No, I didn't hit anything.
Trying to turn in a customers lot and got stuck in ice.
Locked the diffs and sat there, even tryed to shovel gravel under the tires.
I was felt bad but could not get the truck to move.
Only sank in about two inches.

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by PA

No, I didn't hit anything.
Trying to turn in a customers lot and got stuck in ice.
Locked the diffs and sat there, even tryed to shovel gravel under the tires.
I was felt bad but could not get the truck to move.
Only sank in about two inches.

All you had to do was wait until summer

Did you try dropping the airbags? sometimes that will do it

Thanks but no.
The front of truck and tandems were high, dropping the suspension air may have lowered the nose of trailer to the catwalk.
The wrecker strung a line to the trlr bumper and yanked me back a little and I could go with out issues.

[stormothecentury]

Ech, that sucks. I've had to call one before when I got stuck backing into a really cruddy dock, and got hung up on ice between two different levels of their parking lot. I felt like a frickin' beached whale, sitting there for 45 minutes, and then when they showed up it was took longer for the paperwork than to get me free.

[evertruckerr]

It may not have helped in your situation, but make it a habit of keeping a large back of kitty litter(the cheap clay stuff). When the wheels start spinning just throw some under the wheels and it will often be enough to get a grip on the road.

[vavega]

for next year go to home depot/lowes and get yourself 2 lengths of ss heavy guage chain (take a piece of rope and wind it through the rim and around the tire to get the measurement) and a shackle with a nut and bolt to fasten it together. when you get stuck, put one on whatever tire is spinning the most, it'll give you some traction and help to chunk up the ice a bit.

[murray]

Last fall I got stuck just north of Rome NY, leaving customers yardmaking a tight right turn, soft shoulder just pulled me right in. had to call tow truck ,1/2 hr. later was out (after he showed up). The real kick in the ass was the bill, $ 750.00. He only had to come 15 miles . Is that a normal rate or did I get taken to the cleaners. Trailer was blocking the road so I just called the first towing company that I could get a hold of,didn't ask for any quotes.

Originally Posted by murray

Last fall I got stuck just north of Rome NY, leaving customers yardmaking a tight right turn, soft shoulder just pulled me right in. had to call tow truck ,1/2 hr. later was out (after he showed up). The real kick in the ass was the bill, $ 750.00. He only had to come 15 miles . Is that a normal rate or did I get taken to the cleaners. Trailer was blocking the road so I just called the first towing company that I could get a hold of,didn't ask for any quotes.

Wow, they charged $150. to tug me out
I was not on a public road but that shouldn't save me $600.

[GMAN]

Wrecker company charges can vary widely. It pays to check around. When I blew an engine some years ago, I called around and got quotes from $275-800 to be pulled about 50 miles.

[Jumbo]

Originally Posted by evertruckerr

It may not have helped in your situation, but make it a habit of keeping a large back of kitty litter(the cheap clay stuff). When the wheels start spinning just throw some under the wheels and it will often be enough to get a grip on the road.

You should put some on top of the tires also. So when the tire goes around it has some grip already on it.