To add to the kitty litter suggestion, chains can help if you're stuck in a spot or at the fuel island and nothing else is working. Not putting them on, but putting them in front of the tires that aren't getting traction so they have something to grip. This has saved me a couple times, especially when bobtail.
"Bobtailing" means you are driving a tractor without a trailer attached.
To add to the list, keep your fuel tanks at least 1/2 full to full it helps keep the fuel from jelling. Secondly when starting off in snow or ice try 2nd or 3rd gear it's harder to spin the tires that way. Keep food on the truck that dose not need to be heated. I keep pbj and crackers on the truck Also spam. Warm clothes, in case you brake down and nothing works.
Roll back and forth in the parking lot to cool the tires before parking so it does not melt into the snow and ice. then you will probably not need to use your kitty litter.
One thing I forgot to add don't set the trailer brakes after driving and it will freeze that night.
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1. Buy a big bag of kitty litter and keep it in your truck it can help you when the roads are bad when you pull in a spot for the night stop just before the end of the parking spot stop put some kitty litter where your drive tires will be at then back on top of the kitty litter and it will help you when you get ready to pull out 2. Learn to putt chains on before the roads get bad it will save you time if you know how to put them on and when you hit bad weather and your out in the cold trying to learn and the chains keep slinging off it sucks learn this one the hard way 3. Try to drive in day light hours Hope is this helps and if anyone can add to this I am sure it will help us all