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I'd forgotten this 4 year old thread I started.
We ran into snow on I-70 the next year. We had outrun the snow in the mountains during a spring storm. We made it east of Denver, past Limon, whre it was not supposed to snow until later the next day. The next morning we had 2+ inches and I figured it was wet snow, only around 30 or 32, and the snow would be worn off the interstate. We knew the storm would last for a while get worse in Kansas if we waited, so we left sure that I-70 would have all the snow melted.
It wasn't. The road was snow covered with wet, slippery snow. Sometimes the left lane was better, sometimes the right. Traffic kept weaving from lane to lane to avoid the worst parts—and the snow was only a couple of inches. There was a wicked crosswind from the north and from time to time we had to pass some very slow truck. We saw big trucks pulled over because they couldn't make a small rise.
I didn't disconnect the bars nor did I turn down the brake controller. I did put the truck in 4WD. There was no sway, no skidding, no sliding. I did what I always do in snow—no sudden changes of any kind, slower on curves or, in this case, when changing lanes too and moving with traffic which was going 30 to 40 mph.
After about 20 miles the snow turned to sleet and a few bare spots appeared, more and more as we drove east. After another 20 miles, it was all rain. It rained for 2 day across Kansas and Mo. Heavy, blinding rain. Traffic was fast and so were we. Nothing happened to us, but the driving was intense.
I only learned to do what I am used to doing and things worked out fine. It snowed in Ontario, but the roads were clear by the time we got there after some work was done in JC.
I still haven't had to test the roads near out house in snow, but have been away and called or e-mailed neighbors to find out whether the roads are clear.
Gene
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Well up here in the big old CAN that is what we use the 4X4 for.
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