Sammons trucking?

Where have you come up with the assumption there is no hills on the east coast? Ever heard of the Appalachian Mountains? Even so, you think because the mountains are higher, that they will make the roads that much steeper? That's funny!! Evidently you haven't been to the east coast. Yes the Rockies are a lot higher in elevation, but here, we have 12%+ grade hills that are 5+ miles long, so mountain driving is mountain driving either place. And yes it's colder there, so there's more snow and ice, but it doesn't make the snow and ice any slipperier. Well I take that back, colder snow is drier, warmer wet snow (east coast gets more often) packs together to ice consistency which is harder to drive in. I've been to the Rockies and the roads aren't any different between here and there to me. Only thing I see that would be different is the air is thinner at higher elevations.

I have slung chains a lot here to run my loads thru the back mountain dirt roads to get to the secluded gas wells, which is a lot worse than any highway I've ever been on, so I'm not saying I'll sit until the ice or snow clears but if the snow is too deep, once it's packed under your truck enough to where your tires don't touch the road, I don't care what chains you have on your truck, you will be sitting whether you like it or not. I already put chains on my truck to come down a steep snow covered hill (snow was only 3" deep, yes 3"), As soon as I started off the top of the hill, my truck slid the whole way down, the chains didn't do anything. Luckily the mountain dirt road was only about 1000' long and level or I would have went down over a embankment and rolled it. When I got stopped, I got out to check my chains, and one of the chains across the tires snapped in the sled ride. And chains won't help if you're on any steep inclined road that's covered in solid ice either. Chains were made for emergency purposes, so they can only get you out of or thru certain situations, no matter if you're on the east or west coast. If a driver uses them without common sense or is afraid to use them (lack of experience), their the one's you'll see along the roads

 

been playing on the east side last 4 months.

done about 50 trips to the northeast and back when i first started driving. made 10 trips to the southeast with my trainer first though. then i went local for a few years.

 

so are they a good company to work for