Why spin your tires in the snow?

Perhaps they like polishing the ice crystal smooth.

 

Sometimes if you get the tires warm, it melts snow down to the pavement. If you can get the truck to gradually move a few inches, sometimes you can keep moving forward. Put the truck in first gear and let drives spin at idle rpms. Don't feather the clutch. Sometimes this works, sometimes not. Use good judgement & don't over do it.

 

Park on a downgrade so u can pull out with some momentum. Plan ahead and have an escape.

 

Can I ask you a question... what does it really matter what someone else is doing with their truck? Just take care of yourself out there... stop judging what others do... they believe in their mind they are doing the right thing.

I often find myself getting into debates about how another driver does something... I do not care how they do their job unless it causes harm to another person or damage to someone's property. Focus is on how I do my job... thats all....

This response was not intended to be arumentative... please do not take offense... peace...

 

Well some drivers spin the wheels to melt the snow to get traction. I have had to do it many times as I live in CT and am a local delivery driver doing 2-5 stops a day to grocery stores. And many of them don't keep up with the snow. So most time the best way to get going is to spin the tires and try and hit pavement and inch forward.

 

It doesn't hurt to discuss things as it might help others prevent situations. If we all kept to ourselves there would be no posts here.

For the most part if you spin you are digging in and building yourself some ice chocks. Only if the snow layer is really thin are you going to melt out and get momentum going.

You really can't hold it against southern drivers for learning how to deal with snow.

 

Only time we got snow it is on three inches of ice. Usually get freezing rain .

 

My response was not about what the driver was doing to free himself/herself from the snow... like I stated he/she was doing what they believe was right... my real point was and is that as a whole I keep seeing drivers criticizing other drivers no matter what they are doing... have you heard this "that guy has no idea what he is doing" yea you have either heard that or said it yourself...

So now here is my suggestion... instead of sitting in your truck and getting fired up about how someone is doing something go over and offer help... think the OP would have done that... well not sure.... but he has got something to talk about when he gets to the T/S... I can hear it now~~ "You should have seen this guy trying to get out of the snow he was...." guess what the guy got out right!!!! he did it his way... didn't effect the OP at all....

And yes people come on here to rant I get it... but sometimes the one ranting is actually part of the problem...

Nothing like an old timer or newbie offering to help me... I accept without the feeling of a bruised ego... Please think about what I am writing here...

Cheers all... peace...