Wyoming Slip and Slide - Lessons

You're better off staying at the Truck Stop and not getting out in that.
That is the verge of not driveable, period. I know...
I take a run from Denver to Western North Dakota. I go on the east side of the Black Hills. It's much better. I've had others tell me how they have all this experience and they always go through Wyoming. You gotta be kidding. In certain spots on that route, it easily gets like that... I repeat....easily. I know... I live up here....

 

Guys following too close for conditions.

 

Get out, throw a set of singles on real quick, and get moving as soon as possible........or at least that is what strikes my mind.
Edit to add: Watch traffic behind you carefully while throwing chains so as not to get run over.

 

Guys always follow too closely in Wyoming. Could be a sunny cloudless day in the 70s and within an hour it’s just like that. The best route through Wyoming is south on 25, west on 70, nw on 6, and north on 15. You’ve added maybe 75-100 miles to your trip. But #### if that ain’t worth it.

 

You're so right!
And whatever you do. Under conditions like that? Do not get out of your truck. Even if you could pull on the shoulder. Don't get out. Too much of a chance someone hitting you. Remember.... it's ice. Vehicles slide out of control easily.
Chains? They won't last all day. When they break. They start damaging your truck.

 

My first question is who the heck goes camping in that kind of weather

 

Back in my day if I got caught in those quick storms I would head out of the main traffic lane that has been iced over, sometimes just riding the side of the lane(fog line not zipper line) would put you on fresh snow that has better traction, sometimes it got so bad that straddling that breakdown lane half way would give some traction. Just always be looking in those mirrors for the fast drivers who love buzzing you.

 

Those conditions aren't bad at all compared to my last 3 or 4 times across there.
I'm sitting on 70 right now doing my 10.
A lot of that is caused by some stooges in mega's that are terrified to be there in the first place.
This puts everyone at risk.
See no need for chains.
If you're that scared, just stop. You drive for a mega. You're load of paper towels is not that important.

 

+1
Miami area extreme lovers I guess..)))