The answer is not that winter tires are useless, or that truckers enjoy crawling under trailers in a blizzard. It is that the physics of heavy vehicles, the structure of semi‑truck tire setups, and a ...

While many travelers can avoid areas like high-elevation mountain passes or wait out severe winter storms, truckers are on the road every day of the year. The first semi truck was invented in 1898 to ...

Nov. 1 came and went without much fanfare, but it marks a significant change in your preparations for driving over the passes. You can put your studded tires back on your car. They are legal to use ...

Most mornings, when Tommy Lee turns the ignition and waits while his giant, 40 ton semi-truck groans to life, his breath is still visible. He then clocks in using an electronic log on his dashboard ...

For many of us, tire chains might seem like a distant myth, something our grandparents might have used back in the day but we've never even seen in action. Even here in snowy Michigan, most of us ...