3oaks wrote:
Driving and towing in snow is no big deal
:@
Even professional semi drivers sometimes loose control of their rigs with disastrous results.
The only time we have ever towed our TT on snow is when we got caught in a snowstorm while traveling in Wyoming on Labor Day several years ago. :E
Not fun no matter how slow you go. I would never intentionally tow any kind of trailer in the snow. Why tempt fate?
3 Oaks - if you want to stay put when it snows I have no problem with that.
However, staying put is not always an option that some of us can take easily; for instance some of us have jobs that our employers want us to put in a fair days work for a fair days pay. In situations such as this you have many choices. A couple of those choices could include:
1) staying put, (screw the job I didn't need it anyways)
2) burying your head in the sand and tempting fate so to speak
3) being proactive and learn ahead of time things you should do and things you shouldn't do and drive accordingly. This is what I believe the OP was doing.
Your choices my vary, I pretty much need my job. I can't remember ever in 40 plus years of driving of getting in a accident in the snow.
I do however have a rule of thumb that I use. If the 18 wheelers are staying put - I should stay put.
If the 18 wheelers are chained up - I should be chained up.
If the 18 wheelers are running at reduced speed - I should be running at reduced speed.
And finally, and probably mostly - the bridges ice up before the road. Be aware of this as you approach any bridge in adverse conditions.
