Kona: That's what you get for being a California surfer dude! :lol:

Just kidding! Everything has already been said. No jakes. Slower speeds. Stay OUT of the crowd. Give yourself plenty of room.

Remember that the lack of "load" weight, can ONLY be made up for by slower speeds. The faster you go, the lighter your trailer becomes!

If things get REAL slow, and real icy, consider using your drive interlock - though some would disagree with me. Do it carefully, if at all.

Higher gears give you MORE traction, lower gears can cause you to "break loose." Especially with a light load!

The analogy of "dancing with a glass of water in your hands" was spot on!

And, if you're NOT comfortable with it all..... park it!

Turn ON your CB! And watch the other trucks around you.

But... it IS a part of trucking. If you want to BE a driver.... take control of the situation, and DRIVE the dang thing! 8)

Watch/listen to the weather reports, and KNOW what is ahead of you.

Best of luck to you, hope you survive the trial by fire (ice.)

Hobo

We had it so bad here in NH a few years ago with ice the snowplows were driving backwards on the highway putting down sand. The roads turned to ice so fast there were cars all over the place.

i been driving a snowplow tri axle dump for a guy around 3 years now it ain't bad. You are all ways loaded. you really don't start to put salt down in till it is all most over. When you get about 1/2 way empty you go back to the salt pile to get more so you have alot of weight on the truck.

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Yeah... that's what we all THOUGHT was happening!

Thanks for (next to) Nothing! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

well you could put it down but when you come back your just plowing the salt off the road anyway.

Do you mean that the salt doesn't HELP? And that you would just be plowing the salt off of the ICE? Or do you mean that you would be plowing the salt off the ROAD??

THAT is what we hope you are getting paid well for! :lol:

You can plow salt off of asphalt all night LONG as far as I'm concerned! That is what I want under my tires.... ROAD!!!!

Heck... when it's "all over" even "I" can wait a few minutes for the temp to rise and melt the ice! But... I needed to be there Yesterday! :lol:

hey am just a driver my boss allways told us not to start to lay salt intill around the end of the strom. Thats what good old PENNDOT wants. I just do what am told. But if it is really cold 10-15 and you lay salt when you come back in 25-30mins later you really dont give it time to work so you push it right off the road kinda a waste dont you think.

and if you're trucking through Colorado, among some other western states, they use that Spray which looks like you're driving on Black Ice but it's just this wet Stuff.
Once you get it on your Tractor and Trailer it's a Royal Pain to take it off.

We just started experimenting with this last year and seems to work pretty good. It's basically sea water which has a much higher concentration of salt and works fast.

Speaking of Magnesium Chloride???

I had the joy of driving in Colorado last year/this year and my tanks/whels have never been the same.

Anybody heard from Kona? Curious how he did...I would turn off the cb if it's his first time...guys razzing him about going "too" slow for them etc. could add to nerves. I would hang back and go at your own pace. I had to bobtail through Kansas/Colorado this year through 250 miles of snow/ice...talk about excitement! lol.