mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 43 minutes ago, Brocky said: In the early 70's hauling petroleum out of Syracuse NY at night, I had to chain up a single outside drive a lot of times to get from the main road into a distributor's yard and back out. You also learned to lay a S curve in the discharge hose so you could move the truck out of the ice pockets, made by warm tires, while you still had some weight on the drives. 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 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 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 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 30 minutes ago, mowerman said: You will either chain up or park it. Bob, Do they allow you over the pass if you have "lnsta-Chains" or "OnSpot" drop down chains? All the emergence equipment here in town have them. .....Hippy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, 70mackMB said: Bob, Do they allow you over the pass if you have "lnsta-Chains" or "OnSpot" drop down chains? All the emergence equipment here in town have them. .....Hippy yes they do,,,,allotta box trucks coming over with boose use them as do school busses Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 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 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tjc transport Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 I used to chain up for traction in the muddy farm fields.. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Yes, I have heard that from Cattle and hay drivers Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 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. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 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 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 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. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 3 hours ago, mowerman said: 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 We call them Rotary Plows back home in Buffalo. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Yes, I’m sure they needed them up there as well 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, tjc transport said: I used to chain up for traction in the muddy farm fields.. I only chained up one time, ever. Somebody gave me a set of chains that fit my Ford Ranger pickup one time, so when we got a pretty good snow I decided to try them out. Put them on and drove to the beer store and back with no problems, and no shoveling. But there have been a few times that I wished I had some in the truck, because I would have sure used them. Like this time on rt. 60 in West Virginia- Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Yeah, sure looks like it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 48 minutes ago, mowerman said: Yes, I’m sure they needed them up there as well ive never been there,,,but i heard thier weather is horrible in the winter,,,,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 3 hours ago, GA_Dave said: We call them Rotary Plows back home in Buffalo. Buffalo?.. that's a whole different world in winter, I've been going up 219 to Orchard Park and you couldn't see the road or anything else because of the lake affect effect snow. I was going to Buffalo one time, snowing like crazy. I had to stop several times to clear my windshield because the wipers kept freezing up. Road was completely covered. I finally said "screw this, I'm gonna find SOMEWHERE to stop". Except there really isn't anywhere to stop up through there, so I kept going. When I got to the job site in Buffalo it was all clear, no snow anywhere. It was about 10 degrees, but no snow. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GA_Dave Posted October 2 Popular Post Share Posted October 2 5 hours ago, other dog said: Back in Buffalo, we'd call this a "dusting". Here in Atlanta, they'd shut everything down and declare a State of Emergency! 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Amen !!! Brother Dave... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 Yes, I imagine they would and Tom I had the same problem coming out of Montana one night it was 25 below 0 they told me with the older Kenworth you have to pull the sunvisor down to get defroster to work right of course we don’t have to worry about any of that now… bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted October 7 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 7 hell i completely forgot about this thing,,,terminal manager got two of them,,,make sure everyone got some,,,bob 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/74587-hollywood-last-day/page/3/#findComment-559674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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