If I go buy chains, will it get me out of this whole?

I’ve posted this in another similar thread

I drag my brakes a little if I think they’re wet while heading to park
Back in and stop a few ft short, set trailer for a minute then switch to the tractor and release trailer
Then I back up a little more and repeat
This give everything time to cool
Brakes and tires so nothing freezes or melts ice on the ground

 

Is the truck just parked waiting for chains to arrive? Are you not losing work?

 

To answer your Q.. it depends on the temperature the colder it is the faster your tires cool also if your empty or loaded and what your parking on light snow ,heavy wet snow ' or ice..... to be honest the carpet strips mentioned earlier are a great idea
2nd rock salt takes alittle time there's some veritables involve with that also the temperature and amount of sunlight
This is just me but sometimes when I load at a barn in the middle of the night and its snowed or snowing I backup to the chute a couple times and make tracks and just automaticly throw some sand under my drivers
I also carry a couple cans of ether and a lighter so in case my brakes freeze while I'am loading .. that works good as a cheap flame thrower
The chicken grit works fast and Iike it better than sand or salt .. but most all the sale barns and farms I load at have a sand or lime pile around so it's convenient for me and I don't have to use my stash
I last thing. .....JMO but I would got cable chains if I was you just because they are easier to handle and I'am guessing your not really wanting to chain up to just keep going just just want to get out of a jam
Just remember everything I just posted is what works best for me in my situations its not bullet proof gospel truth...I've had to get a tug or 2 to get away from the chute and I hate it because there's nothing worse than a pissed off farmer or cowboy on a tractor @ midnight when its -5° and he wants to get to the house.. they tend to show you no mercy on you or your truck they could give a rat's ### about my $1200 ..22" bumper

 

No shame in having to get a pull.

 

Never thought about the that.

Probably the hardest I've had a truck stuck in melt holes, was when I parked on an packed snow/ice sheet on Friday for the weekend. It was a fairly mild (20's) weekend for midwinter SD with a warm sun. 2 days of the sun warming the tires put the right side of the truck in 5" deep melt holes come Monday morning. It wouldn't even budge with a payloader until we turned it around and used the bucket as a lever stuck in the frozen ground.

Your carpet trick would have made that a much easier task.

 

You can mix the salt with water to make a slurry and it will work quicker.

 

Just a heads up that button shuts off traction control which allows a bit of wheel spin .. in the future lock your differentials when you park on dicey surface. Once you’ve been sitting around 15 to 20 minutes roll forward and backward a few times this helps prevent melting a hole in snow and helps prevent brakes freezing.

 

Is there not a law there, that you must have chains on the truck, all winter?

I ask, because here it is illegal to not carry chains November 1 to April 30.