Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[BigBlue1]

That poor guy in the white Ford truck that backed into the plow that was pulling him! Ouch! Take it easy on the gas, man... That's an expensive lesson.

 

[California]

And a bit of Caltrans folklore. About 1993 I was visiting Caltrans HQ equipment maintenance shop and saw several really beat-up snow blowers - huge engine in back, driving the shredder and snow-tosser in front. 4 wheel steering. I was told they were bought for the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics back when Donner Pass was two lanes, harder to keep open than yesterday's photos. But then it didn't snow all through December and January, the ski slopes were green grass. The Olympics promoters were spooked out of their minds, you can imagine. Then a few days before Opening Day it snowed like in yesterday's video. This 'excess' batch of plows, new at the time, saved the day. There would have been no access from California's urban areas up over Donner Pass to Squaw Valley if Caltrans hadn't had so many plows that they nearly had one to lead each bus. These plows would be kept for occasional use in similar severe years, they were over 30 years old when I saw them.

Another story. US 50 to South Tahoe and the casinos, was closed for many weeks after a PGE flume failed and landslides blocked the road. There was an alternate back road, several miles, so they sent out bulldozers to pioneer and open it. After a few days, good news, the bulldozers met in the middle. Bad news. The bulldozes were on top of packed snow a considerable height above the surface of the road. It was a while longer before the detour was opened.

 

[Renze]

What happened on this thread was my fault. Being the Hauling & Towing thread, I thought it would be funny to post a pic of a gas powered service van towing a diesel powered gen-set that was charging a dead EV. It turned out to be offensive, so was quickly deleted.

By whom ?

 

[alexpops]

Was that the road to Kirkwood that brings you in to South Shore on Pioneer Trail or Kingsbury? (I spent WAY too much time at the casinos & skiing Heavenly in my younger days). Would run into tourists at the blackjack tables that would go on & on about their great day on the Tahoe Queen & I'd deadpan back to them "There's a lake here?" Dealers usually got a kick by the reactions, but they knew I was joking. Some of the folks at those tables, however, weren't. Had a guy try to sell me his wife's engagement ring at the table while she was crying next to him. Told him if that wasn't a sign from God to pack up & drive back to SF nothing would be, but if he wanted to tempt fate to wait until the morning & find a pawn shop.

 

[ning]

Was that the road to Kirkwood that brings you in to South Shore on Pioneer Trail or Kingsbury? (I spent WAY too much time at the casinos & skiing Heavenly in my younger days). Would run into tourists at the blackjack tables that would go on & on about their great day on the Tahoe Queen & I'd deadpan back to them "There's a lake here?" Dealers usually got a kick by the reactions, but they knew I was joking. Some of the folks at those tables, however, weren't. Had a guy try to sell me his wife's engagement ring at the table while she was crying next to him. Told him if that wasn't a sign from God to pack up & drive back to SF nothing would be, but if he wanted to tempt fate to wait until the morning & find a pawn shop.

Pretty sure I saw Donner Pass Rd at Soda Springs & Norden (north Tahoe area) in there but it's hard to say with all the snow (particularly since Kirkwood is south of Lake Tahoe vs Donner pass the subject of the video being north of it)

 

[civilian]

Is that video current as in a day or two ago? Jon

 

[California]

Yes Pioneer Trail was that parallel detour that had to be opened to replace US 50. The landslide was about 10? miles west of Echo Summit.

Donner Summit is the highest point on modern I -80. Where the eastbound rest area is.

Donner Pass, old US40 is parallel to new I-80 and a mile south of it. Now just a scenic 2 lane winding county secondary road. Still where the transcontinental railroad crosses the summit. And the UC snow reporting station is there, at Norden.

 

[California]

CORRECTED:

Video posted Tuesday 2/28 afternoon per the YouTube version. Presume filmed up to that time. The storm was continuing after that time.

 

[civilian]

Video shows up to Sunday mid day, posted Sunday afternoon, storm continued after the post.

Thanks, Jon

 

[cqaigy2]

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omg
he attached the tow strap to the spoke of the wheel
and it may've been an AWD car too, that wheel turned (the opposite direction from the wrap force too)

Probably front wheel drive, and they have the tow strap, basically pulling straight back on the wheel, not the spoke.