Driving the big-rigs in snow and ice

A route? We ain't selling candy or cookies door to door... We go where the freight is. There is no "route".

I use my windshield for a weather forecaster. If I look out the window & see that it is snowing.... Then I'd predict that the chances of snow are at 100%.

I keep driving in all conditions until the nice man with the little blue lights, the shiny badge, & the gun tells me that I can't drive no more. Chains? You don't have to throw chains... No law says you have to. If it gets that bad, pull over & take a nap.

 

There,s a couple little tricks, like a light cold weather storm-7in. covering the road and still snowing, if you drive with just your clearance lights on you can see through the snow and see the tracks from the beginning of the storm, you can,t run like that if there,s much traffic though. Use rainx on your head lights,side clearance-directionals, side windows,windshield wipers, it doesn,t completly stop snow buildup, but helps. I wouldn,t use rainx on the windshield,because when driving at night in the rain it smears the windshield. To drive in winter storms you have to use common sense, like no cruise control,when empty you very little traction,on ice or even snow wind can push a dry van sideways. Driving at night some drivers get the feeling there traveling much faster than they are, there driving 35mph in a horizontal windy lake effect storm at night and they say it feels like there traveling at mach3,so you have to look out for drivers that get snow blind, they,ll slow down to 15mph thinking there going much faster. I enjoy the night storms there,s nothing like it, and when daylight breaks it makes everything so pretty. haha Good Luck and just relax, you can,t be in a hurry in a white out.

 

so true! iv caught my self many times going way slower then i thought, but always felt safer,
one thing i have always noticed on the CB growing up and today, is that in the snowy weather more drivers tend to be a bit more serious and looking out for one a nother. till u get near a truck stop, then the crap talk starts always. but while driving in the snow its usualy more serious.
iv always told my friends and family that if u wanna no whats going on up ahead pay attention the the majority of the trucks, they usually are aware of the dangers ahead, follow them, if they are going slow, u go slow, if they are all hitting the exit, u should prob do the same..
people always forget how to drive if the road is not dry, always look out for grandma/pa, and the young punks in the fast and the furious cars who think they no how to handle the snow... always nice passing them when they spin out, ill honk usualy at them.

now.. lets get back on topic here,
went to the store this morning, got me some bananas and put em in the oven, and they did not come out looking like banana bread...

 

I have never worked for a co that routed me. I refuse too.

 

I route myself. A lot of these roads I have run and know the ones I like and I don't like, but I also cut thru the woods and go exploring from time to time... or I ask others on here or drivers on the road if they have ever taken such and such road. A word to the wise be careful in Va, WV, PA, and east KY....

 

Oregon requires chains on all CMVs if you're going to continue driving during a snowstorm. Even if you're heading for a truck stop to sit out the storm, you'll still have to chain up if you pass through an area with the chain law in effect. Hefty fine if you blow it off (if caught that is). Seems like when 1 flake hits the ground, they get paranoid and activate the chain law. They also require you to carry chains on your truck year round.