@@bestchannelintheworld ok you keep freezing and believing that. LOL you haven't traveled much. Snow is all over the world and better conditions. Like here in HAWAII.
@@karenfarquhar950 My doors and windows are wide open. We average 80 all year. And every year we see these stupid, OH NO! snow videos with dumb people living in it. LOL I skied when I was in HS. I prefer surfing in tropical waters.
Was late into Sacramento once. Guy remeaded me out. I had the wrong ph # lol. But asked him why he didnt check weather report Reno Interstate was closed lol. Had to change reefer trsilers in Cdn too etc. Lol
I don't miss over the road trucking at all. My worst experience was driving across North Dakota with 30 feet visibility and the white lane marker as my guide for 10 hours
I drove from Southern Oregon to roughly Redding in similar conditions one year. I had front wheel drive and followed behind a big rig as best I could. It was an adventure. About 6 straight hours driving. No chains. And I’m from Southern California. I was nervous over two things. 1) afraid to stop I thought I’d get stuck. 2) afraid I’d be pulled over and told to put on chains. I was of course clueless.
If you spoke with them, you would understand. I was a cop for 30 years. One year when we had a blizzard in NE Wisconsin the snow shut down the roads and we were ordered into the nearest police station to wait it out. The phone rang. The duty officer answered it, and then said the call was for me, smirking as he said that. I answered and a guy told me he was from Chicago and he just had to get to his cabin in the north woods. He asked the same question I heard hundreds of times, “How are the roads?” I told him that we were in the midst of a blizzard, and all the Sheriff’s Depts had told everyone to stay home. I added that the roads were packed with a foot of snow. He then asked the dumbest thing I ever heard. He said that if he couldn’t drive up there, could he fly up there? His vote counted as much as mine.
So glad I live in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Canada.... Canada's Florida!! We never get that here!!!! Lots of mountains and Hills but I only have all-terrain tires on my Honda and have never needed anything more!
Oh California storms are the greatest in the world Each one a song in the making… Drivin over canyons singing to my soul People out there turn the winters into powder gold
I miss the snow, but not driving in it and getting stuck in it. I remember once being forced to stop the car due to a "white out" condition where there was so much snow coming down/blowing around that you could literally not see outside the car window....this lasted for several minutes.
The four seasons of California, flood, fire, draught, Blizzard. Then they have earthquakes to shake things up a bit every once and awhile. Water shortages, crime, homelessness, cost of living hikes, sounds like a lovely place.
Must be wet snow that’s what we had in Colorado all the way up to Denver to New Mexico. I live in southern Colorado it was pain to drive in. To shovel was hard because the snow was heavy to pick up. No one helped I did my walk way all around to my back yard. At 74 I was taking a chance of falling but I had boots. Did okay good luck Californians be safe. 💨🌨️☃️
Where are you in Alberta, I am also in AB and around the GP area its been back and forth with a bit of snow and just cold enough to stay and packed on roads and made for accident conditions, then melts off and back and forth with that ever since Oct 20th when we had the first bout. The snow has melted each time but looks like we will get a bit of snow tomorrow again. Its pushed some people to put on winter tires though for good reason, silly season as I call it at the tire stores every early winter.
The recent heavy snowfall in Truckee, California, resulting in the shutdown of Interstate 80, underscores the significant challenges posed by winter weather conditions. The whiteout conditions have left numerous vehicles stranded, highlighting the importance of preparedness for such extreme weather events. It is imperative that motorists remain vigilant and heed advisories from local authorities to ensure their safety during these inclement conditions. Furthermore, this situation serves as a reminder of the critical need for efficient snow removal and road maintenance strategies to mitigate disruptions caused by severe winter storms.
I lived in truckee for 37 years born and raised moved away 20 years ago don't miss it a bit .those winters suck but the summers are hard to beat .it's to crowded and expensive to live there know
Ive been told that Michelin snow tires use a different rubber compound that don't harden in cold weather. Dont know if thats true. Just what I've been told
@@clintonlamar1503 Most tires with the coveted "snow-flake" use special compounds that are still pliable in under freezing temps and then microsips, tread design etc that are what make a tire grip or slip... I like Tire Rack for the reviews, but your mileage may vary... 😁
Nonsense. On ice you need chains. Tread has very little to do with it. 8 winters at 8500 feet in Colorado has taught me that. Aggressive treads look cool, but that’s about it. I have used cooper stt pro, and duratraks, and they grip as well as the stock tires on my Tundra.
I drove over the other pass, hiway 88. It was no surprise. Knew it was coming. 4x4 truck and drive 20 miles per hour. I dont care how many people get mad at me. Home safe with no incidents.
I've driven slowly down the interstate during a storm, Pickup trucks and SUVs pass me and I pass them a few miles down the road waiting for a tow truck to pull them out of the ditch. Proper tires and taking your time makes all the difference.
@@wwisaacson4807 totally! and we drive by and snicker!! I once drove, alone, aged 64, for 10 hours at -30c snowing and blowing, to meet my hubby to go to our sons for Christmas one very cold December. I drove 40mph in plenty of long stretches even though the speed limit was 60mph, once i reached a town along the way, I pulled over to get gas/use bathroom. a LONG line of cars n trucks had built up behind me, but NO ONE tried to pass me for hours! because they want to ENSURE theyre going to get where theyre going!
People like this are why we have people coming into the WH that we do. 'Hey honey! It's going to snow this weekend in the mountains. Let's go ahead and drive to Reno and have some fun. We'll be fine!'.
I always click on LSM for their Winter videos because they are one of the best coverage teams. Entertaining .... from the comfort of my warm home/chair. THANKS!!!
yeah I gotta a four wheel drive four dour whatever PU, it makes me manly. I shouldn't have a problem. In my mind I see my PU driving past all them others. (reality watches the daydreams drift by)
the Coka-hala of the Sierra's ! Smaller high way threw hell ! Conditions change Quick ! 75mph gusts, major thoroughfare , Truckee Back side donner party Freezing -20 degree 1991 Steep Grade hard to find your car buried over night adds about 8hrs to 50 mile drive its a winter wonder land experience with lots of fun in between Lodging, Skiing ,Getting Snowed in Every body should try it at least once !.
I used to drive in weather on icy and snowy roads almost daily and never had these problems. Studded tires all the way around and a light pickups with no weight on the rear axle will never go anywhere. I have a large tote strapped in the front bed of our pickup and have 420 pounds of sand bags in it.
And I get the impression that the aluminum body Fords have not done them any favours in the sense of weight percentage over the rear axle relative to the front axle. Of course they are lighter over all which has its benefits but reminds me of a mid 80's F 250 I have with the old inline 6 cylinder and standard cab long box, It has two factory fuel tanks and one of them is behind the rear axle and also has a wooden box liner so that adds a bit of weight, with fuel fuel I believe the weight balance is 50/50 which certainly shows up in its traction with half ways decent tires ... then again it is a 4x4 so of course use that as needed. But anyway yes, putting a decent amount of weight on or behind the rear axle in a pickup and if its only two wheel drive, that makes a world of a difference.
@ I have a couple Chevys and one of them is a 98 K2500HD. It is a one ton without the duel wheels and a softer front torsion bar. They were sold in the work truck market. It has enough weight to go down the road without adding any weight. I used to drive mainly Diesel Excursions on the Dalton Highway for many years doing telecommunications on the pipeline. They handled well in the ice and snow.
@@Chris_at_Home Did that vintage of Excursion have the independent rear suspension ( and what suspension did they have on the front ? ). Speaking of the Dalton I had driven up to Alaska in the summer of 2006 and I had driven as far as just north of the arctic circle where it just starts to go down into the valley and then turned around and headed back to Fairbanks. I did not feel prepared enough, not enough fuel packed with, one spare tire, an air conditioning pump that was making a bearing noise, and exactly zero communication devices or for that matter an idea exactly of where services were or should say emergency/desperation services. I had stopped at the fuel station such as it is by the Yukon river to fuel up heading north as well as south and on the south bound drive stopping there is when I had a chance to talk to various ones that were pulling into the place to fuel up. Stories of street bikes that should never have been on the road as it got very muddy and another guy on an adventure bike that was still stuck up there somewhere with a broke swing arm ( BMW with the one sided swingarm with drive shaft inside of it ). You would have seen a lot go on being that you lived on that road. Ironically a friend of mine had worked up at Prudhoe for some years as a shop foreman for Schlumberger and he never once set foot on that road as it was fly in ... fly out back to Alberta and never an opportunity to be on the road. My concern was break downs and no way to get my sorry ass out of there, I was driving a 4x4 chev pickup with a full set of chains along if I would have needed them which I assume is highly unlikely during the summer. Being eaten alive by mosquitoes is probably the highest risk on the list up there !.
@ it had a solid rear axle. One was a 2002 and the other was a 2005. Before that I had an extended cab Chevy and then a crewcab diesel. I also had a spare Ford Crewcab. For a few years I crossed the Arctic Circle just about everyday working out of Pump Station 5 over 6 years. Pump 5 is 20 miles North of the Circle. I also worked out of pump 4 and pump 1. I worked on all the different communications for the pipeline. 6 years was on fiber optic and then the contractor change and I worked for them on the mountain top communications sites along with the valves and pump stations. I did it 15 years then took a town job. I’ve been here 45 years. I worked as a well logging technician during the 1980s in Prudhoe. Then I did communications in the oil field and exploration sites.
@@Chris_at_Home The Chevy diesel must have been the 6.5 turbo, the excursions perhaps the first one a 7.3 turbo and the second one the 6.0 ( my guesses could be off ). I think as the years went on with the excursion that they went to an independent rear suspension or recall hearing noises about that being a "thing". But yes, a body that extends to the back of the vehicle with the interior seats etc helps give a better rear weight right out of the factory and also depending on where they placed fuel tanks as a rear fuel tank full of fuel sure helps. Of course this is years back now that you were doing that work so tire models and technology has changed for sure but wonder if you recall what tire type they were running that was also stud-able. Speaking of pickups and probably find out it will be a poor choice, but had settled on ordering a Chev 3500 with the gas engine although I used to have my heart set on getting a Duramax but questioned that due to the emissions issues that all of these newer diesels have with the expensive to repair crap the government forces them to put on. I probably should have settled for a half ton that struggles to carry anything and sits low to the ground and gets better fuel mileage and has the lovely failure prone lifters and stop/start LOL. Anyway with an HD pickup, I am forced to go with a 10 ply LT tire for a winter tire and they often have harder compounds to handle the weight, in fact I had found a set of used wheels and then had tires mounted up sitting here waiting for a truck that isn't coming near as soon as what the dealer claimed it would ... go figure. As to the Dalton, I never had a clue where the pump stations were located, how many their were etc as I had no access to that information at the time and still have not attempted to look it up. So I would not have been far from pump 5. Yes you have been up there working with that pipeline system going way back, pounded up and down that road MANY times. No doubt makes you laugh when you see these characters with youtube channels that make it out to seem like they are the first man to have landed on the moon. There is the guy who lives in Girdwood and calls himself Truckhouselife as per a youtube channel and his efforts of pushing the content have allowed him to cash in, anyway he has attempted trips up there in the middle of winter and first time got turned around at Atigun pass due to avalanche but made it the last time which I think was last winter. Lots of drama though or created drama, issues with his truck in Fairbanks before he even got out of there and so on and pretending he is almost on fumes fuel wise and you know ... anyway I'm sure you would agree its not a great place to drive with no company backing you up in the event of vehicle issues. Where did you grow up, I am guessing somewhere in the lower 48 ?
Peed limit? I'm not sure whether to point the finger at Caltrans for inability to maintain their road signs and change a few bulbs or California in trying to regulate everything we do.
Thats right folks, we have a Peed limit and don't forget those Cain laws !. One of my friends lives in a small town in Colorado and she said in the last years as California-ites have streamed into Colorado to live and caused the housing market to be unafordable, the idiot factor has ramped up big time so its become another nanny state because of too many clueless people that live their now. Highway 70 has become one of a few examples through that state that she won't go near during the winter unless forced to because of all the ill equipped idiots on the road who drive like ding dongs on their bald tires.
That's a lot of snow this time of year in the Sierra's? Interstate 80 is completely white in this area? Don't usually see this much snow in the Fall months?
Had a 1986 s10 4 wheel drive with 10000lb winch in bed. I pulled out so many people. Drove in ditch to trees, strapped front of truck to tree and hooked up winch.
My worst snow day was entirely in the city. On a normal day it would take 45 minutes by bicycle. On that day it would have taken about 2 hours I made the mistake of borrowing the company van. After more than 5 hours, I abandoned it at the foot of the last hill and walked the half mile home. Unforeseen heavy snow started just before rush hour. Way too many people on poor tires or just no knowledge in how to drive made traffic near impossible. I could have got up that last hill, if it wasn't for it being littered with cars and buses. Taking the bike would have been really hard work, but an hour in I knew I'd made a mistake.
They did years ago. But the studs damaged the pavement, so for a few years only public safety vehicles were allowed to have them. “Snow tires” were also sold that had pieces of sawdust in them.
Great to see! Hopefully it bodes well for the snow year. (Unfortunate to see the regular mouth-breathers who seem to hang out in any weather related comment section though.)
I would guess most of them come over from the valley or coastal cities, ( I can only guess as I am in northern alberta although had been in southern Cali years ago one winter and a few other times during the summer ) no one dreams of needing winter tires there where the live and must think the roads are magically bare just for them over the mountain range. Or probably closer to the truth, they just don't think !.
Last year, during a bad blizzard that had shut down I-80. Tesla got special permission from the CHP to test one of its electric simi truck & trailers on that snow covered highway while closed and the Tesla simi made it thru all the way off the mountain. The trucks traction control computers kept the tires from slipping and sliding. !
I used to live in north Maryland where we would get 3 foot snows.... Usually once a year. Sometimes twice. I had a front mounted blower on a small tractor and a long driveway. But I don't miss that snow. It was still dangerous depending on a limited fuel supply for a generator when the temps were down around 5 degrees. Lose electricity and things got serious. A wood burning stove was essential. I now live in Florida and yes, Hurricanes are scary.
I remember having to sleep in my truck in the cold down from .25 tank to .20 tank because I didn't have 4x4. I said I did and made it home? 4x4 is not necessary, but driving ability is.
I love watching these videos from the comfort of my warm home.
joke's on you, these are great skiing conditions. Access to snow is a luxury anyway for most of the developed world.
@@bestchannelintheworld ok you keep freezing and believing that. LOL you haven't traveled much. Snow is all over the world and better conditions. Like here in HAWAII.
Me2 in HAWAII, paradise is da bes...
makes my house feel cozy
@@karenfarquhar950 My doors and windows are wide open. We average 80 all year. And every year we see these stupid, OH NO! snow videos with dumb people living in it. LOL I skied when I was in HS. I prefer surfing in tropical waters.
It looks like They are on track for another good snow year in the mountains !! 🌬❄️❄️❄️☃️
Who can afford to ski?
Strange I use the same emojis for snow
Is this the global warming everyone's been talking about?
@@RussellMorgan-n3cno. Your brain is too small to recognize that one snow storm is not a global event
@@brohammer
The earth warms and cools. This caused by the sun, and massive geologic events.
The fear mongering of man made global warming is a hoax.
Legend has it the driver of the Red Nissan Frontier is on a third tank of fuel and second set of tires but has not yet moved.
The good news is they remained faithful they would eventually get moving the entire time.
@@Katy-ne2xhresilience is key 😂
The one that said faithful on the back
I gots me a pickem up why I need snow treads
Was late into Sacramento once. Guy remeaded me out. I had the wrong ph # lol. But asked him why he didnt check weather report Reno Interstate was closed lol. Had to change reefer trsilers in Cdn too etc. Lol
No wonder we don't get any snow anymore in Michigan ! They getting it all in California !
I don’t know about you but I’m ok with that!
Trucker gets snow every year
People act like this is new
Sorry truckee not trucker
@goods1730 were talking bout California ! They are not a snow state. ! Or are you aware. Nope
@ you don’t think areas of California get snow? You’re the one who is unaware
I sure can’t complain about the snow when I get it.
Watching from Alberta Canada
Prayers people get home 🙏❤️🫶❤️🙏
Here you go again Cali.
Been there and done that too many times. Thanks. Watching from the PHILIPPINES. Stay safe out there.
Bongga! Mabuhay!
Yeah you get the typhoons talaga 😅 🇵🇭🇵🇭🤙
Nature is the best teacher.
If only humans didn't have to be taught the same thing every winter.
stupidds will never learn
Phones have a weather APP now .😂
I don't miss over the road trucking at all. My worst experience was driving across North Dakota with 30 feet visibility and the white lane marker as my guide for 10 hours
just park it
@@mtsky-tc6uwyup. I park it, I don’t even bother anymore. “ if they need this load today, they’re really gonna want it tomorrow “
It was my 1st year, now I know better. I'm regional southwest and go From San Diego to Pheonix, Vegas, Tucson, Sacramento
yep ,i live in north Dakota. it's bad here in the winter bc we don't have any trees or hills
I never made it to North Dakota. I am glad I am not OTR anymore!
I drove from Southern Oregon to roughly Redding in similar conditions one year.
I had front wheel drive and followed behind a big rig as best I could.
It was an adventure. About 6 straight hours driving.
No chains. And I’m from Southern California.
I was nervous over two things.
1) afraid to stop I thought I’d get stuck.
2) afraid I’d be pulled over and told to put on chains.
I was of course clueless.
I retired from trucking in Hawaii. I love watching these!
How do you get from Island to Island ? 😮
@@golfberg1 I'm just guessing she owns a snorkel 😅
@@golfberg1obviously there's no OTR trucking just local.
That's awesome! Congratulations! 😂😂😂
Normal day on Donner Pass
😂 and the locals hate it but love to see the idiotic logic. I love seeing thee two wheel drivers, rwd specifically. 🤣🤣🤣
I've never understood why people go out in weather like this.
If you spoke with them, you would understand. I was a cop for 30 years. One year when we had a blizzard in NE Wisconsin the snow shut down the roads and we were ordered into the nearest police station to wait it out. The phone rang. The duty officer answered it, and then said the call was for me, smirking as he said that. I answered and a guy told me he was from Chicago and he just had to get to his cabin in the north woods. He asked the same question I heard hundreds of times, “How are the roads?” I told him that we were in the midst of a blizzard, and all the Sheriff’s Depts had told everyone to stay home. I added that the roads were packed with a foot of snow. He then asked the dumbest thing I ever heard. He said that if he couldn’t drive up there, could he fly up there? His vote counted as much as mine.
@daveneumann8106 he could have flown, but landing would have been a bit problematic.
to go to work for survival .
I wish them all safe passage. Blessed Be
I do not wish them safe passage, I wish them access to a weather forecast and common sense.
Lived there years ago and seen 3-4' of snow bury cars and everything else, the Tahoe area gets massive snowstorms!
Looks like a wet snow ❤❤❤ ❄️🌨️🌨️❄️❄️🌨️🌨️
So glad I live in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Canada.... Canada's Florida!! We never get that here!!!! Lots of mountains and Hills but I only have all-terrain tires on my Honda and have never needed anything more!
Hard to believe there are parts of Canada that are semi-desert.
Here in Washington we get updates on I-90 for the pass and other heavy snow areas. This is ridiculous. The black Tesla is screwed.
Oh California storms are the greatest in the world
Each one a song in the making…
Drivin over canyons singing to my soul
People out there turn the winters into powder gold
Imagine being stuck in this in your electric car.😂
It would be about half a step above being in a Soap box Derby racer.
🤣🤣🤣
Imagine people living in this kind of weather would even buy electric cars. Money can't buy IQ.
Haaaaaa, the sequel of the Donner party😅
I’m glad I paid attention to the numerous warnings not drive there.
Damn, nice and hot in Toronto today. I miss snowy winters.
It can snow ❄️ at the end of December LOL we got work to get to
I miss the snow, but not driving in it and getting stuck in it. I remember once being forced to stop the car due to a "white out" condition where there was so much snow coming down/blowing around that you could literally not see outside the car window....this lasted for several minutes.
Been there done that. I lived in Alaska for 37 years...
It's just as scary in an 18 wheeler...running into a whiteout condition will sober anyone...
1st storm always calls people out with old or wrong tires... I drove by a young kid who launched his car down a mountain on the way home.
"Is that your tow truck" killed me when I looked in the background and saw it sliding while trying to turn around 😂
Ski resorts will be happy with all of that "fresh powder" though!!
that's if anyone can get there first.
@oriolesfan7807 💯💯
Nice coverage, LSM
The four seasons of California, flood, fire, draught, Blizzard. Then they have earthquakes to shake things up a bit every once and awhile. Water shortages, crime, homelessness, cost of living hikes, sounds like a lovely place.
😂
isn't fire and draught a synonym?
It's a beautiful nightmare
Lol not every inch of cali is a fox news meme. Id stay far away from LA and SF though😂
Must be wet snow that’s what we had in Colorado all the way up to Denver to New Mexico. I live in southern Colorado it was pain to drive in. To shovel was hard because the snow was heavy to pick up. No one helped I did my walk way all around to my back yard. At 74 I was taking a chance of falling but I had boots. Did okay good luck Californians be safe. 💨🌨️☃️
Truckee tested me more than any pass in the west.
Everybody not being properly prepared is what shut down the highway.
I love to watch these, as warnings were up everywhere. Snow tires or Chains required and people seem to think their car can do anything.
I got to hang out in the pass after BM one year at the top, beautiful area
That's a beautiful stretch of hiway when the weather is good
it is really beautiful with 40 ft of snow too
I drove thru there many times as a semi driver beautiful scenery..
You and I both and you're right but man I don't want to get up in that stupidity when there's thay much snow😂
Wow, the world is topsy turvey, we are having an unusually warm November up in Alberta, no snow and sunny skies.
Where are you in Alberta, I am also in AB and around the GP area its been back and forth with a bit of snow and just cold enough to stay and packed on roads and made for accident conditions, then melts off and back and forth with that ever since Oct 20th when we had the first bout. The snow has melted each time but looks like we will get a bit of snow tomorrow again. Its pushed some people to put on winter tires though for good reason, silly season as I call it at the tire stores every early winter.
I love the snow I love walking in the snow but when it gets this bad I just stay home it's not worth going out🧑🎄
I don't miss dealing with winter & I sure don't miss donner pass
Miss West Virginia wintry Snow Love it
The recent heavy snowfall in Truckee, California, resulting in the shutdown of Interstate 80, underscores the significant challenges posed by winter weather conditions. The whiteout conditions have left numerous vehicles stranded, highlighting the importance of preparedness for such extreme weather events. It is imperative that motorists remain vigilant and heed advisories from local authorities to ensure their safety during these inclement conditions. Furthermore, this situation serves as a reminder of the critical need for efficient snow removal and road maintenance strategies to mitigate disruptions caused by severe winter storms.
And this is something that South Dakota could look forward to later....yippee
Wow! Mr. Winter 🥶 is already here!!
Best advertisement for 4x4 vehicles and good motivation to get new tires.
@vadym1 you are looking at 4x4 vehicles!
I lived in truckee for 37 years born and raised moved away 20 years ago don't miss it a bit .those winters suck but the summers are hard to beat .it's to crowded and expensive to live there know
Whoa I missed the snow by a day.
Buy Michelin or Blizzak Snow Tires - save your life .
Ive been told that Michelin snow tires use a different rubber compound that don't harden in cold weather. Dont know if thats true. Just what I've been told
@@clintonlamar1503 Most tires with the coveted "snow-flake" use special compounds that are still pliable in under freezing temps and then microsips, tread design etc that are what make a tire grip or slip... I like Tire Rack for the reviews, but your mileage may vary... 😁
Nonsense. On ice you need chains. Tread has very little to do with it. 8 winters at 8500 feet in Colorado has taught me that. Aggressive treads look cool, but that’s about it. I have used cooper stt pro, and duratraks, and they grip as well as the stock tires on my Tundra.
I used to use Michelin or Continental snow tires every year on my VW
@ get chains. Tread is irrelevant.
They can have that weather...glad I live in Las Vegas NV
I drove over the other pass, hiway 88. It was no surprise. Knew it was coming. 4x4 truck and drive 20 miles per hour. I dont care how many people get mad at me. Home safe with no incidents.
I've driven slowly down the interstate during a storm, Pickup trucks and SUVs pass me and I pass them a few miles down the road waiting for a tow truck to pull them out of the ditch. Proper tires and taking your time makes all the difference.
and proper tires and chains onboard if needed...
@@Lauren-vd4qe even i call it quits if I need chains with 4wd. I used to do that. Too old now.
@@wwisaacson4807 totally! and we drive by and snicker!! I once drove, alone, aged 64, for 10 hours at -30c snowing and blowing, to meet my hubby to go to our sons for Christmas one very cold December. I drove 40mph in plenty of long stretches even though the speed limit was 60mph, once i reached a town along the way, I pulled over to get gas/use bathroom. a LONG line of cars n trucks had built up behind me, but NO ONE tried to pass me for hours! because they want to ENSURE theyre going to get where theyre going!
@@clintonlamar1503 agreed; if youre going to need chains, stay home!
This is my kind of weather! Love it! ✌🏽❤️
Me too😊
Lived in CA, CO, WY..... it was always easy for me to delay the trip or turn around. Some people don't seem to understand wet freezing stuff on roads.
Winter wonderland, nice! 😊
Wow, it sounds like Truckee is really getting hit with some serious snow! Stay safe out there, everyone! ❄🚗💨
Look up the winter of 52-53 there.
I don't miss driving in snow.
It's a nice sunny Pt Mugu beach day
People like this are why we have people coming into the WH that we do. 'Hey honey! It's going to snow this weekend in the mountains. Let's go ahead and drive to Reno and have some fun. We'll be fine!'.
As a truck driver , if it’s snowing , I ain’t going , got stuck in a Hugh blizzard in my semi years ago, never again
Dang I live 100 miles away did not know it snowed! .we had very hard rain but wasn't that cold here
I always click on LSM for their Winter videos because they are one of the best coverage teams. Entertaining .... from the comfort of my warm home/chair. THANKS!!!
"Faithful" isn't not living up to it's namesake
That only applies those who believe and treat God as though He is a genie-which is most people.
Given the 49'ers colors, it's a sea-level San Jose resident, caught unaware that weather happens up there...
Remember the Donner Party.
I hope "SOME" of that finds it's way to west MI. Our winters lately stink.
I love driving in the snow, but only when there is visibility. Hard pass on whiteout conditions.
Why haven't news outlets reported this?
Truckee is near Reno/Tahoe, there is a huge mountain you have to climb in that area w/the car, its really steep to drive over.
yeah I gotta a four wheel drive four dour whatever PU, it makes me manly. I shouldn't have a problem. In my mind I see my PU driving past all them others. (reality watches the daydreams drift by)
Donner Pass and Summit.
@uradragon you better weigh the back of your pickup down with something
Echo
Gonna be another 700 inch winter.
2000 in winter 😊
the Coka-hala of the Sierra's ! Smaller high way threw hell ! Conditions change Quick ! 75mph gusts, major thoroughfare , Truckee Back side donner party Freezing -20 degree 1991 Steep Grade hard to find your car buried over night adds about 8hrs to 50 mile drive its a winter wonder land experience with lots of fun in between Lodging, Skiing ,Getting Snowed in Every body should try it at least once !.
Remember the Donner Party? This happens all the time up there.
Here in the Northeast... We got winter driving down to a science almost.
Hella!!!
Glad i live in Canada
I used to drive in weather on icy and snowy roads almost daily and never had these problems. Studded tires all the way around and a light pickups with no weight on the rear axle will never go anywhere. I have a large tote strapped in the front bed of our pickup and have 420 pounds of sand bags in it.
And I get the impression that the aluminum body Fords have not done them any favours in the sense of weight percentage over the rear axle relative to the front axle. Of course they are lighter over all which has its benefits but reminds me of a mid 80's F 250 I have with the old inline 6 cylinder and standard cab long box, It has two factory fuel tanks and one of them is behind the rear axle and also has a wooden box liner so that adds a bit of weight, with fuel fuel I believe the weight balance is 50/50 which certainly shows up in its traction with half ways decent tires ... then again it is a 4x4 so of course use that as needed. But anyway yes, putting a decent amount of weight on or behind the rear axle in a pickup and if its only two wheel drive, that makes a world of a difference.
@ I have a couple Chevys and one of them is a 98 K2500HD. It is a one ton without the duel wheels and a softer front torsion bar. They were sold in the work truck market. It has enough weight to go down the road without adding any weight. I used to drive mainly Diesel Excursions on the Dalton Highway for many years doing telecommunications on the pipeline. They handled well in the ice and snow.
@@Chris_at_Home Did that vintage of Excursion have the independent rear suspension ( and what suspension did they have on the front ? ). Speaking of the Dalton I had driven up to Alaska in the summer of 2006 and I had driven as far as just north of the arctic circle where it just starts to go down into the valley and then turned around and headed back to Fairbanks. I did not feel prepared enough, not enough fuel packed with, one spare tire, an air conditioning pump that was making a bearing noise, and exactly zero communication devices or for that matter an idea exactly of where services were or should say emergency/desperation services. I had stopped at the fuel station such as it is by the Yukon river to fuel up heading north as well as south and on the south bound drive stopping there is when I had a chance to talk to various ones that were pulling into the place to fuel up. Stories of street bikes that should never have been on the road as it got very muddy and another guy on an adventure bike that was still stuck up there somewhere with a broke swing arm ( BMW with the one sided swingarm with drive shaft inside of it ). You would have seen a lot go on being that you lived on that road. Ironically a friend of mine had worked up at Prudhoe for some years as a shop foreman for Schlumberger and he never once set foot on that road as it was fly in ... fly out back to Alberta and never an opportunity to be on the road. My concern was break downs and no way to get my sorry ass out of there, I was driving a 4x4 chev pickup with a full set of chains along if I would have needed them which I assume is highly unlikely during the summer. Being eaten alive by mosquitoes is probably the highest risk on the list up there !.
@ it had a solid rear axle. One was a 2002 and the other was a 2005. Before that I had an extended cab Chevy and then a crewcab diesel. I also had a spare Ford Crewcab. For a few years I crossed the Arctic Circle just about everyday working out of Pump Station 5 over 6 years. Pump 5 is 20 miles North of the Circle. I also worked out of pump 4 and pump 1. I worked on all the different communications for the pipeline. 6 years was on fiber optic and then the contractor change and I worked for them on the mountain top communications sites along with the valves and pump stations. I did it 15 years then took a town job. I’ve been here 45 years. I worked as a well logging technician during the 1980s in Prudhoe. Then I did communications in the oil field and exploration sites.
@@Chris_at_Home The Chevy diesel must have been the 6.5 turbo, the excursions perhaps the first one a 7.3 turbo and the second one the 6.0 ( my guesses could be off ). I think as the years went on with the excursion that they went to an independent rear suspension or recall hearing noises about that being a "thing". But yes, a body that extends to the back of the vehicle with the interior seats etc helps give a better rear weight right out of the factory and also depending on where they placed fuel tanks as a rear fuel tank full of fuel sure helps. Of course this is years back now that you were doing that work so tire models and technology has changed for sure but wonder if you recall what tire type they were running that was also stud-able. Speaking of pickups and probably find out it will be a poor choice, but had settled on ordering a Chev 3500 with the gas engine although I used to have my heart set on getting a Duramax but questioned that due to the emissions issues that all of these newer diesels have with the expensive to repair crap the government forces them to put on. I probably should have settled for a half ton that struggles to carry anything and sits low to the ground and gets better fuel mileage and has the lovely failure prone lifters and stop/start LOL. Anyway with an HD pickup, I am forced to go with a 10 ply LT tire for a winter tire and they often have harder compounds to handle the weight, in fact I had found a set of used wheels and then had tires mounted up sitting here waiting for a truck that isn't coming near as soon as what the dealer claimed it would ... go figure. As to the Dalton, I never had a clue where the pump stations were located, how many their were etc as I had no access to that information at the time and still have not attempted to look it up. So I would not have been far from pump 5. Yes you have been up there working with that pipeline system going way back, pounded up and down that road MANY times. No doubt makes you laugh when you see these characters with youtube channels that make it out to seem like they are the first man to have landed on the moon. There is the guy who lives in Girdwood and calls himself Truckhouselife as per a youtube channel and his efforts of pushing the content have allowed him to cash in, anyway he has attempted trips up there in the middle of winter and first time got turned around at Atigun pass due to avalanche but made it the last time which I think was last winter. Lots of drama though or created drama, issues with his truck in Fairbanks before he even got out of there and so on and pretending he is almost on fumes fuel wise and you know ... anyway I'm sure you would agree its not a great place to drive with no company backing you up in the event of vehicle issues. Where did you grow up, I am guessing somewhere in the lower 48 ?
Peed limit? I'm not sure whether to point the finger at Caltrans for inability to maintain their road signs and change a few bulbs or California in trying to regulate everything we do.
I just saw that as I was reading your comment.. got a nice chuckle out of me😂
Thats right folks, we have a Peed limit and don't forget those Cain laws !. One of my friends lives in a small town in Colorado and she said in the last years as California-ites have streamed into Colorado to live and caused the housing market to be unafordable, the idiot factor has ramped up big time so its become another nanny state because of too many clueless people that live their now. Highway 70 has become one of a few examples through that state that she won't go near during the winter unless forced to because of all the ill equipped idiots on the road who drive like ding dongs on their bald tires.
How awesome
Emergency kit, snow chains, flares?🤔
I’d love to be there
Love the "peed limit" sign
It's unfortunate the authorities didn't have the sense to close the road, or at least require tire chains to proceed.
Certainly a bad day for going on a trip on that pass. I’ll pass on that.
That's a lot of snow this time of year in the Sierra's? Interstate 80 is completely white in this area? Don't usually see this much snow in the Fall months?
I want this weather in NC.... :(
Try dedicated modern winter tyres.
I love Canada !
How long will that snow stay for?
Had a 1986 s10 4 wheel drive with 10000lb winch in bed. I pulled out so many people. Drove in ditch to trees, strapped front of truck to tree and hooked up winch.
On this day in 1911 /11/11 records for temp extremes all over USA and Can 89f in Chicago at noon and 15f 6am.
I'm waiting for this in Wisconsin. Where's our snow?
My 2018 Volvo V90 has NO frame loops for pulling. WTF are they thinking???
My worst snow day was entirely in the city. On a normal day it would take 45 minutes by bicycle. On that day it would have taken about 2 hours I made the mistake of borrowing the company van. After more than 5 hours, I abandoned it at the foot of the last hill and walked the half mile home. Unforeseen heavy snow started just before rush hour. Way too many people on poor tires or just no knowledge in how to drive made traffic near impossible. I could have got up that last hill, if it wasn't for it being littered with cars and buses. Taking the bike would have been really hard work, but an hour in I knew I'd made a mistake.
We had almost 3ft at my colorado house last week. Good Luck california
Really, I am curious where abouts you are in Colorado ?
Why don't they sell winter tires with studs in the US? 🤯
They did years ago. But the studs damaged the pavement, so for a few years only public safety vehicles were allowed to have them. “Snow tires” were also sold that had pieces of sawdust in them.
They do it's just not common that people are smart enough to buy them
Great to see! Hopefully it bodes well for the snow year. (Unfortunate to see the regular mouth-breathers who seem to hang out in any weather related comment section though.)
Thank you Jesus for this huge blessing
my car have ben on Hakkapeliitta winter tires for a month now. dont any of them have descent tires?
I would guess most of them come over from the valley or coastal cities, ( I can only guess as I am in northern alberta although had been in southern Cali years ago one winter and a few other times during the summer ) no one dreams of needing winter tires there where the live and must think the roads are magically bare just for them over the mountain range. Or probably closer to the truth, they just don't think !.
A lot of bay area tourists that don't pay attention or prepare. Great laughs and memes for the locals though
Wait a minute: does it snow in California?
Yes
Truckee is always the coldest place up there.
Last year, during a bad blizzard that had shut down I-80. Tesla got special permission from the CHP to test one
of its electric simi truck & trailers on that snow covered highway while closed and the Tesla simi made it thru all
the way off the mountain. The trucks traction control computers kept the tires from slipping and sliding.
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There is NO DATE SHOWING WHEN IT HAPPENS ? WHY ?
I used to live in north Maryland where we would get 3 foot snows.... Usually once a year. Sometimes twice.
I had a front mounted blower on a small tractor and a long driveway. But I don't miss that snow. It was still dangerous depending on a limited fuel supply for a generator when the temps were down around 5 degrees. Lose electricity and things got serious. A wood burning stove was essential.
I now live in Florida and yes, Hurricanes are scary.
Ice ice baby . Studded tires if you can here in Canada especially in Quebec studded tires are king
winter tires ?
Snow chains 🤔
I remember having to sleep in my truck in the cold down from .25 tank to .20 tank because I didn't have 4x4. I said I did and made it home? 4x4 is not necessary, but driving ability is.