CHAINING...are you ready?

yes, you need them. Even if the roads are dry, which there is a storm due in any day now. If you fail to put them on, it's a $500 fine, if you fail to chain, spin out and block the road, it's a $1,000 fine. Tow bill starts at $500, you can rent them on Vail on only, IIRC it's a $100 comcheck, put them on at the 178 and they take them off at the 190.

Oh, but since your on 80 through Wyo., I believe it's a $750 fine if you don't have them.

 

Also, you'll get ordered out of rest areas/chain-up areas after 24-hours, or towed if you don't. No more "waiting-out" storms for days.

 

The funny thing is the east coast has gotten a lot more snow than we have. There's very little snow on Donner or the Siskiyous, not much on Snoqualomie, haven't been west of Denver in CO much this year so I can't say anything for that. There's very little snow on the mountains by my house in CDA. From a trucking standpoint we've kind of dodged a bullet this year here in the west.

 

Never say "Never"......

Just because there hasn't been a whole lot of snow on Vail yet......Doesn't mean it can't happen...

Winter on Vail is from September to June.....


And not just Vail either....I have seen snow falling in the San Juans in July before....Didn't stick...But you never know....

 

Btw Joe....This season and last...Between Westwater and Green River has seen more snow than the past 20 or so years according to the locals....

"Global Warming"?....Where?.....

 

Well since I no longer run anywhere chains are required anymore--all I have is mt hooks--and this week Im running an east coast MESS--LOL--14 drops from Md on down thru to Miami--got to farm this AM to drop some stuff off and head out to do errands--and there are 3 brand new sets of single rails hangin on both sides of my wagon--reckon somebody tryin to tell me sumthin?

 

You needed a little ballast???

 

if you forgot what to do with them Otter has video's

 

So in other words I should just buy the #### chains and save the hassles lol.

 

By golly, you CAN take a hint, can't you!