Anyone got experience driving smooth bore tankers in the snow. My loads normally have 1000 gallons of ullage in the trailer , which makes for plenty of “back slapping” . On a nice dry road it’s okay but hows it going to be in the snow,up in the New England hills and mountains? 
I take most things in stride, but with Winter coming this has me a little worried. Is it a case of parking the truck before the other truck drivers?
I am not sure how you have your regs for tanks
and the rules for construction thereof but we
have baffles in ours here in Germany which helps
restrict the movement of the product,in the winter
we adjust our driveing to the weather conditions
and do drive slower and try to avoid over reacting
with the brakes , good tip is to have good tyres
all round with a very good profile 4mm minimum.
there are some tips about the scandinavian countrys
on the useful tips forum and they have some tips
as well on these sites, IF YOU HAVE no baffles and
too much room you will experience traction problems
when the product moves up or down the tank from
front toback or vice verser, as said before adjust
speed and brakeing to the conditions of the road/s,
Thanks Brit Pete.
have a look here for trhose tips from
scandnavian countrys,
-HERE are some good links for the northern parts of europe and beyond
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these are all to do with scandinavian countrys,
To be fair, Pete is right, but you have twin drive so it isn’t so bad. Just don’t try to do anything radical. other than that, drive normally. The sugar you carry doesn’t knock too badly as a rule, and your trailer spike will come in useful.
Didn’t know there were quite so many like yours. Saw several this week around Indiana, Ohio and into Wisconsin.
whats a trailer spike
It’s a stalk that applies the trailer brakes like some of the 2 and 3 series Scanias used to have. Really useful sometimes.
bobthedog:
It’s a stalk that applies the trailer brakes like some of the 2 and 3 series Scanias used to have. Really useful sometimes.
or a trailer brake (which is illegal in the uk ?)
Is that not what the old boys used to call the “dead mans handle” or the “Oh ZB we’re all going to die handle” 
Big Truck:
Is that not what the old boys used to call the “dead mans handle” or the “Oh ZB we’re all going to die handle”
That’s the one BT and a sad day when they went out of fashion. Been pulled back straight many a time when starting a little wiggle 
brit pete:
I am not sure how you have your regs for tanksand the rules for construction thereof but we
have baffles in ours here in Germany which helps
restrict the movement of the product,in the winter
we adjust our driveing to the weather conditions
and do drive slower and try to avoid over reacting
with the brakes , good tip is to have good tyres
all round with a very good profile 4mm minimum.
there are some tips about the scandinavian countrys
on the useful tips forum and they have some tips
as well on these sites, IF YOU HAVE no baffles and
too much room you will experience traction problems
when the product moves up or down the tank from
front toback or vice verser, as said before adjust
speed and brakeing to the conditions of the road/s,
He may have a Milktank which has nothing inside,as he would have shortly Butter. 
Thanks everyone. If the customer took full loads it wouldn’t be an issue. They always have plenty of space in their tanks. 
Odd given the cost of transport.
Basicly, if it’s real cold, slow down a bit, but drive normally. The worst time is when it starts to warm up and the ice on the road melts. That’s when it’s most slippery.
Been a bit entertaining this week. Had about 8" of snow on Monday and it got down to -19 in places. With the sun on the ice it got a bit slick here and there.