QRTRHRS
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Those of you that are following the weather may know that we had a bunch of flurries here in KY (where I grew up, anything less than two feet would be termed just flurries. Anyway, I don't have a tractor capable of plowing the ten-twelve inches off my 600 foot driveway plus another 3 inches that we had overnight.
To add insult to injury, after I sold my dually, I sold a set of V-bar chains at auction thinking I would never be buying a dually again. One of the medications my wife takes cannot be refilled ahead of time and wouldn't you know it, she ran out so I had to get out to fill the prescription. I remembered having a set of single passinger car chains around and lo and behold they fit on my box truck.
So, I was able to drive out the ten miles to the main road then remove the chains and head for Wal-Mart which is where we get our prescriptions filled. While parking, I saw a few semi's that had parked to get off of the roads. When I finished in the store and went to leave, there was a truck with a bulk tanker sporting super singles on the drives. The parking lot was sloppy enough that he was not going anywhere. I had the forsite to throw two twenty foot chains in the box before I left today so I offered to give it a shot. I was on snow myself so I could not do it without the chains on my tires. I spotted some wet pavement so I hooked up both chains and a strap to give me enough length to get on the pavement. Remember, this is a Wal-Mart lot so I was a little concerned that someone would run into the strap and chains once I got some length between us, lol!
Anyway, that did the trick, we got his truck moving. The driver could not thank me enough but I just said to pay it forward. He got away a lot cheaper than the one I saw that tried to hang a hard right and hung up his trailer.
I always wondered about super singles and snowy roads. Only thing I ever had them on was a jiffster for pulling pups. Super singles or duals, a lot of drivers don't think about parking in winter slop. Tires will be warm even at cold temps. When you park, the tires will melt in and there you go or rather there you don't go. (Been there done that, lol)
To add insult to injury, after I sold my dually, I sold a set of V-bar chains at auction thinking I would never be buying a dually again. One of the medications my wife takes cannot be refilled ahead of time and wouldn't you know it, she ran out so I had to get out to fill the prescription. I remembered having a set of single passinger car chains around and lo and behold they fit on my box truck.
So, I was able to drive out the ten miles to the main road then remove the chains and head for Wal-Mart which is where we get our prescriptions filled. While parking, I saw a few semi's that had parked to get off of the roads. When I finished in the store and went to leave, there was a truck with a bulk tanker sporting super singles on the drives. The parking lot was sloppy enough that he was not going anywhere. I had the forsite to throw two twenty foot chains in the box before I left today so I offered to give it a shot. I was on snow myself so I could not do it without the chains on my tires. I spotted some wet pavement so I hooked up both chains and a strap to give me enough length to get on the pavement. Remember, this is a Wal-Mart lot so I was a little concerned that someone would run into the strap and chains once I got some length between us, lol!
Anyway, that did the trick, we got his truck moving. The driver could not thank me enough but I just said to pay it forward. He got away a lot cheaper than the one I saw that tried to hang a hard right and hung up his trailer.
I always wondered about super singles and snowy roads. Only thing I ever had them on was a jiffster for pulling pups. Super singles or duals, a lot of drivers don't think about parking in winter slop. Tires will be warm even at cold temps. When you park, the tires will melt in and there you go or rather there you don't go. (Been there done that, lol)
