HEATWAVE

Only time I ever got stuck in the mud was in winter in Dove Creek, CO. I missed the turn into the Dove Creek Superette (parking for three trucks) headed eastbound on US-491. I attempted to turn around in a vacant dirt lot a few blocks farther east on the north side.

Temperature was below freezing, the ground LOOKED frozen, but halfway through the turn I came to a stop. I was up to the rims, but it was slimy.

Okay, think.

Obviously Kitty Litter wasn't going to work. I took out a chain, draped it over a drive tire and decided THAT wasn't an option for successfully chaining under all that mud. Then I decided to simply break out the collapsible snow shovel, get the worst of the pile in front of the drives, then stuff a bunch of chains under the leading edge of the drives.

It worked!

Once I was turned back onto solid ground it took another half hour to find my chains under all that mud.

 

"There were a lot of things they didn't tell me when I hired on with this outfit"

 

Hey, won't idling get you a ticket in Phoenix?

 

Just remember these nice cool days come July....

FWIW, I never let their stupid ordinance make me shut it down. I did spend more time in Phoenix, when I was with Knight, than I cared to.....