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Hunting the last few days of Wt deer in N Idaho. Drove up into the mountains where I saw a decent buck a few days ago in a clearcut up top.. Started snowing pretty good in the upper Selkirks. About 2 feet and still coming down hard so decided to head to lower elevations. I took a shorter route through a remote mountain pass. Pretty big pucker factor as did not have the chains along. lol

that why they make 4 low

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Hunting the last few days of Wt deer in N Idaho. Drove up into the mountains where I saw a decent buck a few days ago in a clearcut up top.. Started snowing pretty good in the upper Selkirks. About 2 feet and still coming down hard so decided to head to lower elevations. I took a shorter route through a remote mountain pass. Pretty big pucker factor as did not have the chains along. lol

that why they make 4 low

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Love north Idaho. Also, just bought a set of Trac-Grabbers for that exact reason. Sometimes snow runs me out of my hunting country here, too. Believe it or not.


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I have had to "tow a tree" a few times doing that.

Cut a tree down and attach a chain or rope to it and make a drag. You pull it down hill and up hill and the pull on the center of the rear bumper or hitch keeps the rear of your rig from trying to pass the front.
In central Idaho and also in the Sierras a few times I have had to do that to get down a mountain after the snows came in at night. The tree needs to be fairly large to have enough drag and weight to stop the rig from spinning and pulling it in low range you can feel the tires working just to get down hill. Not good for gas mileage, but VERY good for keeping you from going over an edge and ending up in a wreck.

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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



You really are an idiot.

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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



You really are an idiot.


I understand city slickers can’t tell a plowed road.

Totally understandable



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I have installed chains in those conditions, on the back wheels, when I was pulling a trailer with four horses, and had no brakes on my buddy's trailer.

I will even add chains to the front wheels without a trailer if the snow hits the front bumper.


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[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]Awesome photo. I crossed over Cottonwood Pass in October of 2019 in a freaky blinding whiteout snowstorm that came outta nowhere. No fun. Pretty big pucker factor there too.


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Snows no problem as long as it’s not too deep. It’s the packed ice on a grade that will pucker you up. I’ve already used my corks this year, those chains rock.


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Originally Posted by szihn
I have had to "tow a tree" a few times doing that.

Cut a tree down and attach a chain or rope to it and make a drag. You pull it down hill and up hill and the pull on the center of the rear bumper or hitch keeps the rear of your rig from trying to pass the front.
In central Idaho and also in the Sierras a few times I have had to do that to get down a mountain after the snows came in at night. The tree needs to be fairly large to have enough drag and weight to stop the rig from spinning and pulling it in low range you can feel the tires working just to get down hill. Not good for gas mileage, but VERY good for keeping you from going over an edge and ending up in a wreck.

That’s a great tip, I hope I never have to use it.


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I got stuck a few weeks ago when I was hunting in central Montana. The trails were pretty clear for the most part, but there was one stretch, about a mile long, in a low area that had a ton of drifted snow piled up. I thought I could get through it and was wrong. Buried the truck pretty good and had to abandon it. I had chains with me, but I didn't think the snow was so deep and didn't walk the trail first to check snow depths. By the time I was stuck, it was too late for chains.

After a few other guys helped me to get back to my cabin (and then home), I ordered a set of trac grabbers as well as knock-off maxtrax. The maxtrax and a bit of shovel work got me out in about 5 minutes. I now keep the chains, trac grabbers and maxtrax in the truck at all times in winter and am looking for how to really get stuck next time.

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Originally Posted by callnum
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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



You really are an idiot.


I understand city slickers can’t tell a plowed road.

Totally understandable



Nice try dumbfugk. Look up the Wasatch Mountains in Utah you idiot. Or the Unitas or the Sierras or the Sawtooths

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Originally Posted by Springcove
Originally Posted by callnum
Originally Posted by Springcove
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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



You really are an idiot.


I understand city slickers can’t tell a plowed road.

Totally understandable



Nice try dumbfugk. Look up the Wasatch Mountains in Utah you idiot. Or the Unitas or the Sierras or the Sawtooths


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Originally Posted by Remsen
I got stuck a few weeks ago when I was hunting in central Montana. The trails were pretty clear for the most part, but there was one stretch, about a mile long, in a low area that had a ton of drifted snow piled up. I thought I could get through it and was wrong. Buried the truck pretty good and had to abandon it. I had chains with me, but I didn't think the snow was so deep and didn't walk the trail first to check snow depths. By the time I was stuck, it was too late for chains.

After a few other guys helped me to get back to my cabin (and then home), I ordered a set of trac grabbers as well as knock-off maxtrax. The maxtrax and a bit of shovel work got me out in about 5 minutes. I know keep the chains, trac grabbers and maxtrax in the truck at all times in winter and am looking for how to really get stuck next time.





Like I tell my son - if think you might need chains, you should already have them on. Of course I learned that lesson the hard way laugh


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How to really get stuck? That is easy. All you need is eight inches of new powder accompanied by 30 mph winds followed by a warm wind and 1/2 inch of rain.

Every wind sheltered section of road will be drifted 3 to 4 feet deep. And those drifts will be dense as hell.

You can hit them at about 25 mph in a 72 lifted K5 Blazer, and then you will find yourself high centered on the drift with the tires about a foot off the ground..Chains do not help.

All you can do is get out and shovel snow until you get the tires back down to pavement.

I think it was the winter of 1979. It took me three hours to make the first two miles of county roads, and then I found the plowed parts.

It was another three days before the county got those two miles dug out. In the meantime, I went back to driving my 71 Celica. It would toboggan over the drifts, if they were not to long, and I had done enough shoveling to ensure they were not.

It was a lot of fun getting to work and home for those four days, but I never missed a shift, nor was I tardy.

Oh to be 25 years old again.


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Originally Posted by Springcove
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Scared on a plowed road? Laffin.



You really are an idiot.


I understand city slickers can’t tell a plowed road.

Totally understandable



Nice try dumbfugk. Look up the Wasatch Mountains in Utah you idiot. Or the Unitas or the Sierras or the Sawtooths



Then you are either blind or stupid (maybe both) if you can't tell that road has been plowed. I've backed up more miles on those kind of roads then you driven forward.



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Originally Posted by Stormin_Norman
Snows no problem as long as it’s not too deep. It’s the packed ice on a grade that will pucker you up. I’ve already used my corks this year, those chains rock.



Ditto.
I damn near got into a fender bender on a steep and blind curve on a mountain road 3 days ago due to the packed ice, on a road a lot like in the picture. Two pickups had already slid into each other and were completely blocking the road. Luckily I got stopped, but in doing so I slid off the road and had one tire almost over a steep embankment. I finagled my chains on and backed up a half mile to a place I could turn around and took the long way home. Without chains I would have been stuck there until the next day when someone could help yank me out, and get the other two vics out of the roadway.

Chains are an absolute godsend. The next day, I took my wheeler into the area, instead of messing around with a full sized vehicle. It made getting around oncoming vehicles sooooo much easier...



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