Originally Posted by D Chapman
.... see on this trip from last month? ....
question about snow covered trails such as in first page:
I recently encountered a similar but much scarier situation, solo. Scary because the slope off the dirt edge was steep enough to be barely hikeable and was at least 3 stories deep.
So, A. would chains make this fairly easy by helping the tires dig in and stay on track up in the snow so as to not slide off into the abys?
B. do lockers help at all with one sides tires being on dirt/gravel and the other in snow?
C. in my experience the front stayed on track as needed (I only had about 24" of road before car would slide off the hill rolling) by simply cutting a small trough where i wanted the wheel to track but rear wheels slid away toward abyss....
D. what i tried was borderline stupid, being solo and at night, trying to get to somewhere i should have just gave up on.
E. halfway through, i was committed due to laws of physics and how the rear wheels kept sliding toward the downhill regardless of my shoeveled cutt tracks ahead of front wheels. (i have no rear locker)
F. some of the terrain response settings work better than others.
G. this was also slightly uphill on the way in. the return went just fine and i was able to lean out the window, over the abyss edge, to make sure i made the most of the gravel half while not being too close.
---- chains best solution? cutting track for wheel to "hook" into really helped though.
.... see on this trip from last month? ....
question about snow covered trails such as in first page:
I recently encountered a similar but much scarier situation, solo. Scary because the slope off the dirt edge was steep enough to be barely hikeable and was at least 3 stories deep.
So, A. would chains make this fairly easy by helping the tires dig in and stay on track up in the snow so as to not slide off into the abys?
B. do lockers help at all with one sides tires being on dirt/gravel and the other in snow?
C. in my experience the front stayed on track as needed (I only had about 24" of road before car would slide off the hill rolling) by simply cutting a small trough where i wanted the wheel to track but rear wheels slid away toward abyss....
D. what i tried was borderline stupid, being solo and at night, trying to get to somewhere i should have just gave up on.
E. halfway through, i was committed due to laws of physics and how the rear wheels kept sliding toward the downhill regardless of my shoeveled cutt tracks ahead of front wheels. (i have no rear locker)
F. some of the terrain response settings work better than others.
G. this was also slightly uphill on the way in. the return went just fine and i was able to lean out the window, over the abyss edge, to make sure i made the most of the gravel half while not being too close.
---- chains best solution? cutting track for wheel to "hook" into really helped though.
had it not been dark, i'd have taken a shot one of the times i got out to clear the snow track again. i had to cut a trench in the snow so the rear wheel would stay up in there.
