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OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your DD f

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Eddie in MI

11-23-2005 20:53:42




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Will lower tire pressures gain you traction on ice and snow on a passenger car or truck?




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thejdman01

11-24-2005 07:58:38




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to Eddie in MI, 11-23-2005 20:53:42  
had a younger guy come down to the pit where i was working about 3 years ago. filled the back end of his toyota w/1 cubicyard of sand. i said it was too much, it would jsut push him around on the ice. boss told me to do waht he wanted and shut up. 3 days later onthe district 2 fire department we came to the scene of a 1 car accident, car vs telephone pole. he was doa. too much weight is jsut as bad as nothing.

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Highly important Roger i

11-24-2005 06:26:15




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to Eddie in MI, 11-23-2005 20:53:42  
Anytime you put additional weights in the back of a vehicle, they must be secured. If you do not they become battering rams if you run into or hit something to cause the vehicle to stop. I know, I helped cut a kid out of a vehicle where one sand bag rammed the back of his pickup cab. It trapped him between the steering wheel and seat. Had to cut the top off the cab, cut off the doors and put a hydraulic jack between seat and dash to free him. If there had been no sandbag, he could have walked away!

Best not to do them! 2 X 4's are not enough to secure anything!

Roger in Iowa

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John A.

11-24-2005 03:54:53




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to Eddie in MI, 11-23-2005 20:53:42  
Eddie, Yes, drop about 10 lbs/tire and that will help most cars and SUVs. On picks too, But just like B&D and old said adding wt to the rear of a truck will have same result. IE 3 or 4 suitcase wts behind the rear axle is a easy soluition.
A Trick i learned many yrs ago is.....if you are caught off away from home and cant get too your wts,....just stop by any store get a box of large trash can sacks,....stop by some gas station,....use the trash sack and make water bladders, simply fill and tie off,...the water will freeze and hence not move around in the back of your truck. Now the best part....when you get near home and warmer country,... simply slit the sacks with your pocket knife as they melt, the water drips out when melted throw the sack in the trash. OBTW....H20 is 8lb/gal....so 4 sacks will quite easily handle 50 gal or so. Good luck.
Later,
John A.

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buickanddeere

11-24-2005 03:12:57




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to Eddie in MI, 11-23-2005 20:53:42  
Higher pressure applies more psi force to the ground over a smaller area. This helps cut through the snow down to the ground below.And it packs the snow/sluch harder for better traction. Floatation is for sand.



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fixerupper

11-24-2005 06:36:54




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to buickanddeere, 11-24-2005 03:12:57  
Almost everyone in snow country knows that the wider the tires a vehicle has, the more trouble it will have in the snow, meaning more tire surface on the ground means less PSI of vehicle weight on the ground. And that means less traction. Around here wide tires are called snow ski's. Jim Happy Thanksgiving!



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JT

11-26-2005 05:53:40




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to fixerupper, 11-24-2005 06:36:54  
That is funny you should say that, back in the 70's I knew a girl that had a Pontiac LeMans with L60-14 tires on it and I would get stuck in snow faster with a H70-15 tires. I would dig down in the snow and get stuck, she would stay on top and walk right out.



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old

11-23-2005 21:00:44




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 Re: OT.... what tore pressures do you run in your in reply to Eddie in MI, 11-23-2005 20:53:42  
In thoery yes it does help. But also a couple hundred pounds behind the rear wheels helps if its rear wheel drive that is.



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