Rain Gear

Danc...

Is it that easy to tell in advance what will and will not be dangerous to your raingear?

Unless you fly a skateboard, it would seem to me that most of what you'd be involved with would be fairly low-risk (to said rain gear). Chaining comes to mind right quick, as does hooking/unhooking, fueling, etc.

But I definitely agree about the cold weather and pliable. I didn't take that into consideration at all.

I may just have to re-think this whole thing.

 

No it's not easy. It's all guess work. Although some things will be obvious. Such as crawling around on large gravel with sharp edges, during the rain.

I've torn one "good" jacket in the past 3 years. I hung it on a sliver that was sticking out the bottom edge of the trailer. PO'd doesn't come close. But duct tape helped until I replaced it.

I've had my last jacket for about 3 years now. It's overdue for a rip.

If cost is your concern. For the moment, go cheap until you can get all your finances in order.

You may never have to chain a truck. But, when you do. It's always nice to be able to move without restriction.

All in all, it's a personal decision. There are probably 100 drivers on this board that will tell you, "Go Cheap". I'm just not one of them.

 

Oh, I think I'll be chaining. Probably a lot. I have two opportunities at the moment - one is offering a slot in Western 11. Mountains. Yup. Lots of 'em.
The other is local, west of Denver. More mountains.

But I found, during school, that I actually LIKE driving trucks in the mountains, and chaining is no big chore, in and of itself, though if I have to chain the trailer (a possibility), it becomes much more time consuming.

I thunk o' this one all by my self. When you first get your chains, you lay them out and check them, ne? (I do, even for my car). Now, rather than wad them up and chuck them in the cubby or hang 'em from the frame, lay each one out on one of those cheap carpet runners from Wally world or whatever. Cut the carpet to size, more or less (leave a foot or so at one end and 4-6 inches on each side. Then you just roll the whole thing up and bind it with a couple short bungy cords. When you need 'em, just de-bungy and roll 'em out. You just need to be conscientious about putting them back ON the carpets when you de-chain.

It takes up a bit more room in the cubby (or, in my case at the moment, the trunk) but the time savings is well worth it, as far as I am concerned.