Couldn’t agree more Bret. If you need to make a town run then take them off but other then that, why?
Our road is really icy now and we have two sets of steep hills. Got to start out in lowest gear reasonable available and just remember one thing, breaks are not your friend.
Have some stuff on Craigslist for sale and this guy was coming out the other night to buy a 300 gallon fuel tank I had for sale. Didn’t make it.
He didn’t get hurt, luckily just a little jammed up and missed a day of work. Dan just down the hill brought his skid steer up and flipped him up right and moved him off the road before ever fluid in the truck drained out. He made it out last night and bought the tank. He is a bit of a basket case on a good day.
But back to chains. I had to go pick up my order of stove pellets at Home Depot yesterday and had this guys experience in my mind.
Well my old 5 speed manual diesel Dodge which has great ice tires and starts out with 1300 pounds of constant weight in back. I have my reserves of lead in 13x9 “ingots” under a sheet of plywood in back year around. Anyway I can come to a stop going down the hill and backup on the ice. Love that truck. In low range and granny at 2000 rpm’s I can walk faster.
So I’ve got my big trailer with 3 pallets at 2,000 pounds each and a fourth pallet in the back of the truck to get home. Got to the top of the first hill stop in the sun and had a cup of coffee with Biscuit. She’s always with me.
Got to thinking about that idiot and decided to chain up the rear. Might not be needed but… far easier than picking up the pieces.