mowerman

not much of a comment here,,,,but god lovem for holding thier ground,,,more people need to do that,,,,,but if these selfish pigs,,,didnt send all of our good paying plant jobs out of here,,,,we wouldnt even be having this conversation,,,,and frankly,i dont know what the long shoremen are crying about so hard,,,,ive been hearing for years,,,they have always been paid very healthy...unless thier just making sure the higher ups they are on thier toes,and not going to settle for a contract thats not within atleast the high cost of living.and rising..bob

ive never been there,,,but i heard thier weather is horrible in the winter,,,,,bob

Yeah, sure looks like it

Yes, I’m sure they needed them up there as well

I’ve actually been up there numerous times where they close the road right behind me. It was so bad also chained up one night and they close the road. I had to turn around and go back and take them off.

I’m sure you fellas have heard a time or two sometimes that passes closed 2-3 days on account of too much snow that’s the one they have to go up there and completely clean the entire pass with those big cutters

We are around 40 miles east of the big mountain and we really don’t see a whole lot of it here mostly just cold air. A lot of winners will get just a few inches half dozen times and a lot of times it’s all melted off by noon. Yes, I cry way more about the weather around here than it really is.

Yes, I have heard that from Cattle and hay drivers

it snows so hard and heavy in that area,,,sometimes its so severe,,,they cant even plow the roads,they have to use cutters,,not sure if most of you have seen them ,,thier giant snow blowers they have to use to clean surface roads

yes they do,,,,allotta box trucks coming over with boose use them as do school busses

pretty good quality photo,,for the era,,,looks to me like an oversixed soap box derby racer,,thanks for that,,bob

oh for crissakes,,,,im so sorry,,dean,,,i didnt realize you were in the area,,,of that,,,best of luck,,bud

I even got caught a couple of times of my pants down had to chain up the Mustang to get home. I used to carry a set in the car just in case I had to use them twice. I have a four-wheel-drive F150 I usually drive in the winter but a couple of times we had a surprise snowstorm when I got back

We talked about that in a different tread a lot of three axles out there have a tag axle. Doesn’t help you at all when you’re empty. I also used to carry a pair of cheater chains the length of chain with a hook on the end and you wrap them through around the tire through the rim and it’s enough to get you out of a spot, just takes a couple of minutes to put them on just getting out of the yard as you mentioned

Most of the country does not require them this part of the world. We have a lot of snowy mountains, and it pretty much cannot be avoided. You will either chain up or park it. Donner Pass main artery California to Nevada most of our food comes out of there there they have chain check points up there and if you don’t have any or you don’t wanna put them on, they make you turn around and go back. They don’t even want you up there if you’re not willing to chain up. Are you don’t have any tire chains? Lots of over the road drivers think they can just pull off the road and sleep it out. No they do not want you up there at all because you’re just taking up a chain up spot.

I think most of us did the same thing. Oh no, I did it a timer or two with Nissans

Yeah, best wishes, bud. You have a long ways to go. At least your job is probably a lot more fun than mine was. too far too many hours have a ball…

OK, thanks for that. Yes, I see the difference. Those things were pretty much gone even when I was a young young teenager. I did sit in one that was on a wrecking yard about 1970. I was a round 14 . That’s the only one I can never remember and my area.

well nevermind i decided to go visit tomorrow,,,and tom,,,those spoke wheels never get tiring

i heard florida is getting the worse not surprized,they usually do

they only live around 2 miles from here,,,,my old deceased pal was a driver for years and years,,,,i would go over there when i was single on weekends and talk trucks for hours,,,,,,,bob