No to snow

There are some companies that don't chain. Stevens is one.
If road conditions are bad enough to require chains, you park it.
Just ask any prospective company what their chain policy is. I know there are several others out there that have the no chains policy. You just need to ask.

 

And or in Oklahoma,-I got stuck there last year,(not literally)and,hey,O.P.,this is 2011,the age of information,and I monitor the weather in winter everyday using my lap-top,phone,listen to local radio stations,etc..

I am from Mn,snow is one thing,but if I KNOW an ice storm is coming,dispatchers and customers be ######,the truck will be parked 2-3 hours before it hits.

I have never been fired for this,nor have I ever put a rig in the ditch,or worse yet,kill anyone by being,IMO,foolish...

 

Tmc is one, we cant chain without expressed approval from safely via qualcom!

 

That's a funny thread there! A trucker that won't drive in the snow!

 

its not bad driving on ice ..it does really suck but i have done it 4 times so far and 70 in columbus was by far the worst ...i spent 4 hours goin 20 miles to the terminal that i couldnt even get into and left the truck on the lane going into the terminal it was that bad ...

 

???? Make up your mind..

 

About the only time going to slow will end up in failure is on a super. Sometimes you need to keep that truck rolling. If you are going to run Iron get out in a parking lot and chain up a few times before it ever Snows. So when it does you will have a system. Like do the mud flaps clear,do my chains fit,ect. One more thing. Chaining on the traffic side keep your eye out for out of control vehicles that could slide into you. In the chance it does happen the best place is under the truck. With pactise you will chain a truck in 15-20 mins. Now get out there and make us proud.

 

Driving on ice and snow really isn't all that bad after you get used to it.

I've run KCK to Edmonton Ab for 3 years now but already had a feel for it before I started this run. I haul glass so it's loaded going up and empty all the way back with a double drop. Last year was the worst, most of the winter it was easily 1,500 to 2,000 a week of snow or icy roads.

If someone had told me 5 years ago that I'd be doing this, I'd have told them that they were out of their freakin mind.

Just stay in YOUR comfort zone, some days everybody passes you, some days you pass them. You only get paid to drive one truck and so do they. Listen to the CB, use your phone to check road conditions and weather, use some common sense and you'll be ok. Today you have so much information available at your fingertips there is no reason at all to get caught unaware of driving into a snowstorm.

Also don't listen to the drama queens or candyaxxes telling you it's too bad to leave the truckstop, find out on your own. Last year I ran through more bad roads and blizzards EMPTY, just to find out that it wasn't nearly as bad as they told me in the truckstop. If I had listened to them, I'd still be there.

Just take your time, be patient and don't do anything you don't feel right about and you'll be ok.

I'd much rather drive my Pete in the snow than my car.