What if it Snows?

lilillill · Nov 26, 2021

homeskillet said: ↑

One of my favourite Canadian place names.

Just saying it makes me smile......never been there, though.
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Mine is Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jump, AB which I'm pretty sure used to have it's own dot on the map but is now listed as a historical site in Fort MacLeod.

77fib77 · Nov 26, 2021

Pamela1990 said: ↑

Snow, ice, and steep hills don't bother me.
Snow, on a layer of ice, on a really steep hill bothers me. Once you have 20% or more, and its iced up, then snow on top to lubricate the ice, and keep my chains from biting in well, my palms sweat a bit. Winter of 2019 I took a Craptastic ride down off a mountain, with a load of logs on, that made my heart pound. I got on the radio at the bottom of the steep part, once it was down to about just 15% slope, and told them I would not be back. Heard later that same day, that 2 out of the 3 other trucks hauling from there crashed on their first trip down, so they stopped hauling there. They logged it, decked it, and we went back the next summer to haul it. After that those guys had a new rule. On new shows, if steep, I pull the first load. If I say no more, I won't go back, they don't even go up. They have told me that I am the craziest driver out there, so if I say no more, they will not even head up to have a look.
Guess that makes me either the craziest, or stupidest.
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Young and dumb? I'm older now and don't have the need to push it. I have seen some wrecks out there. As ,i am sure, we all have.

MACK E-6 · Nov 26, 2021

Pamela1990 said: ↑

If you could have any job you want, what would you like to be doing?

Me, an F1 driver, stunt driver, on air personality for the show Top Gear, or being The Stig.
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I would be running my own flatbed, preferably with a square hood though not necessarily a long hood, hauling nice and easy sticks and bricks for the money I make now.

Of course the money factor alone makes that impossible.

MACK E-6 · Nov 26, 2021

Pamela1990 said: ↑

Snow, ice, and steep hills don't bother me.
Snow, on a layer of ice, on a really steep hill bothers me. Once you have 20% or more, and its iced up, then snow on top to lubricate the ice, and keep my chains from biting in well, my palms sweat a bit. Winter of 2019 I took a Craptastic ride down off a mountain, with a load of logs on, that made my heart pound. I got on the radio at the bottom of the steep part, once it was down to about just 15% slope, and told them I would not be back. Heard later that same day, that 2 out of the 3 other trucks hauling from there crashed on their first trip down, so they stopped hauling there. They logged it, decked it, and we went back the next summer to haul it. After that those guys had a new rule. On new shows, if steep, I pull the first load. If I say no more, I won't go back, they don't even go up. They have told me that I am the craziest driver out there, so if I say no more, they will not even head up to have a look.
Guess that makes me either the craziest, or stupidest.
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Hills AND snow??

I’ll manage one or the other, but combining the two is way too terrifying. I’ll stay in my nice safe flat lands.

Rideandrepair · Nov 26, 2021

Fresh coffee, 55 miles to delivery. 2.5 hrs. to get there. So this is what it’s like to be ahead of schedule. Interesting.

lovesthedrive · Nov 26, 2021

Winter is coming here to Maine. Granted it is only 2-5 inches this storm and the ground hasnt froze up yet.
Rain & Snow Developing Today, Accumulating Snow Expected Tonight

Cattleman84 · Nov 26, 2021

Pamela1990 said: ↑

If you could have any job you want, what would you like to be doing?

Me, an F1 driver, stunt driver, on air personality for the show Top Gear, or being The Stig.
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Portrait Artist... But I dont have the time or patience anymore. These are a few renditions of mine drawn from photographs, and pictures. Some of you may recognize the first one, shes an actress.

homeskillet · Nov 26, 2021

It was only supposed to be a 10hr break.....

I KNOW I set the alarm........

Aw, well. I guess I needed a 16-hour rhinoceros sleep. I've been trying to stay ahead of a potentially nasty head cold that's been dogging me since Atlanta.

Time to commence final leg of the trip to the house.

I hope the Black Friday crowd is ALREADY at the mall........

Pamela1990 · Nov 26, 2021

lilillill said: ↑

Mine is Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jump, AB which I'm pretty sure used to have it's own dot on the map but is now listed as a historical site in Fort MacLeod.
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Quick BC, and Likely BC are my favorites.

okiedokie · Nov 26, 2021

Pamela1990 said: ↑

My steepest was about 27%-29%. That is more than steep enough for me. I don't mind anything up to and including 20. Steeper than 20 starts getting sketch, over 25 is Craptastic!
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My limit is 25% unassisted.
When I was trailer boss on a job in the Colorado anything over 25% was assisted by 2 dozers. We got up to 53%. Steepest grade, 60%. Only track vehicles down that grade. Cathedral Heights by Meeker,CO.

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