Need advise. Another winter driving question.

i wasnt putting you down....i was saying that it is not something we do...i would not advise what you mentioned, maybe it has worked for you....but thats not something i would tell others to try...if you apply to much pressure you are in real trouble... and i didnt call you names...but if thats how you have to handle the situation...so be it...i didnt say your 6 years are piddly...you did, but in light of not making the mods mad...i will drop this....you got defensive because i disagreed with you....so any advice i would give you would more than likely cause you to react the same way...

 

Your still not offering ANY advice to anyone. How about you give us your tips and tricks? I can see that you still dont understand how to try and come out of a possible jacknife on ice and snow, my method used was taught to me by a driver with 30 yrs plus and was used by him and have used it myself. Gosh I guess a driver with just 6 years must know something as none of us know everything and the minute you think you do or you think you cant learn something new, YOU"RE wrong.

 

The two of you are like a couple of ol' hens...geeze.

 

you are right driver...i have no idea after 21 years of coast to coast driving how to handle winter weather driving....i have done it all with my eyes closed....ya caught me....my secret is exposed....

 

dang it...another secret out...

 

I keep asking about your tips and tricks but you dont offer any, what gives? I already know i'm a jackwagon but the difference between you and me is that I offered up my advice but I havent seen anything from you. Why not share the advice instead of trying to flaunt how many years experience you have, any jackwagon can flap their gums about nothing. How does that help?

 

Whats a johnny bar, is it the thing I hold while taking a poo while the truck is rolling down the road.

 

This very accurately tells the story in fine detail...Bravo!

It seems that many imagine that a trailer hand valve, johnson bar, johnny bar or whatever your preferred name might help them in a jackknife. First of all, when you kackknife the trailer isn't coming around you but continues to hold your line. When the tractor breaks traction it spins out and flips around up against the side of the trailer. This is when the trailer no longer holds your driving line and the trailer leads to where they come to rest. You have no time to react...zero. You won't be making any great driving moves like you imagine. Once it starts it will be over in a heartbeat and you will do nothing to change it. So drive slow and steady and don't lug the engine in too high a gear to prevent it in the first place.

 

I always run one gear up over what I would run in good weather when in the snow and some ice, never have liked it, my hands get sweetie and my butt tries to clamp on to the seat I'm in. Might be best to become one with the truck during the summer month.