Subj : snow..
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Wed Dec 24 2025 07:44:00


Hi Ky!

 >   BM> Agree: with snow can push through and get some grip whereas the
 >   BM> frozen layer is solid with nothing to grasp.
 >   DS>   You can good traction with snow chains, and if the snow is
 >   DS> packed down. But, when it melts and refreezes, that's when the
 >   DS> problems go into high gear.
 > No! Use low gear!!  When I first moved to Iowa from New Hampshire did
 KM> My big truck has so much torque in first that it tries to move
 KM> the whole road. On ice I have to use 2nd.

Probably right -- depends on the vehicle but want whatever does slow and
steady.  Peeling out on ice isn't a good thing!


 > the seasonal change of tires from the 'summer tread' to using studded
 > tires for the winter -- on in the Fall, off in the Spring.  I guess the
 > studs provided extra traction: not sure as I tried to avoid being
 KM> Studs are great, but slope is stronger...
 
Yup!  I'm not sure how much additional traction the studs gave, but then
we also need to consider back then the tire treads were different than 
they are now.

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.... Childhood: Dad would roll me down hill in a tire. Those were Goodyears.
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