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Get a better truck? My Jeep with 200,000 km starts just fine if need be. I didn't say, don't plug it in, I was more making the point that regardless of whether a vehicle needs to be plugged in or not, I can't imagine using that as some kind of criteria for choosing where to work.

As for the accident, it sounds like someone wasn't driving to the conditions, regardless of whether he had 4WD or not. I lived in Yellowknife for three years with a RWD car and I drove to Calgary and back about every six weeks, all year round. Plus there were Christmas-time trips to Victoria. Prior to that it was Grande Prairie, Taylor, Whitecourt, Slave Lake, High Level, etc., so I am well-versed on winter driving conditions. 4WD is nice, but not nearly as necessary as most people think. Nice? Sure. Better? Yes. Required for everyday transportation? Not in my opinion. In fact, if a person is trying to save money, the extra fuel use and maintenance cost needs to be considered. And as to why I say that, but drive a Jeep? The Jeep was free.

 

Stumbled across this video based on frac companies, now you will know why we cringe when we hear a frac crew convoy coming at us. It's not just about BJ trucks, weird title.?

 

i have F350 4x4 and unless we go camping or something it rarely moves. long ago(coming from Manitoba) I learned to drive on ice and snow with rwd and front wheel drive. the biggest thing is looking far enough ahead, and antipating other enough that you almost never have to do anything violent to avoid an accident. most anything newer than 90-95 will start just fine unplugged at minus 30 with factory recommended oil, if in doubt go to a 0W or 5W synthetic and it will start. now if you can plug it in below minus 10-15 its going to warm up faster and be a little easier on it. unless you actually have to take your vehicle into the bush( unlikely) any old car will do.
hospitals/doctors that is a tough one with little kids, but not insurmountable. work the winter, take your time finding a family sized place, and move the fam next june or july. You may find yourself living in a satellite town where services are more easily accessed. I live 40 minutes north of Calgary, doctors and hospitals there have some really incredible wait times. my local hospital can have me in emergency seeing a doctor in less than an hour from when I walk in. So big city is not always better. one thing Alberta does have going for it is STARS. if you really have an emergency whether you are back in bush or have a really sick child it is one FREE chopper ride to a really top notch hospital.(with some very experienced, and highly trained shock trauma specialists)


for any guys in the Red Deer area or passing through on your way north, if you need winter clothes. GO TO WEI"S WESTERN WEAR. They will absolutely bend over backwards to give you what you really need. just tell them you need cold weather workwear and ask what they suggest. very fair prices. and no I don't have connection to them

 

you know back in the day, I was talking to an american long haul driver. He told me that out out of 100 new tractors, his employer expected to see something like 10-20% written off in the first 12 months. Now throw in nearly green drivers and winter logging roads, and we're not doing too badly. is there room for improvement OH YES. Do I enjoy seeing what's been wrecked on "superstar drivers kinda, do I wonder, just how the heck did they do that? yup have some of us old timers forgotten what it was like to be young and green yup little bit of that. Do I think that this younger generation might not have the quite the same level of experience, good judgement and driving experience at the same age as us guys who graduated in the 80's and earlier, probably, but we made it through and so will most of them. especially if they have an old timer looking out for them, and they are willing to listen and learn.

 

The old Hotel in Nisku has strippers that call themselves Rig Pigs.

 

My thoughts on that Nitrogen is that us older guys grew up learning to drive "junk". Back in the day without a natural ability, instinct and a mechanical aptitude you couldn't drive truck period. Most "truckers" these days couldn't handle my first car for a winter, I'll just leave it at that.

I can't imagine what the old timers like Prairie boy had to deal with, I've heard some stories that curl my toenails, tuff old farts!

 

hahaha I recall helping my brother by pouring boiling water on the intake manifold to heat up the gas fumes going into the engine.. When i was that age, we never had block heaters.
When I was 6, Xmas night I went to stay with an Aunt and Uncle that loved 5 miles away, Modal "A" Ford with no heater but the old cowhide over your legs sure did feel good. LOL

 

The BEST starting car I have ever owned was a 1950 Ford with a 90 HP Flathead, just pull out the choke, push the starter button and it would turn about a full turn or two and that was it.



Mine was a coupe like the 2nd one from the left.


https://www.google.ca/?rlz=1V1IPYX#...754f5032d57cf2&bpcl=35466521&biw=1231&bih=576



This is just like mine was. The '50 had push button door handle and the 49 had the pull handle. Only difference that I recall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkyaNYFOQ1A

 

Prairie Boy, how long have you been trucking? Have you done lots of long haul? If you have, have you driven through the rockies from Alberta to central BC? How bad is the drive during winter? I've heard its some of the worst roads to drive on

 

and get a big ol' coke habit