Winter, to set or set your brakes gamble!

That's all well and good if you CAN back up. Many times a wagon will be at the dock or agin a fence and you have to drag it some to begin with. Some are really stuck tight, and just finding some bare ground could be an issue too. I've never had much luck with just banging on the drum, in fact, sometimes banging the shoes themselves didn't work.I know it was expressly forbidden, but I always kept( hidden) a small propane torch with me, and that always worked.

 

I’ve seen a guy drove 70 miles from Tumbler Ridge to Dawson Creek with one axle on the Super-B frozen. He wore through the tires and the rims. Clearly never looked in the mirror once.