How to get out of snow if stuck and both back wheels spinning. Non 4x4 but with chains on back wheel

wow do they still make this?? awesome

 

They are still making that kind of thing.
http://www.bushwinch.com.au

 

Does anyone remember the Top Gear episode when they were driving across an Arab desert? I seem to recall the Arabs taught them to do some kind af ad hoc winch thing using the drive tire and a strap to get out of soft sand. Damned if I can find anything about it.

 

I dont remember that from british top gear.. I do remember james may smacking his head on that trip tho from front winch-line.

 

Do any of you downshift when going up these snowy mountains? For example instead of driving in D, switch to 4 or 3?
Would you still downshift if there was heavy traffic going up said mountain?
Asking because I may take my truck to Snow Summit in Big Bear this weekend. First time my truck would see snow.

Thanks in advance!

 

I think they wrapped one end of long a strap around the tread on a rear drive tire and ran the other end under the front tire. Dont remember if they buried an anchor on the loose end. They must have. Then they drove the car right out of the hole on the strap. Would need a spotter to guide the driver and keep the strap from falling off the tread. Was pretty slick.

 

Not so much when going up. Its more difficult to get into trouble going uphill unless you are going too fast for a corner or accelerate too hard and kick the rear end out. Going downhill is sketchier than going up so it helps to be in a lower gear where you get some engine brake advantage and can be gentler on the brake pedal.

 

There was an episode where they started in Iraqi Kurdistan and drove to Lebanon but that episode they drove cars. In that same season they drove 4x4 across a section of South America from the desert in Peru to the Amazon in Brazil you might be thinking of that episode.

 

Could be. But Im pretty sure this is what they did..https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ins-on-back-wheel.411364/page-4#post-11622828

 

personally, I do. I've noticed that the overdrive seems to not like low RPM when climbing and have found myself dropping to 4 when going up hill at lower speeds, such as when in 4H. Certainly while heading downhill on snowy/icy roads, take it slow and use the transmission to slow which is smoother than braking. I tend to be very conservative, keep speeds where I feel comfortable, not what everyone else thinks I should be doing. Works very well for me, I'm on my second winter with the stock tires - which everyone seems to think are horrible in snowy conditions, yet I've still not been stuck to the point of needing my maxxtrax for myself. Spent XMAS week in Sunriver OR with 3' of snow and made several trips up Bachelor without any issues.

 

Not the most environmentally conscious thing but I once got stuck in the Canadian wilderness with my grandfather and he actually used diesel fuel to gain traction. We were trying to climb a long hill covered in ice and snow and would get about 50' from the top and spin out every time. My brother and I walked out to get a tractor and as we get to the tractor my grandfather pulls up. He said he poured a little diesel on the tires and the truck pulled the hill first try. Didn't slip one time. Gas may do the same thing. I have no idea how it worked but it did. May not help you if stuck in a ditch, but you never know.
RIP grandpa

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyHlLTlP4A

 

Yea, that looks about right. Thanks.

 

cat litter actually works well

 

Obviously you didn't dig far enough.

 

Maybe the picture doesn't quite show how deep it was. It was deeper than the ground clearance of the truck (pre-lift). Add to that, I would have need to dig a truck-wide trench all the way down the hill about 4 miles. It got to warm and the crust on top could not support the weight of the truck anymore.
Standard shoveling would have done nothing for me that day. However, I may have been able to dig out the next morning when it was much much colder up there. My insurance finally said they would get me out...that's when digging became an after thought. When the snow cat pulled me out, I drove down behind him with no problem.

 

2 wheel drive and I've never gotten stuck. Look at how bad last winter in my area was and I drove every day with my truck.

Shovel, cat litter or rock salt, and gentle rocking.

 

So the way I read this, is that you could have got yourself out by digging more. Not really relevant that the snow was deeper than the truck chassis, dig it down to ground. Since you were able to drive out on your own after being "pulled out", it means that you wouldn't have had to dig the entire road out, just enough to get yourself turned around and rolling.

 

https://maxtrax.com.au/

I only read the first page... someone might have already thrown these into the discussion. At any rate this would/will be what I go to first in a recovery situation. Make sure you use them before you bury it to the axle.