Snow-related Accidents Anyone?

[Gauge]

workin on it already - a couplefew years & I'M (WE'RE) OUTTAHERE!! :peanutbutterjellytime

:peanutbutterjellytime ill peanutbutterjellydance to that one! *giggle*

[Fierce Critter]

Jon had to take our S-10 to work yesterday. We live near Northline & Jefferson. He got as far as the entrance to I-75 at Outer Drive where the Rouge Bridge starts, and turned around and came back home. he had gotten stuck twice on the way there, and the traffic on the bridge was at a standstill. He got stuck one more time on the way home, someone helped him out.

We have decent tires, but that S-10 has ALWAYS sucked when it comes to getting stuck in mud, snow, even grass. NO traction whatsoever.

Rayne, Jon has (had?) Toyos on his work van. Brand new ones, actually. They did him good until Monday.

[Rayne]

Rayne, Jon has (had?) Toyos on his work van. Brand new ones, actually. They did him good until Monday.

The Toyo's are great tires. I love them dearly.

I had Uniroyal Tiger Paws on my Neon ... that thing never slid anywhere. Cheaper than Toyo's and just as good.

I had Continenals on my Malibu (they were already on the car when I bought it) and I slid under an Explorer in the rain.

Tires can have an awful lot to do with how your car handles in the snow and rain.

We have decent tires, but that S-10 has ALWAYS sucked when it comes to getting stuck in mud, snow, even grass. NO traction whatsoever.

Those little trucks are extremely light, especially in the back end. Have you tried weighing the back end down in the winter by putting bags of salt or sand in the bed?

[Fierce Critter]

The Toyo's are great tires. I love them dearly.

I had Uniroyal Tiger Paws on my Neon ... that thing never slid anywhere. Cheaper than Toyo's and just as good.

I had Continenals on my Malibu (they were already on the car when I bought it) and I slid under an Explorer in the rain.

Tires can have an awful lot to do with how your car handles in the snow and rain.

Those little trucks are extremely light, especially in the back end. Have you tried weighing the back end down in the winter by putting bags of salt or sand in the bed?

Not quite on purpose. There was a 50 lb bag of chicken feed and a 40 lb bag of dogfood, as well as a couple vacuum cleaners, and some other clutter that is basically all stuff Jon's been putting off clearing outta there.

Didn't help. The S-10's just plain suck in slidey-sticky conditions.

We got stuck up to our axle in mud fossil-hunting at some quarries in the middle of nowhere in NC once. Our cell phone couldn't reach 911 or anyone to come get us out. So we had to walk about a half mile to a mile to a farm house where a black teen in a Pistons jersey answered the door. I got all city-stupid and saidd, "hey - I'm from Detroit!" as a means of greeting & being "down with the rural homies, yo". I'm really surprised he didn't just shut the door in my face.

But the old farmer dude in the house got out his tractor, had Jon and I sit on the back end while he paraded us past the neighbors (lookie there, old man Jenkins plowed himself up a couple a white folk!), and then kindly pulled the truck outta the mud.

That's just one of several "stuck in the mud in NC" stories I have, and the best, for sure.

[Msterbeau]

i drove in the mess for two hours on Tuesday-mostly on telegraph and 75 and then Wednesday morning on Telegraph and Orchard Lake Road. And i have to say it was god-awful. I went really slow in my little escort and everyone's big pick up trucks and SUVs were barreling down on me. So, besides one totaled truck, I'm glad to hear that everyone is OK and noone got in any major accidents (it seems). I say we collectively move to the bahamas and become gothic beach combers with spf 50 sun block. Snow Sucks. This economy sucks. I want to move! Who's with me?

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Way ahead of ya babe... Moved 3 months ago.

[Msterbeau]

Tires are the single most important thing to having decent traction. Lack of weight over the drive wheels and which end drives can make a difference but nearly as much as a decent set of tires made for cold weather and snow. Still.... If you have a rear-drive pickup, you'd be wise to dump a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the back when it snows. Take it out otherwise, as increased weight actually decreases overall grip in the dry.

I'm feeling helpful..

And apprehensive.