RusherRacing
Adventurer
lets pray we don't have a repeat of last year.
Snow Recovery
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lets pray we don't have a repeat of last year.
007
Explorer
Matches
Food
Shovel
Warm Waterproof Clothing from Head to Toe
Blankets/Bags/Shelter
Heater (propane, 12-volt blanket if you have isolated dual batts)
HI-lift
Tow Straps/Winch Rope/Shackles
Axe
Compressor (airing down and up is crucial)
Chains(x4 and STRONG)
Saw/Chainsaw (build a mobile road using A short and long set of timber)
Winch
Come-a-long (to winch and hold a vehicle secure)
Anchor (pull-pal, shortened fence post or sawed off spud bar, plus auger/hammer for said posts)
Food
Shovel
Warm Waterproof Clothing from Head to Toe
Blankets/Bags/Shelter
Heater (propane, 12-volt blanket if you have isolated dual batts)
HI-lift
Tow Straps/Winch Rope/Shackles
Axe
Compressor (airing down and up is crucial)
Chains(x4 and STRONG)
Saw/Chainsaw (build a mobile road using A short and long set of timber)
Winch
Come-a-long (to winch and hold a vehicle secure)
Anchor (pull-pal, shortened fence post or sawed off spud bar, plus auger/hammer for said posts)
greentruck
Adventurer
I used to drive a lot of snow when I worked nights and lived out in the country -- and this included the winters of 78-79 which are generally considered to be among the modern worst. I think you've got most of the good advice already, can only add a couple of points.
Driving anything into the ground in Dakota temps is going to be next to impossible. Get the anchor back out even more difficult and leaving it until spring would almost force on one the responsibility to retrieve it so it doesn't puncture a tire or damage equipment later on.
The Pull-Pal -- with a winch -- is probably your best bet. I can imagine it getting stuck, but shoveling it out in snow is going to be easier than retrieving it in dirt or sand. In ice, though, might be more difficult. But winching further into a drift is often what you get with the typical front mounted winch.
Familiarity with the area should help in avoiding future stucks. Winds can set up different drift patterns, but taking past experience into account was one of the best ways to judge whether something is passable. Hard to judge sometimes and sometimes -- are you sure you're not just trying to get through or get stuck?
I used to do that some when I was younger, but it lost its charm with aging bones and muscles.
Driving anything into the ground in Dakota temps is going to be next to impossible. Get the anchor back out even more difficult and leaving it until spring would almost force on one the responsibility to retrieve it so it doesn't puncture a tire or damage equipment later on.
The Pull-Pal -- with a winch -- is probably your best bet. I can imagine it getting stuck, but shoveling it out in snow is going to be easier than retrieving it in dirt or sand. In ice, though, might be more difficult. But winching further into a drift is often what you get with the typical front mounted winch.
Familiarity with the area should help in avoiding future stucks. Winds can set up different drift patterns, but taking past experience into account was one of the best ways to judge whether something is passable. Hard to judge sometimes and sometimes -- are you sure you're not just trying to get through or get stuck?
I used to do that some when I was younger, but it lost its charm with aging bones and muscles.
Hill Bill E.
Oath Keeper
lets pray we don't have a repeat of last year.
Oh! So YOU got all our snow last year!:coffeedrink:
I guess that's where the north-east winds off Lake Superior sent the snow:snorkel: (we got a whole bunch of COLD, and a little snow)
If you have a 'rescue pull truck' stop by, the Master-Pull 'Super Yanker' is awsome for snow!
I used my CJ7 to yank out my dads '95 Dodge 2500 with a BOSS V plow on it.
My dad didn't think it would do it, and wanted me to get the tractor, I told him 'Lets try it first' It worked!
Burying a tire, as Alex says, will work in a heavy drift, but getting them out really stinks! Having a Pull-Pal will be easier to deploy, and recover.
My dad used to use a free floating axle shaft, from a 1 ton or bigger truck, and drive it into the ground for the winch.
Worked great in pastures/fields, and OK on the power lines, but as 'greentruck' says, your not driving anything like that into the SD tundra in the winter:snorkel:
I've driven across SD and ND in the winter, and I know what you mean about the drifts across the road. Best bet when it's really bad, is find a hotel.
If the snow is light and fluffy and the ice is rock hard under neither. How effective will the pull-pall be? I just don't see it 'digging in' to anything.
If you do nothing else -- get a good sleeping bag and hat, mittens, super thick socks, coat for your truck -- leave them in there all winter.
I had my lil' car blow up on the way to work in Northern MN on cold winter day (-20) and if I didn't have a sleeping bag it would have been a long, long, long hour waiting for the tow truck. Dress shoes and slacks aren't so good for keeping warm -even with a nice winter jacket, hat, gloves.
As for a winch - the only time I was able to use it in the winter was from vehicle to vehicle. Never a tree or pole within cable distance when I needed it.
If you do nothing else -- get a good sleeping bag and hat, mittens, super thick socks, coat for your truck -- leave them in there all winter.
I had my lil' car blow up on the way to work in Northern MN on cold winter day (-20) and if I didn't have a sleeping bag it would have been a long, long, long hour waiting for the tow truck. Dress shoes and slacks aren't so good for keeping warm -even with a nice winter jacket, hat, gloves.
As for a winch - the only time I was able to use it in the winter was from vehicle to vehicle. Never a tree or pole within cable distance when I needed it.
007
Explorer
I would hope winter travels encompass more than the Dakotas in January! If not, you have bigger issues do straighten out before setting up an expedition truck.
A guy can pound steel into frozen soil well enough, if not you can build a fire over the spot you need to and go at it again latter.
I love winter expeditions and the intense remoteness of it with a passion!
flyingwil
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JIMBO
Expedition Leader
:sombrero: Can't argue about the Pull-pal, priceless--
Driving in the snow very carefully , low airpressure (5psi) and 4lo, 1st gear can get you thru a LOT, before any trouble--
The Auto tranny can be a lifesaver-everytime (which shouldn't be often), if you spin tires and "dig"
As an added bonus "lockers" are a fine point to control tire spin !!
Experience can mean more fun and less work !!
I've used my ARB Sandtracks-twice in an off-camber turn-gotta be SO GENTLE!
Snow can be fun or work--
:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO
Driving in the snow very carefully , low airpressure (5psi) and 4lo, 1st gear can get you thru a LOT, before any trouble--
The Auto tranny can be a lifesaver-everytime (which shouldn't be often), if you spin tires and "dig"
As an added bonus "lockers" are a fine point to control tire spin !!
Experience can mean more fun and less work !!
I've used my ARB Sandtracks-twice in an off-camber turn-gotta be SO GENTLE!
Snow can be fun or work--
:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO
greentruck
Adventurer
Master-Pull
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How much recreational gasoline is allowed to start said fire?:Wow1:
This is one of my friends last year in the snow, for us it's usually about playing (and he might be a bit nuts) since we don't get that much snow except in the mountains.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=jjeXFgP-siE
-Alex