Well on Thursday night Utah got a good snow/ice storm. I was in Cedar City to up to a dozen trucks all stuck in one way or the other at the Loves there in Cedar City. No one could move because the exit was clogged by idiots.
So I missed the opportunity to make my load. The next morning after a small tow truck attempted to remove the stuck trucks another tow truck offered to help me move. A comedy of errors led to me being stuck all weekend.
I am empty. So I have no traction whatsoever on the drives. I am sitting on a 5% grade facing uphill. I have a downhill grade behind me for about 200 feet where it ends in a field. I start safe in a parking spot when The tow truck driver convinces me that if I get moving I will be able to make it to I15 where it is clear. Ok I think ... So he hooks up and starts pulling -- I am in a medium gear trying to move forward but the wheels just spin. The tow truck just jacks to the right.
So he unhooks me and says "I really can't help you dude .."
Now I am sort of in an angle and after he unhooks I am sliding slowly backwards, settling down, then moving again inch by inch. A snow plow sees my predicament and plows all the snow behind me clean. "Now just back it up and you should be OK.." Well no sooner do the trailer tandems hit what is now a clean sheet of ice with no snow to resist ... I start moving backwards at a much better clip. Brakes do not help at all.
I now slide to a parking space behind me that thank God was empty.
Another 1/2 ton tow truck comes and offers to help. I chain up. 2 three rails and a set of single rails. The wheels just spun and now I am angled so I take up two parking spaces. I try to rock, but each time I move backwards 2 feet for every one foot forward. Eventually the trailer tandems jumped the curb behind me and I am stuck good.
"I really can't help you ..." :evil:
So the entire weekend was spent stuck.
One lesson learned was to assess the situation before listening to people who know nothing about trucks. If I would have stayed undisturbed toward the top of the hill .. I would have been able to move on Saturday after the noon sun melted the ice. Now I am on the bottom of the hill where all the water and ice collected. Getting more stuck.
Today it is supposed to be 42 degrees .. I hope that is enough to melt the ice and I can get moving again. Otherwise I need to call a real 5 ton wrecker and get towed.
You'll be safe this winter