You'll run out of gas long before you generate enough friction heat to melt
icy roads. Get some weight in the rear to help traction, and by all means
get some decent winter tires.
Tickle the throttle just eough to get moving, but not enough to break what
little traction you have, I used to pretend there was an egg between my
foot and the throttle (as well as the brake pedal!)
Studded tires will keep you movine when everyone else is in the ditch, and
those nylon traction straps (instead of tire chains) are cheap and easy
toinstall when you need them.
Steve
(Now in Southern California so I don't have to deal with winters any nore!)
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"Richard A Pyburn" <rap777@juno.com> wrote in message
news:20030226.074444.-211053.10.rap777@juno.com...
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:02:21 -0600 "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
> writes:
> >
> > Yeah...had to ride on the grass near my house to get up the hill.
> > There
> > were 8 wrecks all along Howard as well. And one moron in a Mustang
> > Cobra trying to get traction (while flooring it). DUH! ;)
>
> Aren't ya supposed to generate enough heat with the spinning tires to
> melt the ice and thus get back to the dry pavement?? Hmmmm...
>
> >
> > Hopefully, the roads will be a bit more "pleasing" to the rubber
> > tomorrow.
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of John
> > Neff
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:49 PM
> > To: Dakota Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: DML: What the.....(hey John Neff)
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried to go to work today at 12. I don't know about your end of
> > town,
> > but out here in Hill Country, the roads are frozen with 1"+ ice. I
> > ended
> > up turning around and going home after watching someone sliding
> > sideways
> > down 195. Not cool. But, it was fun to go poking around the back
> > roads a
> > little bit while trying to keep the truck out of the barb wire
> > fences :)
> >
> > Also, I was one of the very few people who was even remotely in
> > control
> > of their vehicle. 4WD is good!
> >
> > John
> >
> > >Dude...this stuff is fun in the Jeep! :)
> > >- - Bernd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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