:lol: It's that 30 mph that gets me. When I hit those big snow drifts...I always loose about 10 mph and can't see for a few minutes. Thank God for rumble strips... :lol:

 

Lunker that's o.k. we all spell em wrong at times. I have to copy and paste over to Word to spell check. Gave up trying to figure out C.A.D.s spell check. Probably isn't that hard but I don't have much patience. :wink:

 

My company's policy is, "if you need chains to drive on the road, park it."

 

BigJeep,
What's the company's name who was putting out all that info at orientation? Might be an organization to avoid. BOL

 

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If you really want to run the western states during the winter there are times when chaining makes more sense than stopping. There are many times that throwing iron and getting over the hill will keep you moving, but if you stop you'll be there for a few days waiting. Quite a few hills on major routes have chain laws in effect most of the time during the winter. I have never known any passes to stay closed for days. I live in Colorado-never seen it happen. They are too concerned here about getting the revenue in from the tourists who come skiing. Went over every major mountain pass out west: Donner, Cabbage, Eisenhower, Vail, I-5 through Oregon and Washington, Snoqualmie, etc... Where on earth do they close for days?!?

Sizzle I guess you don't remember when they shut down I-84 for about 3 days in the Columbia River Gorge a few years back. Our company had drivers that were on the east end of the gorge and couldn't get thru and the other ways around were also closed.
There have been times when they will close Cabbage or Ladd Canyon in upwards of a day.

When Oregon reopens the roads you they will require you have them on. I have seen OSP not allowing truck to go thru untill you have chains on untill they drop the requirement for them. I dont like to have to chain but in the northwest mountains you have to if you are going to get loads delivered or pu.

 

Chains? What are those? I have always stayed east of the Mississippi(mainly NE). I have never had a truck that carried chains. That is something unheard of around here . If it gets to bad out, we park it.

 

tdriver1959 stated:
Sizzle I guess you don't remember when they shut down I-84 for about 3 days in the Columbia River Gorge a few years back. Our company had drivers that were on the east end of the gorge and couldn't get thru and the other ways around were also closed. There have been times when they will close Cabbage or Ladd Canyon in upwards of a day.

When Oregon reopens the roads you they will require you have them on. I have seen OSP not allowing truck to go thru untill you have chains on untill they drop the requirement for them. I dont like to have to chain but in the northwest mountains you have to if you are going to get loads delivered or pu.

No, I don't remember because I was hauling Volvo Trucks from Virginia into Canada and rarely went any where near Washington or Oregon at that point in time. We'd go up through N.Y. or Maine into the Eastern Provinces & North Dakota or Montana for the Western Provinces.

We're experiencing road closures in Colorado right now. I-70 west and east of Denver are closed. Fort Collins, CO is experiencing restrictive roads-what ever that means. I might get another day off. That would just break my heart. NOT!!!

 

We ran for Interstate; they don't force you to chain. They did give us a hands on class on how to do it, which was really helpful because we used to be drivers saying we wouldn't chain up just because we didn't know how. Now we have chained several times since (we are not with IDC anymore), not because we have to, but if you don't drive like a moron with chains on (really, any faster than 25 mph with chains on and I think you're moronic :roll: ) it'll be OK. I feel safer driving with chains on and taking it easy than going without. I park the truck now if the weather's unsafe and there are no chains needed, like on ice etc. I park it. Wait a few hours and the roads are usually clean and safer.

 

i would rather throw on chains and get going, sitting sucks.
I would never work for a company that made me stop when chains laws were up!

Theres nothing to be scared of, just throw on chains and go!