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  1. 11th July 2011, 05:59 PM #1
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    Snow driving lesson

    On Saturday I went for a drive from Queanbeyan to Cabramurra in the Defender.

    I didn't have snow chains nor are 4WD vehicles required to carry them in the KNP.

    Once inside the national park light snow began to fall but the road for 15-20 km either side of the incident was snow and ice free so no need for chains in any case.

    The incident occurred when I drove approx one metre off the bitumen into the snow/ice blocks that the snow plough had piled up on the road side at Delaneys Hut.

    Progress was immediately halted in both directions by wheel spin on the icy blocks. Various combinations of CDL on/off or high/low range and even low 2nd or 3rd gear failed to move the vehicle.

    Tried to dig it out with a shovel but probably needed to dig down to the dirt to get any grip. A fellow in a Pajero pulled up and offered to yank me out.

    One tow strap slipped over two tow balls later I was back on the bitumen.

    I was amazed how one of the best 4WD's in the world was so easily rendered useless 4 feet from the bitumen by a bit of frozen water!

    The vehicle is a 2011 Defender 110 Wagon running Continental Crosscontact tyres at 36 psi. Even if I had chains, I would have been unable to fit them as I couldn't drive onto them.

    Driving onto a track of virgin snow wouldn't have been a problem as I proved a fortnight ago in the same area.

    I hope this will prevent others the embarrassment of being pulled off by a Pajero...

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  2. 11th July 2011, 06:07 PM #2
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    Maxx Tracks Get you out of all sorts of binds

    Isn't the rule, if there isn't a photo it never happened

    Glad you got a yank out, might have been a chilli wait other wise
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  3. 11th July 2011, 06:09 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by IGL002 View Post
    <snip>. Even if I had chains, I would have been unable to fit them as I couldn't drive onto them.<snip>"
    You don't need to drive onto chains to fit them, it only makes it easier if you do.

    The other method of fitting chains is to drape the chains over the wheel, lie down in the mud and slush, even if you have to dig a little and reach around to the back and hook the inside and also the outside. Spin the wheels a little so the wheels move part of a rotation and fully tighten the chains.

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  4. 11th July 2011, 06:56 PM #4
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    Hi,
    a sacrificial mat may have got you out.

    cheers
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  5. 11th July 2011, 07:03 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gidget View Post
    Maxx Tracks Get you out of all sorts of binds

    Isn't the rule, if there isn't a photo it never happened

    Glad you got a yank out, might have been a chilli wait other wise
    I was watching the 4WD show on Aurora channel (FOX) on Sunday
    and saw the boys use maxtrax to get out of some mud. Very impressed by that product...
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  6. 11th July 2011, 07:18 PM #6
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    Oh you poor guy. Would deflating your tyres help you out on the snow? But yeah, Maxx tracks are the way to go man. Buy just a heads up - in Spanish Pajero means ******...

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  7. 11th July 2011, 07:46 PM #7
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    I won a set of maxx tracks a few years back. Never thought I would use them & I never have for myself But geez I have got a lot of other people out of some sticky situations with them They live permanently on the floor between the front & middle row of seats One of the best bits of recovery gear I have in a 1 vehicle recovery
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  8. 11th July 2011, 08:35 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexturner View Post
    Oh you poor guy. Would deflating your tyres help you out on the snow? But yeah, Maxx tracks are the way to go man. Buy just a heads up - in Spanish Pajero means ******...

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    Did you note the last line of my original post?
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  9. 11th July 2011, 10:12 PM #9
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    You may not have had an option, but pulling out a stuck vehicle from the towball is asking for trouble. Towballs have snapped off in some cases and shot like missiles into the other vehicle. It's aways best to attach to proper recovery points if you have them, or something very substantial otherwise.
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  10. 12th July 2011, 12:05 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by nod 130 View Post
    You may not have had an option, but pulling out a stuck vehicle from the towball is asking for trouble. Towballs have snapped off in some cases and shot like missiles into the other vehicle. It's aways best to attach to proper recovery points if you have them, or something very substantial otherwise.
    Don.
    First thing I thought when I read the OP

    Also IGL002 - snow chains don't have to be driven over to fit them
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