In other words chains are for getting out of trouble, not into it.

 

heh, did one of those controled skids on a cloverleaf exit a few times up near chicago, no parking at the time, 2 am in the morn so I just pushed it all the way to effingham b4 I found a place to park it, not fun at all, lol

 

Nope, icy holes. you spin enough to pack the snow down into slick ice without melting it. Or closer to say that you momentarily melt the snow and it freezes right back up.

 

Chains are to remind you that if you consider putting them on your truck you had better be looking for a place to park.

They are handy in getting out of a spot, too as in a parking spot. I've never needed them for that because if it is bad out I'm pretty careful of where I park even going so far as to park, do my paper work then throw some ice-melt and kitty litter down and move a foot or so onto it before shutting down for the night.

 

On another thread about winter driver I mentioned that in the fall I stop at Wal-Mart and pick up a jug of kitty litter and one of ice melt and put them in the side box. I also carry a small plastic snowshovel behind the passenger seat. Those three things have saved my bacon more than once and I've loaned my little shovel out many times in truck-stops to other drivers. You can buy folding shovels made for winter backpacking and rescue work but I've never needed to spend the money for one.

 

Choosing the correct gear at the bottom of the icy slope in order to not have to shift mid slope would be a good strategy.

If the engine is running against the governor, how much faster can you spin the tires than they are already turning? There's no acceleration left to tear them loose.

Where drivers get into trouble is when they start spinning the tires at a rate far greater than their road speed. In other words, once you start doing a rolling burn out, or "spin out", you have lost traction and directional stability, the rig will start sideways at the drive axles in a jack knife type action, downhill according to the road camber.

How much potential wheel spinning is available to you running at 1500 rpm?

How much potential wheel spinning is available to you running against the governor?

Just because you haven't been trained in certain adverse condition methods doesn't make them wrong. Aren't we on here to learn new and interesting things?

If you get through, then whatever you did must have worked! If you don't, try again?

 

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Ya it does, your idea of running up to an icy hill, slowing down to a low enough gear to climb the hill in one gear without downshifting, with the revs against the governor, is stupid.

 

dont just say 'its stupid', explain why.....in detail.

 

Don't you start with me either Kevin. LoL

 

what about kitty litter and bleach?