get stuck in the sand..............HA....
     
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  8. Sep 18, 2009 #26
    nwcountry

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    I will do that for sure. That is the main message I am getting from all of you so I figure it's the "right" message. Besides, I'm old enough to know that a job isn't worth dying for or worse, killing someone else:biggrin_2557:
     
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  9. Sep 18, 2009 #27
    nwcountry

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    I am so stuck on my home-State(not the politics, but the beauty of the country up here). I would rather put up with some heavy weather than to move my home-base. Course you have hurricanes so, well, you have your "battles" as well:biggrin_2551: I did live in Alabama and North Carolina for a time and wow, I so loved NW Alabama on the Tennessee? I lived in a tiny area called Killin. Learned a lot in the South. Saw a tornado up-close-and-personal, within 1-mile of my living-room window. What a site!


     
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  10. Sep 18, 2009 #28
    Rollover the Original

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    30+ years of driving and I only threw iron once! took to long to throw and only drove like 7 miles before I HAD to take them off! Never again! They were to hard to put on, had soaked all summer in oil and were way to dirty to have to handle! If it takes chains then it's to dangerous to go! There's NOTHING behind the drivers seat worth dying for!
     
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  11. Sep 18, 2009 #29
    Working Class Patriot

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    :biggrin_25514:
     
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  12. Sep 19, 2009 #30
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    You guys crack me up when you start talking about chaining up...I threw iron TODAY, yes that's right September 18th and already getting after it! and I'm talking about triple railers too, not those little singles:biggrin_2559: I understand the mentality down in the lower 48 though, usually conditions will improve in a matter of hours and it will be safer to continue....understand up here if we waited for that nothing would move from October to April:biggrin_25525:

    On another note, I would rather throw a set on and not have needed them than to burn out on a hill and have to chain there...definetly safer doing it in a flat pullout than on a hill, presuming you don't slide down backwards first.
     
    AK20, Sep 19, 2009
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