I can honestly say that i never got stuck to where i needed a tow. A couple times i did have to borrow some road salt out of the trailer to get moving . Also it has a lot to do with what is on the drives for tires that make a difference if you go or if you get towed. I remember one time back in 73 i was running with a new driver and he and i hauled a load of coal to Cleveland to Republic steel and dropped it and he and i headed over to the salt mine to get a load of road salt when it started snowing hard . we had to wait to load due to the huge amount of trucks loading and the snow was piling up fast . By the time we did get loaded and our paper work there was over a foot of snow on the ground . Well the salt mine sets about ten feet above lake Eire and to get UP to W25th st. ya got to go UP hill and over the humpity backed rail road bridge . As we maded the first left turn all we could see were trucks setting because nobody could get up the hill let lone over the bridge. Jim and i were driving Macks , mine had a good running 318 with a 13 speed and he was driving a V8 Mack we both had tri axle City Welding Dumps and only had 25 ton on . I was NOT just set and wait for the City of Cleveland to come and clear the road as you may be there till the next day. I went around all the parked trucks setting along the curb and started hearing on the C B just where do you THINK your going , i am getting out of here i am not setting and waiting . I made the right turn and had about 200 feet to the bridge . I figured if i just could get into second gear and get them drives locked in maybe i could get out . Told Jim to hold back and see what happens, well i made the turn and got second gear felt the quiver of the drive lock in and up over till the ft. axle of the trailer hit the hump and i spun out . OK so that did not work go to plan B , (plan B) back down the street and get a run for it . So backed down the street and made a run for the hill . well that worked some what but still spun out . (Plan C ) back down street again but this time as soon as the trailer clears the bridge trip the gate and lay down some salt. On the first pass i got down a good layer of salt . but still could not make it up the hill . So backed down again and cleaned off the apron and closed the gate and raised the bed up and shifted some salt up against the gate and let the bed down and made a run in the hill again and made it feather up and was able to spread more salt past where i dropped it the first time . Then i had Jim do this two times and another driver did it and another and another and we were out of the hole and everybody was able to get out . Also one of the benefits of hauling road salt and always being up at the mine they would GIVE you baged salt to carry on your truck if you just asked and two 80# bags will get you out of trouble . Just by putting some down in ft. of the drives and behind the drives just a foot on each side will save your donkey . IF you HAVE A GOOD DRIVE TIRE and you know what that switch on the dash is for if your not driving a Mack with Mack rears . In all the years i hauled coal out of nasty old strip mines in all weather and before the state trucks came out not once did we every have to have a tow . Yea there were times we did have to hike back to the mine to get the loader to DIG our way back in due to snow drift and to put down some slack coal on the ice of the hills . But that OLD Mack R700 with that OLD 318 and 13 speed if you got her into second gear she would go thru axle deep mud or headlite deep snow . The old 4300 was no slouch in bad weather either
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