ICE & SNOW -- it's all fun & games till you get STUCK

[@BS-kh8ek]

Those tires at that tread depth are a summer tire. Been there done that.

[@RPowar]

Sergei, you must roll your rig back and forth before setting your brakes when parking overnight on soft snow! Tires are hot from driving so they melt the snow below them, which forms ice patches just below them.

[@wssides]

Don't set trailer brakes in winter unless you have to.

[@CoasterChaser4500]

Several Fire Departments along with Ambulance service here in Upstate New York use On Spot automatic chains they are good for up 6-7 inches of snow on the road. My Truck I use single wheel chains on the duals if necessary. As a Volunteer Firefighter my district has a lot of steep hills and narrow streets with ditches on both sides. Winter driving is a great way to learn just how good of a driver you are. Stay safe watching for the other drivers.

[@wssides]

The farm tractor had an actual snow blower on the front. Great for out in the country as it moves the snow well away and reduces the amount that the next wind deposits on the road. Also good for loading snow on trucks to haul away.

[@ralfus37]

My solution was to park on my chains and also keep a 5 gallon bucket of cement powder to give traction on ice. Hot tires and brake drums are winter problems. Never set parking brakes on trailers, just tractor.

[@RPowar]

Stop your truck where wanna park overnight just don't set your brakes. Roll the truck few feet forward and then backwards a couple times, and park it at the same spot you chose earlier.

[@davidrigoni8231]

Ya I do that too

[@solitary_con4128]

When you shut down, your tires are warm. All this does is melt the snow and ice underneath them and you sink. If you have them, try parking on flat boards.

[@midengineZ06]

Your next drive tires need to be open shoulder style tires little better traction

[@Shomanchik]

Michelin XDS2 is good 👍🏼

[@Flatlanderexpress]

if i ran a truck that was that thirsty id mount a sliptank behind the sleeper and carry an extra keg of fuel.i d have an extra ton of weight on my drives.and i d fuel up where i want any way less often.when i have to stop a trailer in the snow i make 2 or 3 laps over the spot i m going to stop on.pack myself down a path

[@forwardplans8168]

If you don't have regular tire chains, you can lay a log chain in a zig-zag fashion in front of the front drivers. Use the diff lock to ensure all 4 duals will turn, otherwise the front driver will crawl up onto the chain, gain traction, then the other duals will just spin. You can also run the logchain through the holes in the rim and wrap them around both tires. You might not have room with the fenders, and be sure the chain clears all brake and framework. Most Home Depot or lowes have 50lb bags of sand. Make sure all the trailer tires have correct air pressure. Cold low air tires will hold you back. Carry a grain shovel with you, with your rig, be prepared to spin out, lose traction, going up some hill in the middle of no-where.

[@forwardplans8168]

@@bovellois Unless it's used only as weight, it absorbs moisture and turns into a hard brick.

[@tonytrylinski3364]

Your going to think I’m crazy but the best stuff to get unstuck is windshield washer fluid. Pour it on top of the tires and let it run down through the tread. It works it way under the tire. Pour a little in front of the tires, wait a few min and drive away. Liquid tow truck.

[@fundsfordad]

Hello Captain ! Nice job 👍! You have a lot of patience! Safe travels !

[@stevesiviour4198]

Sergei, remove exhaust stacks and replace with pipes that come out just in front of both left and right drive tyres, heat from exhaust will melt snow/ ice when you park up for the night, warm up the truck in the morning will melt any snow/ ice built up overnight giving traction added bonus when driving the exhaust melts snow /ice giving better traction resulting in better miles per gallon.

[@timkeeler4461]

Ridiculous

[@dennishayes65]

Great story printed at the end Sergei ! Like how the letters get smaller & move away ! Music was great at the end too ! Keep on moving so you don’t drop dead Sergei ! Hope to watch you tomorrow to see if you get unstuck !

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

Good job Serguei. I hope u find out where your coolant is going. That would concern me.

[@danschevy]

When you stop the truck role forward a little more than you want to leave the truck back up a couple of feet so you have packed down snow in front of your wheels to start back up.

[@kurtkuipers9473]

Don't feel bad I'm 63 still driving my truck loading and unloading by hand

[@peternyznyk1072]

Hey Kurt 🚛 Well-Done Sir 👍🏻 I’m almost 66 and still 🚛.... I pull a Pneumatic-Tank and still LOVE-IT “most of the time” Stay Well and Safe ☮️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

[@kurtkuipers9473]

@@peternyznyk1072 well like you said the worst thing you could do is retire some people just can't take it I can't take it I don't want to take it I like to work

[@patriot2164]

Jan , new start ! hopefully better than the late two years , we've gotten a good old fashion arse kickin ! Happy New Year Brothers and Sisters !

[@Flatlanderexpress]

if u r stiil out west on monday/tues i have a merlot u can haul from saskatoon to aberdeen

[@mikes3975]

Would 'Road Angel' lights have stronger magnets than the lights you are using?

[@peterhelm6003]

Sergei, when you retire you sit back and watch Sergei working on KZbin.

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Sergei !! See you got the wiper nozzle unfroze !!!! Have ''FUN''' in AB. !!! HAHA

[@alhummels5174]

Could it work better on slick ice if you spread your chains out before you park so they are under the tires in the morning? How about dropping your trailer and renting a float for the Arizona haul

[@ikegodsay1879]

Hey Captain, I enjoyed your cursing waiting to get onto Hwy 11! Classic Sergei! BTW how did that KW like coming up the west side of the valley at Lumsden?

[@saknk1]

Best material to get unstuck is a shovel , clan a patch for the tires and then put some sand ,

[@ddecker902]

Thanks for a good video Sergei. Safe travels.

[@leehelppie4544]

i was glad i was a dry van driver during that kind of weather...i got stuck in the snow a couple times when i was driving a rollback tow truck, had to get towed out myself...sergei should have bought the dog litter..lol

[@jerseycowboy1]

I'm up in Rhode Island for this weekend...glad I live in Texas!

[@DonaldKing23]

Oil dry would be much cheaper than kitty litter and its basically the same , less the anti clumping additives and fragrances I beleive , i guess the problem would be it usually comes in a 50 lb bag , storing it on a truck may be an issue. Myself I believe I would try to carry that & some salt and use a combination , but then again , I'm no expert. Everything is harder in the winter , especially with the snow. God Bless You & stay safe out there Man , always enjoy the videos.

[@paulsommerhalder9049]

Retirement equals death, another wisdomism from The Captain🙂

[@clarencefurse9324]

Iam 77-year-old still drive some time twice a mont

[@tomvarano3283]

Captain Another good video. Stay positive. Stay safe.👍👍👍.

[@stashoski2675]

Uncle Sergei I can feel you pain I was down the road many times. In winter a I would carry a short handle shovel would help some times.

[@peternyznyk1072]

The “Kitty-Litter” is a last-resort type of thing and if you don’t have anything else and it does work. The Captains situation, with most of his needed weight way-back on his trailer lends itself to being stuck on even a little snow/ice covering 🇺🇸 🍺 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🇷🇺

[@gabrielesparza4]

The litter boxes say not to use a a traction aid so to each their own.

[@judyl.7546]

Your funny. Your faster then a tractor, lol. That will be nice to meet up with your friend and have a nice meal. You be safe out there.

[@BIGV710]

thats a lie sergei i retired at 65 and i am still alive at 71 and i still drive part time

[@WrB980]

Not sure why you didn't move the crawler ahead when you hooked onto the jeep to get more weight on your drives. Every little bit helps at this time of the year..

[@sheepdog1102]

A nice set of auto chains would solve the problem. I saw a brand new 389 Pete with a set on his truck and they really work well!

[@ronaldfulton1175]

Park on top of chains when you stop....tie with rope to dolly legs...that will pull them loose if they freeze to ground.

[@amelierenoncule]

To get unstuck from a parked stop, would not a handheld propane torch, to melt the pavement ice, help ?

[@HHTV60]

it'd take too long. If I was going that route, I'd just buy some gas, splash it on the ice, and take a match to it.

[@timkeeler4461]

No

[@bigal-ox9jw]

Awesome entertainment..putting your life's journey for us..thumbs up all day. East coast Canada 🇨🇦. Truck through the maretimes someday..you could run a small chain through the wheels also to give you traction

[@750VFR]

Could you lay out your tyre chains and park with your drive wheels on them, attach the tyre chains to the truck with 3/8" chains and drive till you reach a surface with good traction before unfastening them. I'm at 54° N in England it never gets below minus 8 here or above 30 Centigrade. 😂😂😂😂😂🇬🇧

[@tommyfrancis7174]

Think about a good heavy duty Leaf Blower to aid in clearing around wheels, and even around tie downs, Dewalt or any reputable.

[@cntslesfabrication]

He wont spend then the money on that

[@ronaldfulton1175]

Drive it how you like (under 1500 is hard on the cylinder liners)...1100rpm is 400hp, 1300 is 475, 1550 is 550, 1700 is 605. Top lever position is overdrive and move the button another overdrive...running empty gears. One lever shift down on the high side is direct...less throttle, less turbo boost, less fuel burned....running loaded gears. Never realized you were lugging that engine that bad...true the torque starts at 1100...but the horsepower is way down and so is the throttle, and boost is maxed. 1550-1700 would give better results. Drain water off Davco filter end of every day.

[@timkeeler4461]

What?

[@Eckoolt]

Thanks for the video and good luck. Greetings from eastern Europe

[@paul-andreguenette6310]

Love you last commentaries, good attitude, Tomorrow is a auther Day 👍😁😥

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Sergei !!! How Many times have you heard ""THAT"S TRUCKING "" ??? Take next winter off & GO FISH IN FL.. with Mitch !! HAHA

[@waynekarnold]

Hello from the philippines You just went through my home of Regina Saskatchewan

[@davidrigoni8231]

Saw 2 Cat PL89’s and a D8 at the Petro in Portage WI last night

[@billc3343]

Question : would shifting your load forward to put a bit more drive weight help you in snow?

[@HHTV60]

you have to look at the distance between the trailer's kingpin and center of the jeep's tires (1), and then from the trailer's kingpin to the jeep's kingpin (2). the way these spacings are set up on most jeeps (including mine), the weight from the trailer is split something like 60/40 - if the trailer's kingpin has 100,000 LB, only 40K will go onto the truck. The rest will go on the jeep. But in theory, yeah - when you haul on 9 axles, you always try to load more to the front because the rear only has 4 axles, where the front has 5. The reason I loaded to the back was because I picked this up with a 8 axle rig, and Ohio only allowed 60K on the truck's rear 3 axles. I should have moved the machine when I hooked up the jeep, but I didn't want to start the old CAT and remove and then reconnect all the chains. It's a huge machine!

[@mahbubmo]

Hr n half. This is a real movie. Hope there's kalashnikovs action.

[@billc3343]

Captain, I sure hope you got a good rate for this trip. You are earning every dollar. Be safe.

[@HHTV60]

if I was doing cheap loads, I'd go broke for sure.

[@ryang1108]

Kitty litter my ass. Probably should have used dog litter. Made me laugh. Thanks captain

[@tonypaz3985]

😆 🤣

[@vstaritz]

love the picture you took here.

[@nathanmckind5203]

Good morning captain safe travels

[@alm2210]

Just curious as to why you took the backroads around north east side of city and then up nbr 6 to take a grid road to nbr 11. The 4 lane bypass around south side of city to join nbr 11 nw of Regina was built so truckers would have easy transition around city to get to Saskatoon and Edmonton. Lots of heavy haul truckers use it now

[@cntslesfabrication]

Haha I know right

[@wssides]

That twin left turn off the East end of #1/Victoria Ave and up the sharp turn ramp onto the bypass would be a nightmare with his length. The traffic there never seems light enough to allow him to use both lanes safely. Last time I was through they were working on an improvement further East- maybe that is complete and usable by now.

[@scotti.6433]

I don't know how you missed that when he explained it quite clearly in the video. He said that if he'd chosen to take the freeway route he would have had to have an engineer's assessment before getting approval to travel and that would have delayed him by two hours, whereas, there was no such assessment required for the alternate route and so he was able to move immediately once a fee was paid.

[@kellismith4329]

@@scotti.6433 so he ended up delayed for 4 hours to get unstuck

[@Flatlanderexpress]

tire shops sell ice tires.edson is a hell hole.

[@markstevens1729]

Somehow those two statements go together.

[@wcrofford]

your coolant is a 'closed loop system, so when it's low it is leaking somewhere

[@matt89108]

Does bleach melt snow and ice?

[@ddwheelspin]

Greetings from Kansas! Tootle those bad drivers with Vigor Captain. Best Wishes!

[@johnskillen6208]

ww fluid use to use it all the time. pour over wheels wait a bit

[@alm2210]

Regina is capital of Saskatchewan. Not Saskatoon

[@scotti.6433]

Did Sergei say that, I didn't notice? Last month on Facebook I changed my location from my home in Ontario to Forget, Saskatchewan, so I guess Sergei forgot, eh?! :-) I actually wanted to change it to Punkeydoodles Corners & Ball's Falls, Ontario, but FB wouldn't let me.

[@peternyznyk1072]

When in “Doubt “ 🚛...... “Don’t” 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@candygender]

Stay safe Captain!

[@Rbnqss]

Well I've flied small plane and have been retired 16 years noe at age of 43 so I am lucky, I think 😁 And laye congratulations, Captain!

[@chuckychuck]

👍👍🤣🤣🤣Laughing at the end of your video.

[@jeffclark2725]

Just keep looking at the prize at the end of this trip,And what a trip this has been

[@jimbaumann6579]

Take the bypass next time ..... our province spent a billion dollars building it so you don’t have to take the goat trails 😂😀

[@studioxps72]

Should have went straight instead turning onto hwy 6 should have went straight onto Armour rd 1.5km too highway 11 smooth sailing.

[@HHTV60]

cannot go off the route indicated on the permit. don't know if you noticed in the darkness but this was an oversize/overweight load which required a permit.

[@billc3343]

Suggestion; forget buying more cameras and buy some first- class LED headlights. I watch a lot of trucking videos and have never seen such dim lighting. be safe

[@gabrielesparza4]

Adjust the brightness. 😉😉😉

[@margaretabengtabelsson9500]

Well, you should have unloaded that pipelayer, and used that to drag the truck to safety. Just kidding.

[@kellismith4329]

Sure it would surely start right up

[@ishdhillon4145]

You gotta turn off traction control

[@billfox8771]

yep, you can see the yellow traction light flashing when he tries to move it. Easier than throwing chains...

[@jeffclark2725]

I hope you got moving again, great 👍 video

[@robertbradford7892]

I don't know if it's the GoPro not doing your headlights Justice or what but it may be time to upgrade to some LED headlights.

[@BruceDelVecchio]

I'm in real trouble as I have been retired for 15 years. Maybe the "old folks" working at McDonalds are the only ones willing to work.

[@axmanTom]

Captain, I sure hope you’re getting well paid for this load, looks positively awful.

[@KB-gs8zi]

Well ,,Sergei !!! Get your 'Dream "' Accordion & Camera to take the pics you want & Enjoy your retirement on the Corners of the World !!

[@igorsedelnik3483]

Show must go on)

[@tylerhergott3893]

Are your headlights on? Looks dim.

[@gabrielesparza4]

Adjust your brightness..... 😉😉😉

[@Flatlanderexpress]

school buses run studded tires

[@scotti.6433]

Studded tires were outlawed in Ontario about 1972, they worked great but the government claimed they were ruining pavement.

[@kevinlacroix5218]

Hey Sergio I live in Ottawa Ontario but back when I was in forestry in northern Ontario we used to keep a tub of dishwasher soap, the powder stuff, it needs like 100+degrees to melt so it doesn't soak up moisture and stays gritty, bad thing is probably not great for the environment but it will get you out of a pinch. Safe traveling

[@scotti.6433]

Kevin, he's not Italian and his name is not Sergio Mendez, he's Russian and his name is Sergei Dratchev the accordian king. :-)

[@marvpagel6708]

RETIRED TRUCKER/YOUR TIRES ARE WARM & YOU PARK ON ICE/TIRES MELT DOWN ON ICE/STUCK

[@shevrav1239]

Time to start sleeping in the fuel lane,

[@Andrew_Cretu]

Find out a russian woman, she will be delightful of your chivalry spirit but in short time she would left you easily. That is why, sometimes it is better to live for yourself. Noway to feed somebody who would left you easily for someone else.

[@DLSWV]

👍😉

[@marty5401]

learn to put snow chains on.

[@johnmaloney265]

i didnt know you could drive overlength trucks at night in canada from your last video

[@HHTV60]

admitting you don't know something is the first step to recovery.

[@pauln4489]

Hey Sergei, do you ever clean the inside of your truck? Disgusting!!

[@planestrainsautomobiles3080]

you need new tires captain commisar

[@davidmau2403]

I'm same age as you are and I hope your wrong about dying after you retire because I'm going to retire in july wont be eating doughnuts trick of it all is to eat beaver keeps you around long time lol

[@jdeere8850]

Those tires are good for miles but not for winter. BS vid sorry 90 min.in the dark?? WTF

[@gabrielesparza4]

Don't watch then. Clearly you have nothing better to do with your time so don't bitch about it.