Learn Me Snow Chains

Err, I meant US-95.

I wondered… was a bit confused

It's easy to get confused. US95 in Lewiston is probably the largest road within 100 miles. Makes one think it could be an interstate.

Just make sure your 4wd works then call It good.

Gearheadotaku wrote:

Woody wrote: We have drop-chains on the firetrucks, but they're only good for six inches of snow. Anything more than that and we have to put the old school chains on. They're good on deep, unplowed back streeets, but they really slow us down on the main roads.

Drop chains? explain please.

Also known as Onspots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKrmunVRJ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJPz5BseQI

Our school busses have them.

Tom, I suggest you get a set of chains, then wait until a dark morning when it is raining. You have to do this outside. Practice putting them on and find out what fun it is after you do all four.

Just keep these in your trunk (or tool box in the Trooper)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3xsqWjgzY

iceracer wrote: Our school busses have them.

ours used to …but that was when we went to school with a little snow on the ground … now school is cancelled if there's a little in the forecast

Practice is a good idea if you thibk you'll use them. After a few tries it doesn't take long. Also throw a few extra bungee cords in with them to keep them tight.

^Yes. DO NOT let them get loose!! And it's important to understand that they do loosen up after a mile or so. You may need to readjust them.

Tall skinny snow tires ("new" mud and snows will work) and chains on the fronts.

Your Trooper dose not have the horse power or torque to move wide tires through snow. Wide tires on low air pressure float on sand. Snow requires that you have focused weight on as solid a surface as you can find.

The chains on the front let you take advantage of the weight on the front tires. The drive way sounds like it has limited direct sunlight and once the snow has been driven on and frozen overnight you now just have ice.

Even if you had a LSD the vintage of your 4wd system is not going to let you flick the truck in a corner. Your CG is pretty close to your shoulders.

Cables will work, and for your application the are not that much money.

After almost 30 years of living with and driving in the white stuff has been a continuous learning curve. The trick is learning to pull your trailer/race car off the mountain getting to an event with a surprise dusting of the fresh stuff.

ebonyandivory wrote: Just keep these in your trunk (or tool box in the Trooper) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3xsqWjgzY

Ok, that is berkelyeying genius!

Putting chains on just two wheels I just distributing the load to one axle.

Back when CJ owners did a lot of snow plowing and would put chains on just the front. Often took out the spider gears on the weaker differential.

Just like snow tires, all four wheels or none.