Bad weather and trip planning. Impassable roads. What to do?

I am of the same mindset as you. StopNPark is a good safe answer. But you have to be strategic. I worked at one of those companies that have that “you carry tire chains but never use them” policy. We were usually OSOW, and so the State wouldn’t permit us to move during chain law.
Had two drivers come out of Vancouver, OSOW. One stopped at a casino in Everette. The other stopped at the TA. Snoqualmie. Chain law was in effect. Driver at the TA was watching the weather pattern via radar and hoped that there would be a break in the action. Suddenly, there was a small window of opportunity to get through Snoqualmie. Driver called his buddy in Everette, but by the time that driver made it from the casino to the TA, the chain law was back. For the next three days.

I left LaCrosseWI, with a legal dims load. The sun set. Albert Lea was getting hammered by snow, BUT DesMoinesIA was showing clear skies. Heck, I’m stepping south!

Anyway, for the newer guys who don’t have much winter weather experience, if you gotta stopnpark, nothing wrong with that. Before you do that, TOP OFF THE FUEL TANKS. As soon as you get safely parked, start looking for your window of opportunity to move. The weather comes in waves. An area can get pounded, but as soon as there is a break, move.

Be ready to move. Be prepared to run with the vampires. That means sleep when you can and drive when you can. The vast majority are solar powered. That means they don’t bother putting pants on until they see the first rays of sunlight. And then everyone makes a mad dash out onto the highway. Big wreck, big traffic jams and crazy number of fatalities.
If you parked at noon to let a snowstorm blow over and the snow is supposed to end at 8pm, but the next on will be upon you at 630 am, you may be able to miss this one completely if you run with the vampire. If you’re strictly solar powered, it will just look like one giant sch!ck show.

Luck in battle.

 

Dont depend on your truck to provide heat if you are stranded. Same as food, depend on nobody. Being on line haul I still carry freeze dried food, always have. Takes no room at all. Pocket size alcohol burner. I hauled on private ice roads when there was no communications,,,you break down it could be as much as 72 hours before any vehicle might come along. Never depend on anyone.

 

When you say pocket-size alcohol burner, I'm not sure what you mean. I have some Sterno cans, or an equivalent brand, that I think would work well in an emergency situation. Some cans have different lengths of time that they're good for depending on size. Just be sure to crack a window to get oxygen inside.

 

Definitely top-off before crossing Wyoming.