It's only 18 inches of snow! Just use the back up and ram method to make it out my 1200' driveway.
> It's only 18 inches of snow! Just use the back up and ram method to make it out my 1200' driveway.
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Let us see you try that in the Panhandle with 3 feet of snow and 20' drifts.
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Why would you wanna leave so bad?
Toilet paper or coffee I guess...
One time we got snowed into a friend's cabin in Camp Nelson (Southern Sierra Nevada). We dug out about a hundred feet to where a jeep had plowed two tracks in the 2' deep snow on the private road. I still remember getting in the car with my Dad (a 1971 Ford Maverick) and plowing our way down those tracks swinging all over the road down several hundred feet to the County Road which was plowed. It was downhill otherwise he couldn't have done it.
besides 4WD just gets you worse stuck farther from civilization.
Four wheel drive has more go-power in tough situations for sure, but I wish people would realize that it has no more stopping power than 2wd when they are zooming fast on a slick road.
Caltrans links chain control to the vehicle instead of the driver.
a 16 year old newly licensed driver can zoom all over in 4WD while a driver with 40 years of snow driving experience and 2WD must put chains on the car. This makes no sense. The easy answer is go back to the old system which make everyone put chains on, no exceptions.
SUV = Sometimes Upside Down Vehicle
Often times seen in this area with Washington State or California license plates.
Too many people wait until they are stuck to engage their 4wd
> besides 4WD just gets you worse stuck farther from civilization.
I can attest to that, but I love the confidence that 4WD gives me in a big storm. What The method Perry is using is a poor man's 4WD.
Air down the tires. Makes a HUGE difference. Much safer in icy/snow conditions. Most people run summer pressures during the winter, which leads to accidents and stuck vehicles. I have heavy walled 4x4 tires with 30PSI. When the snow starts to stick and build up, I'll go down to 25PSI. If I'm going off road, I'll leave it at 25 PSI until I start getting stuck, then air down to 8PSI.
Several times in 2WD I have been stuck in the mud. Air the tires down and drive out.
I keep a air compressor in my truck to air back up before hitting the main road.
JRL
Good hint there. Old bush trick.
yep the mix of chains and not chains tempts the SUV drivers (some with ridiculous low profile tires) to make unsafe passes on blind corners so they spin out and crash so CHP closes the road. Road is closed for 2 hours while they clear all the spin-outs and crashes. I say to CHP officer easy answer is make everyone put on chains but apparently that's Caltrans decision, not CHP.
As one of my mentors added “especially when your drunk!”
that's good.
here hold my beer I'll get through the BOG!
Can go through lots of dry powder snow, but wet heavy snow 18" deep will high center you. I use 4 wheel drive to get onto the highway where it immediately gos into 2 wheel drive unless I am busting through unplowed snow. If I need to chain up a 4 wheel drive and use it, the first set of chains goes on the front, I can steer the front axle's tires in the direction I wish to go. I carry two sets of chains along with a shovel and a handy man jack. Think there are 6 MRE's in the rig now.
jud
