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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1392922" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>To the OP;</p><p></p><p>Learn how to put your chains on properly. If you dont, they will come off and get wrapped up between your duallies and become a tangled, frozen ball of rusty iron and you will not enjoy crawling under there and digging them out.</p><p></p><p>Bring a tow strap. 99% of the time, all I have to do if I get stuck is get out, hook my tow strap to the bumper, and stand there and wait. The first guy that rolls by in a 4x4 will stop and pull me out, especially if his wife or girlfriend is in the truck with him.</p><p></p><p>Walk off the driveways. Usually, I dont have a problem getting up to the customers house; its when I have to stop and cut my wheels to back up and turn around that I run into problems getting stuck.</p><p></p><p>Know your snow. Dry, packed powder like they get in the Midwest is a lot easier to drive on than the heavy, slushy wet crap we get here in the Pacific Northwest. If it has a layer of ice underneath it, its even worse.</p><p></p><p>When in doubt, EC. Or, if your management wont allow EC, record as missed. Dont try to be a hero. You wont get anything delivered at all if you spend 4 hours in a ditch waiting for a tow truck. If your management chooses not to adjust the dispatch to account for weather conditions then any service failures are on them not you. The snow will melt long before the warning letter you get for an accident goes away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1392922, member: 14668"] To the OP; Learn how to put your chains on properly. If you dont, they will come off and get wrapped up between your duallies and become a tangled, frozen ball of rusty iron and you will not enjoy crawling under there and digging them out. Bring a tow strap. 99% of the time, all I have to do if I get stuck is get out, hook my tow strap to the bumper, and stand there and wait. The first guy that rolls by in a 4x4 will stop and pull me out, especially if his wife or girlfriend is in the truck with him. Walk off the driveways. Usually, I dont have a problem getting up to the customers house; its when I have to stop and cut my wheels to back up and turn around that I run into problems getting stuck. Know your snow. Dry, packed powder like they get in the Midwest is a lot easier to drive on than the heavy, slushy wet crap we get here in the Pacific Northwest. If it has a layer of ice underneath it, its even worse. When in doubt, EC. Or, if your management wont allow EC, record as missed. Dont try to be a hero. You wont get anything delivered at all if you spend 4 hours in a ditch waiting for a tow truck. If your management chooses not to adjust the dispatch to account for weather conditions then any service failures are on them not you. The snow will melt long before the warning letter you get for an accident goes away. [/QUOTE]
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