30 Trucks Fail To CHAIN UP On Snoqualmie Pass

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by mjd4277, Dec 1, 2023.

  1. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    Exactly right. Speeding with chains on is risky. Dumb, too. All it takes is one time of having to cut a broken and flung chain that's wrapped around an axle or destroyed an air can and hoses...or worse yet, having to pay to have it done by some smirking troglodyte...and a guy usually learns to slow down and check the chains once in awhile.
    How do I know? I leaned it the hard way, that's how. Before cam-lock tighteners were common it wasn't an unusual thing to have happen. Once.
     
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  3. Oxbow

    Oxbow Road Train Member

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    It may take two or three stops, but if a fella is going to have to run them when they really aren't needed, it pays to get them as tight as possible. Slogging up the hill off road for a mile or two not-so-much.

    You are going to force me to look up troglodyte by the way!
     
  4. Oxbow

    Oxbow Road Train Member

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    Troglodyte........synomonous with Oxbow!
     
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  5. bryan21384

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    Ha!! In your Forrest Gump voice lol
     
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