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Tractor trailer slides off snowy cliff.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...580#post117713
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...062#post115400
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...963#post125022
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...653#post123531
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3166#post98280
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2673#post96840
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3447#post78090
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...844#post111776

That was one fast moving tow truck driver (At least I HOPE it was the driver getting out!). Wonder what he was doing pulling the thing so far over to the edge of the road?

Next time I tow a truck uphill I will definitely rig a quick release.

Looks like he was towing with a long cable and that would mean there was a driver in the tractor trailer?

Does anyone ever wonder why there always seems to be someone making a video of everything now days?
I mean Hey look there is tractor trailer rig up front being towed by a tow truck and a cable I think I'll make a video of it maybe it will fall over the edge.
If it were a dash cam filming then how did he get the scenes over the edge and down the slope?

Seems like we are all tracked by one filming staff...

A lot of companies do it for insurance reasons... I wouldn't show the insurance company this video...

Found more. 1:20 source vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH7_nYA6YbY

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

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Originally Posted by Jon

Found more. 1:20 source vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH7_nYA6YbY

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

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.

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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!

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Originally Posted by PJs

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!

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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