Snow-crawl on steep incline--LONG
01-10-2005, 10:43 AM
#14
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Re: Snow-crawl on steep incline--LONG
LOL!
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
01-10-2005, 10:43 AM
#15
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Re: Snow-crawl on steep incline--LONG
LOL!
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
01-10-2005, 10:43 AM
#16
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Posts: n/a
Re: Snow-crawl on steep incline--LONG
LOL!
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
That almost sounds like you needed a winch to get out of there. Hook it
around a tree or boulder and slowly let yourself down.
If we hadn't of been on an active logging road so the road crew actually
came alone with sand, we would have had a 'long' trip out. At least the
vertical drop was low...
Mike
scopenutt@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> the lower elevation was fine, it was the last streach that got me,
> and the area i was in was out of the sun, what little there was,
> and yes your right, DUMB on my part, it was all good,, till it went
> bad,,grin,
> and i wont be going up again till spring, gettin too old for the snow,
> ,
> and yup, im half an idiot too, but a lucky half, and i know it,
> and i dont like looking darwin in the eyes, hes got a realy big smirk
> that bothers me.
> ,
>
> ,
> johnp
01-10-2005, 12:37 PM
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Re: Snow-crawl on steep incline--LONG
<scopenutt@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> well me and the wife decided to go play in the snow so we climed a
> local logging road up a nearby mountain,
> i got 3/4 of the way up doing good no squirelling just a fun drive
> through 3 inches of snow,
> im running all-terrain raidials 30X950,
> then we got to a steep incline and i started spinning,
> and sliding backwards,
> let in the cluthh and weeeeeee
This was your first mistake. Thankfully, it wasn't your last.
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE
Assuming you were insistant on climbing the hill ...
Once forward progress stopped, you should have held your position on the
hill. This might even mean stopping the engine, but it certainly means
stopping your vehicle long enough to regain FULL control. While stopped, you
should have selected 4LO and Reverse. Then, you should have backed down the
hill IN GEAR, letting the engine have the main control of your decent, and
using your brakes just enough to keep things going in the right direction.
You should NEVER roll down a hill with the clutch pedal depressed and
attempt to control your speed with your brakes alone, ESPECIALLY if going
backwards.
> 2 --360,s and no stopping, so i did what i always do i headed for the
> ditch,,,as there wasnt any ground on the other side of the road, just a
> steep, sheer, downward incline, no gardrails up here,
> once safely in the ditch, i climed up the pasenger seat and got out.
> after the wife, watching her imediatly land on her butt, i was more
> carefull,
> NOT kissed my *** also,
> HMMMM,,,packed, crust, with a nice powder coating, whooo weeeeee,
> and a 1/4 mile downward to a level area,
> ,
> used the high-lift to jack my front and rear over onto the road,
> (i know Bill, but the bottle jack wasnt going to cut it)
> opened the passenger door and leaned on it to get in,
> and the dam jeep started sliding down the road, luckily back into the
> ditch, and only 10 feet, thanking god for an inward crown
> i decided to try and drive the ditch,
> so down i went,
> (later by the way i saw i was over sideways enough for my
> power-steering fluid to leak out of my tank,)
> i got pritty far down and hit a culvert, crap, after digging some and
> backing and running hard i bounced up over,
> getting out after ditchin it again, i looked at my front,
> i now was sporting a bent leaf-spring on the drivers side,
> GRRRRRRRERRR
> drove quite a ways down the side close to te ditch,
> and then once again started to slide,
> again ditched it, and into another culvert, this time
> a flat tire, and the high-lift wasnt going to get me out, i was almost
> on my side,
> it was starting to warm up some, and another rig was comming up the
> road, he stopped laughed at me and helped pul me out,
> got around a hair-pin corner that was sporting a pluming van
> off the edge and into the sun, good road, and down we went
> flat and all 5 miles an hour,
> stopped at the bottom and changed the tire,
> slow drive home,
> ,
> temp-cure for my bent spring, 2X6 jamed between bumper and garage
> cieling, bottle-jack (it does have its uses) under bent leaf
> jacked like hell, bent it up past straight, sat and smoked a cig,
> and swore alot,
> releved tension, now almost straight but definatly crap,
> ,
> i was told by a friend that i would have gotten better traction if i
> had aired-down my tires, to 5-10 pounds,
> is this true on packed slick snow on a very steep incline??
Of course it's true. You will always get better traction with low air
pressure.
> i grew up in maine and was always told thin and narrow was better
> in snow,
> i dont even think chains would have helped me,
> ,
> i got lucky, and i know it, i could ov had a short ride, straight down,
> im done with my mountain driving for this year,
> ,
> johnP-almost in my pants,
>