I grew up about 30 miles from Marengo IL. When I was young some of the older bull haulers that use to load out of our lots use to tell horror stories about hauling kill mules for mink food
Any tips for slowing on icy roads?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Florescent-android92, Dec 6, 2021.
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At Schneider, I learned a jingle that goes something like this:
"In the snow, go slow; on ice, no dice".
I think it is still applicable, today.
To give away a bit of my past: the coefficient of friction on ice is ZERO.
Think about it.
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Pull that handle to "straighten out the trailer", and you'll do the most impressive "180" ever, except that your eyes will be closed for most of it.
I mean, "you" in a general sense, Pam, not "you, specifically." As you said, yours modulates just fine.JolliRoger and N00bLaLoosh Thank this. -
Don't count on stopping when going down an icy hill, just hope to maintain your current speed.N00bLaLoosh Thanks this. -
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I will admit that the Ox style is much easier to use than the little dinky ones that you see mounted to the dash.JolliRoger and Brettj3876 Thank this. -
The modulation ability is actually not that important as the reason it is unsafe is because by the time you notice your trailer is sliding, unless you can accelerate out of the skid your trailer tires will be going faster than your tractor.
The only recovery is to let off the brakes until they regain grip and accelerate the tractor, sometimes you get lucky and the trailer isn't pushing hard enough sideways on the king pin to cause a jack knife but it is playing with fire.
It is like going down a hill too fast in good conditions...you may get away with it...until you don't.
As the road crown or worse an off camber turn will be the direction of least resistance it doesn't take much to end off the side of the road when you "guess" that it is time to let off the Johnson bar just a little too late.
But at least for me, remembering a skidding tire is going down the road faster than a tire with traction makes it absolutely clear why it is so dangerous. It is counterintuitive that you need to accelerate out of a trailer skid just as you have to accelerate out of a steer tire blowout. Unfortunately accelerating is often not a safe option in slick conditions so keeping your hands off the Johnson bar is the most prudent choice.homeskillet and okiedokie Thank this. -
IF you brake off a slick grade at some point the vehicle can lose traction depending on particular conditions. Temp, grade %, weight,ect. IF you apply throttle application while using brake application this will increase the traction while descending a slick grade. I'm not a trucker but I saw it on You-tube.
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Drive on the rumble strips and use your poor mans jake brake(Fan).
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