Oh boy here comes the snow!

rocket man

Well-Known Member
I've had to have the tow truck come out twice now in my career and it was not considered an accident. It is only an accident around here if you damage the truck or someone's property.
If it has already snowed a couple of inches when you are starting your day, chain up before you leave the building. If you have miles to drive on a level highway, chain up when you get to the mountains. Just remember, deep snow, and the chains are not much help when only on one tire of a dual-wheeled truck. They will dig a hole under themselves and leave you spinning on the inside dually. Also, just because you can make the truck move, doesn't guarantee it will stop or steer. Take it slow, and anything too steep, EC.
Welcome to Brown. Not the cushy job the world thinks it is.
do you have to put chains on or is it the mechanic,s job>?
 

soberups

Pees in the brown Koolaid
do you have to put chains on or is it the mechanic,s job>?

We put our own chains on. There are only 4 mechanics and they dont have time to install chains. And even if they did, there are lots of times when it is raining at the building with bare pavement but snowing with 8" on the ground up in the hills where some of us have to go. If they installed them at the building you would have to drive with them on bare pavement until you got to the snow and if you do that too much they will break.
 
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