winter driving

Look at the "Hanging tire chains" thread. We were just talking about that.

 

OK. Let's take a little side road. My company has started adding trailers to the fleet that are equipped with the superwides. Anybody have any experience with them in winter? Is there a difference in handling?

 

stand on 'er, and hope the guy in front of you doesn't chicken out!, I always get a warm sense of pride when running up the hammer lane in a blizzard and hearing "there goes one of them #### Canadians"
P.S. if you are really nervous, better to stay off the road, nothing worse than a nervous driver in bad conditions

 

In a snow storm you will most likely finded me in the hammer lane cruising along, less cars and alot less speeding up and then brakeing. Running in the snow is not rocket science stay of the binders as much as possible and maintain your speed and a good following distance allways helps. If its an ice storm or freezing rain i park it not because i cant drive in it because to many on the road cant and are to scared so i dont want to become there battering ram.

 

I'd be the one in fount of you ,snow = traction ice don't.take a look at the road the next time your in a snow storm driving lane glossed wheel tracks, hammer lane snow covered .just don't drive faster than you can stop.

 

Tip; for windshield icing KEEP IT COLD I drove a salt shaker in northern Minnesota for years we would dress warm did not run the defrosters at all and just enough heat on the floor to keep your feet from freezing.Nothing would stick to the wind shield ,we would run 12 hour shifts in the worst that mouther nature could hand out.

 

Thats why i run the lane less traveled as to stay in the snow not the lane getting packed down and iced up.

 

yep that sounds about par sometimes you folks to the south are just funny to watch maybe the will just ban all truck traffic on 70 I am sure someone thinks thats a fine idea