When it snows, and or sleets, do you keep on truckin? or pull it over? my opinion is ain't no load worth dying over, or worth killing someone else!

 

Park it!!! You don't want to be driving in the Northeast today! :x

 

Snow is drivable if your real careful. Ice, sleet and freezing rain are pretty much impossible to drive on safely no matter how careful you are. If your unsure about the roads, park it and wait it out. Just be sure to notify dispatch and if they don't like it, call safety, they will take care of dispatch for you.

 

You hit the nail on the head on that one! Just hopefully you have a good safety office that will back you. Most good companies will be watching the weather across the country and will know when bad weather is happening.

A great dispatcher shouldnt question your stopping to let the weather improve unless your a whiny but. So either you whine a lot or just have a dispatcher whose never been on the road.

 

well hopefully the rest of the winter is behind us. I for one will be quite happy when spring gets here. I can handle driving in winter conditions however I like the peace of mind that nice road conditions bring.

 

Unless your driving for a renegade company, safety will always back your decision to shut it down. It's the dispatchers job to get the freight delivered on time no matter what because it makes them look good when their drivers are delivering 100% on time. It's safety's job to make sure the freight actually gets to the delivery safely. Their decision will always supercede what dispatch tells you to do. If you tell them it is unsafe, they will jump all over dispatch and the delivery time will be pushed back. Just use your head and if your unsure, do not be afraid to shut it down and or call safety for advice, that is what they are there for. Do not let dispatch force your hand.

 

I personally prefer not to drive in it if at all possible. Depending on weather you are OTR or running Dedicated, they may require that you run in the snow.

When I was running Walmart Dedicated, I had to chain up weather I wanted to or not.

If I have to chain, it is enough to get myself to a safe haven, qualcomm dispatch and tell them that I am shutting down as it is not safe, and they can deal with the customer. As you said, no load is worth your life for it.

 

So far I have had 3 weather related shut downs or slow ups due to bad weather in 3 weeks. Ice storm in Indy 2 weeks ago. Last week, super bad fog in Ohio that delayed me 3 hours. Tonight, I am shut down and will probably wake up to freezing rain here again in Ohio tomorrow morning. I will not drive if I know conditions are not favorable. Load doesn't deliver in Indiana till noon on Monday. Don't want to be part of the problem but part of the solution. So far this winter, I have had no problem with Roehl with my decisions. They let the driver have the last say on wether or not it is safe to drive. This is one reason why I chose this company to start my driving career. Safety is a high priority with them.

Soladad

 

your from pa you drive in it. i went the last couple miles to work this am in 4hi. when i got loaded there was 3 inches on the road but we dont talk about it where i work.

 

I typically try to drive through it. The less trucks on the road, the safer it all gets in my humble opinion. It's when the snow first starts near rush hour that it is the most dangerous. I pull over then, but roll on after midnight with few vehicles on the road.