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<blockquote data-quote="MaceFremonti" data-source="post: 1232064" data-attributes="member: 36696"><p>Had only one little problem with the weather on Wednesday. Apparently WV's DOT forgot to sand and salt one of the hills leading back into PA. The road surface went from being clear and damp to snow covered and icy instantly. Luckily (or unluckily) I was only doing about 40 at the time. I quickly lost momentum on the 6% upgrade as I was pulling a 69K+ lb set . Any throttle application would cause the drive tires to spin and kick the back of the tractor sideways. Of course I had people five feet off the back of my rear trailer at the time.</p><p></p><p>I thought I could let it slow down and keep it gear so that when I would then apply the throttle the lack of torque from being in too high of a gear would reduce the amount of wheel spin.</p><p></p><p>Nope.</p><p></p><p>At this point an additional slow lane opens up on the right so I put on my right flasher to move over and of course everyone behind me decides to zoom past me on the RIGHT.....sigh....</p><p></p><p>Once it was clear I coasted over to right lane and put my right side tires on the mini rumble strips that line the outside lane marker and viola....TRACTION!</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/cool.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>...and I made it home safe and sound!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent using BrownCafe App</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaceFremonti, post: 1232064, member: 36696"] Had only one little problem with the weather on Wednesday. Apparently WV's DOT forgot to sand and salt one of the hills leading back into PA. The road surface went from being clear and damp to snow covered and icy instantly. Luckily (or unluckily) I was only doing about 40 at the time. I quickly lost momentum on the 6% upgrade as I was pulling a 69K+ lb set . Any throttle application would cause the drive tires to spin and kick the back of the tractor sideways. Of course I had people five feet off the back of my rear trailer at the time. I thought I could let it slow down and keep it gear so that when I would then apply the throttle the lack of torque from being in too high of a gear would reduce the amount of wheel spin. Nope. At this point an additional slow lane opens up on the right so I put on my right flasher to move over and of course everyone behind me decides to zoom past me on the RIGHT.....sigh.... Once it was clear I coasted over to right lane and put my right side tires on the mini rumble strips that line the outside lane marker and viola....TRACTION! :cool: ...and I made it home safe and sound! Sent using BrownCafe App [/QUOTE]
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