The levels of traffic we have nowadays, lack of driver skills, distracted driving, "all-season" tires, it would be an absolute bloodbath on the roads during winter months if the roads were left iced over.
....I agree. There is really nothing available as an alternative within reasonable cost (flaming the road using propane jets was tried once, but the melt just freezes in minutes!). Nation-wide heated roads are out of the question (trillions of dollars in energy costs).
We absolutely avoid driving into any conditions that will lead to "road treatment". Back and forth to Florida 4 times over winter (once with truck camper, but in April), and we only hit one 50 minute stretch of hellacious corrosive toxic ****-fest: and it was north of the US border, entering Quebec, with the SUV (not with truck camper) not long ago.
We will never even attempt to drive the truck camper rig during times of the year when snow/road treatment is even remotely possible: from 3rd week of November up in these parts, till mid/end of April. And, from end of December to mid March from Albany, NY to Delaware. And, from 1st week January till end of February from Maryland I95 corridor, to South Carolina I95 corridor. Driving east-->west--> with truck camper, we chose either the I80, I70, I40, or I10 depending on time of year.
If we were ever "forced" to drive the truck camper rig in winter in snow country (because of natural disaster, or equivalent), I would thoroughly spray the undercarriage just before leaving, with FluidFilm; and I would also spray the jacks top to bottom, and spray the roof latches, and tape off all the camper's exterior vents with plastic film using special Ducktape. Once out of snow country, I'd wipe down/clean the FluidFilm off the jacks, and remove the taped-over vents plastic.
I really respect the road treatments, and would never jeopardize our $70,000 rig investment into a heap of rusty scrap metal, in as little as 3 years.
