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Originally Posted by Wolferz
When it's frosty out, don't put your fingers in your mouth.  
Neal,
If you feel too squirrelly to drive on a snow covered road, it's best to park it and wait for the plows to do their thing.  You do not want to see your Mansfield bar passing your tractor. |
I still remember my ill-advised trip to Dallas last winter when they had their freeze. The roads were littered with Texians in the distress, in ditches, and creeping about dismally. Each and every overpass was iced over and getting across was alarming. It was one controlled slide from Big D to Corsicana. And that was in my SUV, which I am more competent. I will not push any envelopes in this 40 ton truck.
I'm probably making more out of this than it warrants, I suppose about 90% of the time, even in the frigid north, as long as the roads are cleared and I see normal traffic, I can drive normally. I just don't have any experience at all driving a truck in the snow/ice. Cuz I'm new, I guess
But I do not want to learn any lessons the hard way, and being a MC rider, I am very familiar with that feeling of "oh $#!% !!" just as I discover the limits of traction.
I will be sure to keep my tanks no less than 1/2 full. Thank god this truck has a 130 and a 70 gal tank, some Schneider trucks just have two 50s.