I was talking to a Jordan Carriers driver when I was loading beams in Blytheville,Arkansas. He lived in Mississippi and used to drive for TMC. He was like myself,knew nothing about chaining up. Said the only time he ever used them was to get across Cabbage mtn. in Oregon, just so he wouldn't have to set for several hours. When he got across to the unchain area he had lost one set entirely,broken another one,plus damaged both quarter fenders and tore the light bar off the back of the truck...maybe hearing all that scared me! I was coming back from Chillicothe,Ohio once with an empty log trailer and got stuck on ice on rt.60 in West Virginia. I was sitting on a hill (of course) before you go down the mountain into Rainelle.Couldn't move.So slick when I got out I almost slid up under the fuel tank. After a while a state dump truck came by salting the road-first vehicle i'd seen. He passed and said on the cb-"you stuck?" ""uh...yeah,i'm kinda is" "arrrright then,i'll back down in front of you and dump some salt" He started to back down the hill to me and started sliding immediately. He said "whoa,that's slick ain't it?!! I'd better put my chains on". "yeah,pretty slick,or I wouldn't be sitting here looking stupid". I figured i'd give him a hand with the chains but by the time I got my coat on and got out he was done and I followed him off the mountain.