Extreme winter wheelin'

[quicker]

Spent a lot of time in the ice and snow and with light and heavy rigs.

Snow does not follow rules and is always changing from soft deep to deep with ice cap or just hard pack ice. Good luck having a foolproof all time solution for every condition. There were some great Iceland adventures in one of the wheeling magazines years ago. They had some good tips.

If you are on hard pack that can hold your trucks weight then chains add traction and are the only way to go.

If its powder and over 4 feet then keep it fat and light and hope for the best.


Good luck when conditions change because you have to get out and change your chains. Might as well get

http://www.mattracks.com/.

 

[southernspeed]

That's all good info guys, thanks. I've ordered my chains at £460 for 4!! ouch! It wasn't easy getting 35" chains over here. Commercial (truckand coach) ones are available but I was warned that they were a really heavy bit of kit and would have cost me close to £1000 for 4!
I've got OBA now so I reckon between airing down for deep stuff, chains for ice and hard pack and a shovel and waffle boards for when I'm stuck I'll be ok!

I'd still be interested to hear who covers their various oil coolers in really cold conditions. Do you use thermostatic by-passes or just cover up your coolers?

 

[Skigirl]

I have a bypass on my tranny cooler.

Glad you found some chains.

 

[MetalMelter]

Diesel4me

I'm with you, I would also run street air pressure with chains- 20-25 psi
min.

 

[southernspeed]

I have a bypass on my tranny cooler.

Glad you found some chains.

Do you have a thermostic one? (your by-pass that is!) Any idea what make and what temp it opens at?

 

[Skigirl]

Pretty droll, Mark...

This is the one I have: Thermostatic Control Valve. I'm sure it works like a normal thermostat.

 

[garlicbreath]

You mentioned Waffle boards, I have seen them in a few rover mags but there doesn't seem to be a market here for them. Do you have any pics of them?

 

[southernspeed]

Pretty droll, Mark...

This is the one I have: Thermostatic Control Valve. I'm sure it works like a normal thermostat.

Thanks for the link!

 

[southernspeed]

You mentioned Waffle boards, I have seen them in a few rover mags but there doesn't seem to be a market here for them. Do you have any pics of them?

They're made of a fibre glass type meterial.
Taste terrible but great as a 'ramp' when you're stuck or as a solid surface when you know you're going to sink!

 

[dontoe]

Depending on the remoteness..........

1- Satellite phone!
2- GPS!

Phone for life threating situation.
GPS so they know where to send help to.


Oh, since you're limited in passenger carring ability, I found something so you can bring the in-laws along................

 

[southernspeed]

Depending on the remoteness..........

1- Satellite phone!
2- GPS!

Phone for life threating situation.
GPS so they know where to send help to.


Oh, since you're limited in passenger carring ability, I found something so you can bring the in-laws along................

That's would be a SCARY ride behind a lifted rig on the edge of a 3000 meter mountain! I may just get one!!

 

[dontoe]

That's would be a SCARY ride behind a lifted rig on the edge of a 3000 meter mountain! I may just get one!!

Be sure to go WOT every chance ya get also.................

 

[southernspeed]

Be sure to go WOT every chance ya get also.................

Yeah, they ought to re-name that the Roost-mobile!

"Fill in your favourite in-laws today with our new Roost-mobile!"

 

[dontoe]

Yeah, they ought to re-name that the Roost-mobile!

"Fill in your favourite in-laws today with our new Roost-mobile!"

 

[campfire]

Came across this super-old thread today...

@southernspeed, how did this run turn out? Is snow wheeling something that you got into?

 

[muddermilitia]

Woah, lots of members in this thread that we just don't see any more

 

[mrk5]

Hey I'm still around! Just got TBI 3 years ago tho. Took me 7 years and a different truck to do it, Haha!

I used to buy and send parts to southernspeed because they were too expensive in the UK.

 

[Ned Kelly]

Every necro thread deserves a good vid....snow chains and 3-5ft drifts...the whole vid is pretty good....starts off looking pretty lame but not many could drive through what he goes through. Before the vid, some background info:
ClothierTraction custom welded v-bar tire chains on 49" Iroks. 3/8" chain at 123 pounds per tire wheeling up steep hills in 3 to 5 foot snow drifts. Heavy, wet snow of Northeast PA. Truck is 1966 IH, 502 big block, thorttle body fuel injected. FDS75 front axle, Spicer N175 rear axle. Fabco TC-38 transfer case. Easton Fuller FS7206A SAE #2 transmission. SAE #2 to Chevy adapter kit from ClothierTraction
And now for the show....

 

[Blue85]

 

[black dawg]

Every necro thread deserves a good vid....snow chains and 3-5ft drifts...the whole vid is pretty good....starts off looking pretty lame but not many could drive through what he goes through. Before the vid, some background info:
ClothierTraction custom welded v-bar tire chains on 49" Iroks. 3/8" chain at 123 pounds per tire wheeling up steep hills in 3 to 5 foot snow drifts. Heavy, wet snow of Northeast PA. Truck is 1966 IH, 502 big block, thorttle body fuel injected. FDS75 front axle, Spicer N175 rear axle. Fabco TC-38 transfer case. Easton Fuller FS7206A SAE #2 transmission. SAE #2 to Chevy adapter kit from ClothierTraction
And now for the show....

pretty neat truck, I know it was just a demonstraion of the chains, but with those big iroks at 2-4 psi would have walked all over that snow easily with no tire spin.

check out Snowbatman99 on you tube......these guys define snow wheeling.