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<blockquote data-quote="QKRSTKR" data-source="post: 1524746" data-attributes="member: 16710">I had my first oh crap moment a few weeks ago. Came out of the hub heading back to my hub about 2:40 a.m.&nbsp; Started raining. It had been really cold the days before and the temp was about 31 degrees. The roads turned greasy in a hurry.&nbsp; Lost traction a few times and kept slowing down. Next thing I know I&#039;m going 25mph around a slight curved to the left. Little slant in the road. My steer tires start sliding left. Rear trailer sliding as well into left lane. Oh crap. I counter steer, still going left. Ugh! Thought to myself &quot;yup, I&#039;m about to be making a phone call&quot;. Luckily I make it around slight curve and tractor straightens out as do trailers. I&#039;m all puckered up. Didn&#039;t crap for 3 days I sucked that seat so far up my rear. So I head into right shoulder but no good place to stop. So I ride rumble strips as that&#039;s the only way I can get any traction. Make it a little farther go up a slight incline with a little curve to the left again. Going maybe 5mph. Loose momentum and stop. Next thing I know my tractor is sliding left&nbsp; into right lane steer tires leading the way. Rest of tractor follows. Lead trailer stayed pretty good. Read trailer and dolly sliding out faster. I&#039;m pushing the brake pedal through the floor, no traction to be had. Pop all the valves and lock all the brakes. Had my whole set across I-##. Tractor makes it to left shoulder and stops where gravel is. I&#039;m able to get a little traction in gravel and pull set behind me and all the way into left shoulder. I move up out of corner and stopped. Sat there with everybody else for over 2 hours waiting on a salt truck. Both sides of interstate was shut down. It all happened at once. Few other sets with me didn&#039;t make it any farther. There was a little incline no one could make it up. Crazy night I hope I don&#039;t ever have again. Ice sucks. I&#039;ll take snow any day.Sorry for the novel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="QKRSTKR, post: 1524746, member: 16710"] I had my first oh crap moment a few weeks ago. Came out of the hub heading back to my hub about 2:40 a.m. Started raining. It had been really cold the days before and the temp was about 31 degrees. The roads turned greasy in a hurry. Lost traction a few times and kept slowing down. Next thing I know I'm going 25mph around a slight curved to the left. Little slant in the road. My steer tires start sliding left. Rear trailer sliding as well into left lane. Oh crap. I counter steer, still going left. Ugh! Thought to myself "yup, I'm about to be making a phone call". Luckily I make it around slight curve and tractor straightens out as do trailers. I'm all puckered up. Didn't crap for 3 days I sucked that seat so far up my rear. So I head into right shoulder but no good place to stop. So I ride rumble strips as that's the only way I can get any traction. Make it a little farther go up a slight incline with a little curve to the left again. Going maybe 5mph. Loose momentum and stop. Next thing I know my tractor is sliding left into right lane steer tires leading the way. Rest of tractor follows. Lead trailer stayed pretty good. Read trailer and dolly sliding out faster. I'm pushing the brake pedal through the floor, no traction to be had. Pop all the valves and lock all the brakes. Had my whole set across I-##. Tractor makes it to left shoulder and stops where gravel is. I'm able to get a little traction in gravel and pull set behind me and all the way into left shoulder. I move up out of corner and stopped. Sat there with everybody else for over 2 hours waiting on a salt truck. Both sides of interstate was shut down. It all happened at once. Few other sets with me didn't make it any farther. There was a little incline no one could make it up. Crazy night I hope I don't ever have again. Ice sucks. I'll take snow any day. Sorry for the novel. [/QUOTE]

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