I was up in Wabasca about 130km north of slave lake Alberta, not really out the way but 90km from the main road in the woods, and the conveyor operator was beginning to get worried about the Storm coming our way
we got finished in quick time and i helped him pack up and get going, i only had about two hours left so would be parking up at the Husky in Fawcett Alberta , this was the first place i could stop after Slave Lake as there arnt many turn outs on this road
The road out of Wabasca is fairly twisty ,tree lined with a real good chance of deer or moose jumping out at ya, but it was dry and there was just an odd small flake of snow in the air
As i got into slave lake the road had i thin covering of snow[not the picture above]
But by the time i hit the main road south there was more, and the weather turned real nasty in the next few kms,to late to turn round now so i kept my foot in , the thing is these super B trucks have absolutely no grip when they are empty on the drives and with the drag from the trailers you tend to get pulled around in the wind, it make life interesting.
But by the time i hit the main road south there was more, and the weather turned real nasty in the next few kms,to late to turn round now so i kept my foot in , the thing is these super B trucks have absolutely no grip when they are empty on the drives and with the drag from the trailers you tend to get pulled around in the wind, it make life interesting.
so i hoped that there would be not to much traffic about now as i didn't want to get stuck on any of the hills on this road and have to chain up again,
A half ton had passed me as i came out of slave but had disappeared in the snow as anybody who drives out here they are mad and think they own the road especially in Alberta, then through the falling snow i saw lights flashing on the road so i started backing off as i didn't want to stop if i could help it, it was another truck and beside him in the ditch was the half ton, apparently he had passed the truck and then slid of in the ditch, just as i got there the truck moved off and i followed until he pulled off in the one and only turn out on this road, i took the opportunity and passed him the turnout was full and he then could follow my tracks and snow storm
i continued on at a steady 60kph i seemed to be the only one traveling south as there were no tracks to follow, and the snow laying on the road just got deeper and deeper, the odd convoy came the other way which just whited me out not a nice feeling even if you know the road is straight
i passed a few trucks off in the ditch and even a snow plow before arriving at the husky in Fawcett
The snow was aboiut 15 inches deep by now and i just parked where i could as it was faily full, and in the morning the road had still not been plowed so no rush we just waited for the plow before we moved out, Westcan would rather you sat untill safe than risk having a tow truck pull you out a ditch or get yourself wrecked
