I screwed up :(

I wouldn't worry about it much. If need be just explain what happened and how it happened and you should be just fine. Also I would have them pull the codes on the engine computer just to prove your side of the story and get the 'stop engine' issue dealt with before it happens again.

 

Now I guess you learned to "feel' what it felt like when it started to slide to the right, right?

What a lot of newer drivers don't know is that roads are made high in the center and they drop off towards the sides so water will run off. What happened to you was just like rain. You slid down hill!

Now is the time to stop at WalMart, Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware or a grocery store and get a "Bag of Sand" and 2 tarp straps and strap that bag on behind the sleeper! I do hope you have a pair of pliers in your tool bag to open and close it.

The bag of sand is about $5.00. If the company doesn't want to pay you for it then eat the expense and put it on your taxes . That bag of sand will keep you from having to pay a wrecker any this winter! Just open it and poor a few hand fulls into a half of a gallon jug and spread it out in front of your drive and steer tires and on towards wherever you are heading. If you start from in front of the drives and work your way forward and about 30 feet on up the road you should have done enough to get back to rolling. Also put a hand full on top of each drive so when it starts to roll it will dump it under the tire where you didn't get any. It really does not take much and the bag should last you all winter!

It's also a good idea that when you park on a snow packed or icy parking lot to back into the spot then pull forward a few feet and spread some out where the drives will set over night and that way you'll be able to pull right on out of the spot!

What ever you do do NOT fall for some moron telling you to use bleach! Bleach is soap! It's slippery and you'll sit there till the wrecker gets there while the idiot who sold you on that idea gets his jollies off watching you slide all over the place. Also don't use kitty litter. Litter is made out of CLAY and when it gets wet it becomes slippery! It's great for soaking up oil but that's about it. And it takes up room in your side box! The bag of sand can get wet and freeze but you can break it just like a bag of ice just drop it on the ground! The sand is the BEST way to keep from paying the wrecker!

Good Luck
Rollover

 

Phroziac I don't think you should worry and I believe you did the right thing, you pulled over when your engine thing happned, had you not it could of been a lot worse.

I am in my first year and just had my first time driving in the snow and at night. I just did't feel confident and wasn't sure if I should drive or not. For experienced drivers it wasn't a bad snow, but for me a rookie, my first time driving in the snow, at night and in the rural midwest not on the intestate it was petty much a blizzard. I pulled over and called my mentor. He told me to stay put and he would call me and let me know what to do. Well, he called 5 minutes later and told me he had an experienced driver who be with me in about 15 to 20 minutes. Sure enough there was and I followed him down the road for a few hours until we got to a good truck stop to stay the night. That was such a help, being able to follow him and feel secure that I wasn't going to fast and all.

I tell you what though, those 3 hours of driving in the snow at night was exausting, I feel like I drove 9 hours not 3.

They got some sand bags here, I am going to get some now and do what you suggested Rollover. thanks.

 

Where's Nana?
She knows all about getting stuck........































































*Carefully eases out the back way to avoid the "Pointy Stick"........

 

Live and Learn at least damage was minimal. I have seen trucks parked on off ramps only to wake up with there trailer in the ditch because the shoulder was so icy the wind pushed it off. Also always remember you will sink those tires. After alot of heavy rain or Snow melt stay on the pavement.

 

mmmm interesting..........positive feedback ........I like this forum post#3

 

That's a "roger" on the wind and the ice. I-95 was shut down a few years back due to some rigs jackknifed on the bridges. We were all stoped and waiting till morning for them to open the road back up. Wind was really howlin' and I looked back in my mirrors and noticed that the truck on my left was closer to me than he had been just a little while ago. Got the driver on the horn and asked him if he had moved any ... he said negatory and I advised him of our situation and we both just sat there and watched our trailers get closer and closer. We got out and put a couple of 2x4s between his tires and my tires ... braced them with the butt ends of each against the tires of the other ... and that was the ONLY thing that kept the wind and ice from bumpin' out traqilers together. It didn't help that we were on a downslope either... but it worked and I guess that's all that counts.