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Talking of snow, our wrecker was a special 6x4 with DDAD 6V-71 six-speed synchro and Eaton three-speed rear axles (lo-lo, lo-hi, hi-hi) Hendrickson RT equalising-beam bogie rear suspension - oh and full cross-axle diff-locks.
I set off one evening in heavy falling snow to drive down M1 from J13 TO J10.
There were no other vehicles on the road. None. The snow was accumulating rapidly and I'd selected diff-locks to maintain traction, but the short wheelbase (it had been built primarily as a tug, though it could lift-and-tow 6 tons - ie front axles only) meant that the blighter wanted to go straight-on and not respond to the front wheels steering on the (now) deepening snow.
There had been no salting, just ploughing (a good while previously), but the ploughing hadn't followed the carriageway lanes but meandered from hard-shoulder to central-reservation.
Great fun!
This must have been around 1968.
Last edited by G-CPTN; 10th October 2008 at 21:13.
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