CHAINING...are you ready?

Either that or a 45K dog.

 

I'll be pretty heavy coming back from Sacramento down to the LA area. Good times.

 

Speaking of those dog food loads, why do they require you to haul them down 95 to 6, then over to 395? What is there on 395 between Reno and Bishop that keeps those loads off the road? I've been on that numerous times, but all that was back before driving a big truck, and I don't remember any low tunnels or low weight bridges.

 

It's to keep that 45k dog from helpin' hisself to th' load!

 

OK, thanks Tom. Last time I was up that way was probably '96 or so. Didn't think anything about either Conway or Dead Man, but then my "big truck" at that time was my F250 Power Stroke and a 30' travel trailer. . .

 

I'm making my 1st trip "out west" tomorrow, heading to SLC via Wyoming on I80. I've been down Donner and Veil but that was during the summer and quite a while ago in the passenger seat. Do they actually require and ticket you if you don't have chains on the truck even if the roads are dry and weather is a non-factor? Or do they simply require you to put them on if you intend to go down one of the passes under adverse conditions at the time?

Sorry if it sounds like a dumb question. I'm usually on a dedicated lane in TN/IN/MI area so I never get out to these parts. This is sort of an unusual circumstance to be out here. I really have zero intention of ever trying to chain up. I'm of the if it's bad enough to chain it's time to shut down crowd I suppose. Just trying to figure out if I need to go buy a couple bags and waste a few hundred dollars on something I'm likely never going to use. If I have to have them no matter what then I obviously have no choice.

Any help would be awesome

 

Colorado will ticket you if you're within that zone on I-70 and don't have the chains. WA,OR,CA also require them to go thru the snow zones. So if you're just going to SLC and out, you'll be fine.

 

Unless you really need them. So how much will the tow cost compared to a couple of bags of chains (unused) that can be resold to someone else if you really don't need them?

 

Of course if he is dead set that he is NOT going to throw iron under any circumstances. . . My own feeling is that it is cheap insurance to buy them, and then you have them if needed.