Chains on ice

And to think all these years it was just a big conspiracy by the chain manufacturers to sell their product.

 

yes chains help on black ice

 

Yours don't? They are usually followed by the "Knockin" of the chain slappin as they go by.

 

Nope, 85 mph.

 

I didn't know i was supposed to be looking for a comeback. SORRY.

But i can tell you where there's a road with at least 6 inches of black ice. Because it's on an asphalt road. And over 5 feet of snow for the month of january in the farmers fields. You don't put your chains on all 4 axles. You're not going to make it to the field to dump your waster water from the food plant. You'll be sitting off the road in the field. Quite possibly tipped over. It's about 3/4 mile to the field you need to turn off in to. Then you have to climb a small climb about 1500 feet and go across the field to the downhill side. Dump your load while your going across. And if you don't have chains on. You're stuck on dirt ice with no traction to move and leave the field.

I know of another field. Where you go down hill to that field. The snow is compacted. The sun has been melting the snow into ice. You can actually see the dirt beneath. So would that be BROWN ice? Again you need chains. Cuz even though you're going down hill. You can very easily slide in to the fencing with no brakes.

I"m local. I haul waster water to the fields. And i've chained up more this winter season. Then my entire 6 years OTR. And i chained up A LOT last year over donners and oregon. And it's not TWO axles. it's all FOUR I've been chaining.

So while YOU'VE may never seen 3 inches of black ice. Because you've driven nothing but maintained highways. I HAVE. Because there is no maintanence where i've been driving. There's a plow, but it don't salt. And this year has been one storm right after another.

So you stick to your maintained roads and let us supertruckers worry about the OFF roading.

 

Stop it with the "black ice". It's ice. Period. Some ice is harder to see than other ice depending on conditions. Now we have 6 inches of "black ice"? Puhleeze. It's ice. There's nothing magical about it that "black" needs to be added to the description.

 

But... #blackicematters

 

she's optional at triple the price, also not returnable

 

few weeks back I chained from Bayard, Ne. to Bridgeport, Ne., perfectly flat roads, not a spot of ice...........18" of fresh and hard packed snow, but not a spot of ice. I've never chained on black ice, I slow down, but I have seen guys that do chain up when running for ext. periods on black ice.

Recently learned from an ol' timer that chaining on black ice in Wyo. is a good way to keep from being blown sideways, forget his entire explanation, but it made sense.

 

OP, I spent the longest year of my life last week on 97 heading into and out of Klamath Falls. The only thing I can say is it was in perfect condition when compared to US 20. I feel for you.

#blackicematters...that's funny as hell.