CHAINING...are you ready?

too bad we can't fit ice skates to the truck

 

I don't think anyone will take someone to task for not driving when conditions are unsafe. To me, the issue is more about those with the ".if u gotta chain up ....then shuther down!" attitude. What's next, "if u gotta turn you're lights on, it's too dark. Shutter down ?". They make, and truckers carry, chains for a reason and they have there place. There are MANY circumstances where conditions are unsafe barefoot but quite safe if chained up. IMO, anyone that doesn't understand that and flat refuses to chain either from ignorance or laziness, should either stay in the deep south or find a different occupation.

 

Again...To Paraphrase BlackW900....And add to it....

TRUCKING IS NOT FOR SISSIES!!!!

 

Now if we can figure out how to do a "Hamill Camel" with a rig....We'd never have to work a day again...

 

Look, the simple answer is this, nobody likes to chain up. But, it's a fact of life, like it or not you're gonna have to do it it's part of the job description. NOW GET OVER IT, PUT THAT #### JEWELRY ON OR GET A JOB FLIPPING BURGERS AT McD's.

And yes:
TRUCKING AIN'T FOR SISSIES!!

 

I have chains on the truck to comply with carry laws but as for using them, I rarely take loads into areas where chains would be needed so in the rare instance I'd be confronted with chaining up, I'd err on the side of caution and wait it out. If that makes me a sissy non-professional, I'll just have to live with that. I've been called worse.

 

Honestly I wouldnt mind doing it just to get the experience at the very least. I have lived in NY my whole life and was stationed in Fairbanks, AK when I was in the service so im not afraid of the snow. If you are a professional you should know how and have some experience with it. But thats just my opinion.

 

Regardless of what is said about being a sissy if you don't, the ultimate decision is up to the driver and what they may or may not feel safe doing. Since this will be my first year driving a truck, I've yet to confront this. Does it concern me? Sure as hell0 does. My main concern is not wanting be one of those parked in the median using a car for a landing gear.

I've lived in Kansas almost my entire life, and with that comes Ice, and snow. Snow doesn't bother me, but I simply can not stand ice. I've had to drive cars on ice, and run chains. The worst was having 6" of ice on the roadway, with chains on, you still went sideways down the road. There was no "its your decision to drive in it", being a LEO, you must.

Now what I was told by the company I'm going to drive for is, they do not go into Colorado much if any at all. They do not issue chains. Well I guess I don't need to worry about throwing iron. While I guess it's nice not to have to concern myself with that, it really is more worrisome, that I will not have the chains. As I've read on here, you don't chain up to go into a bad situation, you chain up to get out of one. So with companies that do not require and issue chains, it also puts the drivers at a disadvantage should they suddenly encounter conditions where chaining could get them out of it more safely. JMHO...

 

as I've said, if you have the ability to sit and wait for 3 or 4 days, good for you, being independently wealthy is nice. Who pays your ticket? What do you do with your bodily waste? Why do I pose this, in Colo. it's not uncommon for the chain law to be up for 2 or 3 days. In some places, the max they will let you park to wait it out is 48 hrs, after that, they have the option to give you a $500 ticket, turn you around and send you back the way you came. If you do choose to wait out that 2 days, there are no facilities, there is no catering truck. But, when you do sit and wait it out, especially if you sit on the roadside, all you do is add fuel to the fire for the ski/tourist people to further restrict trucks in the winter. There is a movement here in Colorado to have trucks banned from I-70 from 4pm Friday til 7 pm Sunday during ski season and also limited during the week and holidays during ski season. The folks fronting this move (including the Gov.) have pointed to the trucks that sit and wait out the chain law as part of their motivation. My suggestion, if you want to wait it out, stay in warmer climates, all your doing is making it harder for the rest of us.

 

This one has been known to separate the men from the boys.


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