Tractor trailer slides off snowy cliff - GIF

[Frank S]

Found more. 1:20 source vid:

Both vehicles had drivers in them; both lived. The guy in the tractor-trailer tumbled down the cliff and broke some bones, and obviously the tow truck driver Indiana Jones'd it out in time. Winter drivers: get ready to knowingly tut-tut -- the tractor-trailer driver was riding on summer tires.

https://metro.co.uk/2012/04/03/norwe...plunge-381777/
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-eu...liff-in-norway

All the more is the reason why there are tire chain laws. Got caught in a snow storm on Snoqualmie pass one winter had to chain up the drive tires 1 steering tire and 1 axle on the trailer. As much as I always hatted to have to chain up it was better than having to wait all night or longer with a storm just getting worst by the minute.

[PJs]

All the more is the reason why there are tire chain laws. Got caught in a snow storm on Snoqualmie pass one winter had to chain up the drive tires 1 steering tire and 1 axle on the trailer. As much as I always hatted to have to chain up it was better than having to wait all night or longer with a storm just getting worst by the minute.

Going down the back side into Lee Vining must'a been a thrill, even with chains...that's a 10% grade if I remember correctly. Or were you coming from 395. Either way a panty buncher in the snow. Hats of Frank!

[Frank S]

Going down the back side into Lee Vining must'a been a thrill, even with chains...that's a 10% grade if I remember correctly. Or were you coming from 395. Either way a panty buncher in the snow. Hats of Frank!

Yeah it will turn a pair of boxers into a thong real quick I learned a long time ago never to go down a hill any faster than I could climb it. I friend of mine swears by the Jake brakes in his truck I never owned a truck with them but drove several that had some form of engine brake or retarder the best thing I found them for was long straight down grades in DRY pavement. Turn em off in snow and use the lowest gears you have with a judicial application of the johnny bar all the more reason for chains on only 1 axle of the trailer. and 1 steering tire as the wife says take your time not your life. She was with me a few years back when we went over Donner Pass Climbing it at 10 to 15 MPH and descending into Nevada at 5 MPH 6 to 18" of fresh white stuff the whole way. Makes for a long ride but when you are in a 1 ton pick up and a trailer with a gross weight of 27,000 it is better than the alternative