I’ve been up on the A66 all morning in my spec first then the wrecker, it was unreal up there.
The road just looks wet, but it’s very very clear ice, black ice.
Ice so bad it was difficult to walk on.
Hard to winch 'cos the truck won’t stay still.
The van I went up there for first was covered in clear ice, more than half an inch thick on the screen.
This is bad. 2 years ago a young lad was killed on the A1 just north of Barton when an artic slid on black ice, that was the same type ice, very difficult to walk on let alone drive on.
Why these major trunk roads are able to get into this state is beyond me.
One observation - Years ago I was sure there was grit in the… errr… gritter.
Now it seems there’s only salt in it. I think what’s happening is, the salt melts the ice which turns it back to water. Then it freezes again, making even better/smoother ice.
When it had grit mixed with the salt, once the salt melted the ice, if it did re-freeze, the grit would be frozen into it, giving at least some purchase.
did anyone notice it was one of fast eddies partners trucks that was in the ditch going the wrong way up past stainmore that put pixie man off the road
explain that to the insurance company
what the ■■■■ was woodchip man doing
getting to the delvery point on time the same as pixie man
happysack:
Just about to mention Luke, no disrespect to him, but when he goes in a ditch its a major catholic out pouring of grief on here. A stobart motor does the same and its time to snigger.
his own depots drivers seemed to find it highly amusing,so if there not bothered i guess why should this shower
merc0447:
You mean the dangerous cream cakes wont get to tesco
cream cakes,driver,truck,trailer,all that seemed to matter was it wasnt one of the new super leauge trailers involved ,t.o bod said anyone who scratches one will be sacked,what theyd of done in this instance im not sure,firing squad,hanging,25 yrs
BIGGEE:
there will be the spotters sending it a get well card !!
no doubt when they find out it was one of the t.v series [superstars] who ended up in the ditch, ive no doubt theyll be a outpouring of grief
Spill the [zb] beans ady who was it? I’ll gee you a sloppy kiss if you say dixon
i wish it was,but it was andy schofield,cant remember which series he was in,but he was the lad who was swearing,cursing alot when he was delivering to smithfield market,in fairness he only did the one episode,they didnt in vite him to battersea do,or film him again as he didnt portray the image of a stobart driver they wanted.
ah well maybe dicko next time.
n.b so im told its a.s,havent seen him or bbc news so only going on 2 nd hand info
chaversdad:
just watched the poor sod being interviewed on the local news, it turns out one of jenkinsons didnt realise the snow gates being closed meant dont go any further and turn round
So he decided to dodge round them by swapping carriageways and carrying on with his eastbound journey on the westbound side poor Mr stobby had nowhere to go except down the ditch, the jenkinsons motor was parked half a mile down the road facing the wrong way on the westbound carriageway
funny part was he escaped through the sunroof and the local news man said he climbed out of his “emergency escape hatch”
,t.o bod said anyone who scratches one will be sacked,what theyd of done in this instance im not sure,firing squad,hanging,25 yrs
