Would better tires have helped

[NH Moto Expo]

So I went hunting last night and parked off the road. When I went to back out I came straight back in the tracks I made coming in but the snow had softened and I slid perfectly sideways into the ditch. I was amazed how easily it slid sideways. I wish I had pictures of the tracks in the snow...perfectly perpendicular to the truck, no forward or backward movement.

So I have to ask...would better tires have helped? or was I doomed once gravity took over?



luckily I have a neighbor with a logging business so I was able to pull it out forward with the skidder and only scratched the trim over the rear wheel and the rear bumper. No dents.

Thank God for great recovery points built into the chassis of this rig.

 

[plh]

Hard to say, what tire do you have and how much life is left on them? Size?

 

[ExploringNH]

Different tires in the same size would have ended the same way.

 

[ljense8]

Different tires in the same size would have ended the same way.

Probably this. Glad to hear you got out ok

 

[Monstero]

Agreed. Different tires wouldnt have made any difference...had the same thing happen to me in my driveway up against my neighbors fence....lol...solution was to put rock down in that spot...and it helped. Tires in those lateral situation help some but not that much. Gravity takes over at one point and not much you can do. Glad you got her out at least.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

When you get a mix of wet snow on top of mud and even the slightest gradient there isn't much you can do short of chains that might help, I have been in some situations similar where the best tires in the world would not have helped.

 

[JamesW]

If you are trying to justify new tyres then,yes they would have helped

In reality there's not a lot you can do when something like that happens unless you've specialist tyres that are good at digging through that kind of slop

 

[montypower]

Tire pressure would make the biggest difference. Yes, tire compound and tread are huge factors!! Time to upgrade. Get something with snowflake rating.

 

[libarata]

Yeah... no. Tires are for forward, and rear, with minimal side traction. Grid pattern chains would have helped juts a little. Gravity always wins.

 

[offroad plumber]

I used to deliver mail and once was sitting in the mail jeep with rear studded tires and slid sideways into a mail box while sitting completely still. No movement what so ever other than sideways. Another time at a stop light sitting still in traffic on black ice in a superduty with a service bed the wind picked up and nearly pushed me sideways into a grand Cherokee. I mean i slid perpendicular to the tire direction about two feet. Nothing I could do about it. Just the nature of snowy roads sometimes. Bad tires hurt but sometimes he best tires won't help.

 

[montypower]

Yeah... no. Tires are for forward, and rear, with minimal side traction. Grid pattern chains would have helped juts a little. Gravity always wins.

Not so. Huge difference in tire lateral traction. Lateral traction should be similar if not better than forward/back.

 

[libarata]

Not so. Huge difference in tire lateral traction. Lateral traction should be similar if not better than forward/back.

I have never slid forward on a slope from a dead stop. I have slid sideways into a few ditches from a dead stop however. Traction should be near equal on the move, but not static.

 

[jdavis]

Gravity is a *****! Doubtful if different tires of the same size would make much of a difference. Did you try airing down tires to get more traction?

 

[ADVW/Liam]

Maybe some kind of traction board? Like the ones used to get out of sand? Probably would have been your best bet. You can easily justify to the Chief Financial Officer that new tires and traction boards are needed!