Just for the record AWD ≠ 4WD

Geezle · #1 12-31-2010, 08:28 PM

Remember that driving on a lake is an offroad situation. Your little AWD crossover doesn't have the clearance to make it through the fluffy snow. If you insist on trying it, at least have a decent shovel and be prepared to get yourself out once you get yourself stuck.

And if a guy has to dig you out 3 TIMES at least have the decency to thank him

ragweed · #2 12-31-2010, 08:39 PM

Amen to the Thank you comment...but on the other hand...everyone has to learn sometime. Some folks need to get their experience by trying it for themselves. Thumbs up to those who will try.
(But ALWAYS say thank you!)

alacringa · #3 12-31-2010, 09:17 PM

You're a better man than I am, Geezle. I would have dug someone out once; but if they were too thick to turn back at that point, they'd be on their own for the next go-'round, even if they had to do it with their bare hands!

Geezle · #4 12-31-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ragweed

Amen to the Thank you comment...but on the other hand...everyone has to learn sometime. Some folks need to get their experience by trying it for themselves. Thumbs up to those who will try.
(But ALWAYS say thank you!)

Granted everybody has to learn sometime, but in retrospect I should have left him there to squirm for a while. The problem for me was that he got stuck like 30 yards from me and I watched him do it. Kinda hard to stand back and watch without looking like a douche

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Originally Posted by alacringa

You're a better man than I am, Geezle. I would have dug someone out once; but if they were too thick to turn back at that point, they'd be on their own for the next go-'round, even if they had to do it with their bare hands!

I told him once he got going to just keep heading straight back the way he came. Problem is that he couldn't even keep the car on the path and kept ending up in the fluff. The last time he got stuck I did some digging and then passed the shovel off to him. He just kinda looked at me

and I told him that more needed to be cleared before he could get out of where he was, and then again emphasized that he should head back to shore.

While we (I) were digging a guy in a truck stopped by and asked if the stuck guy had a tow hook and offered to pull him out. The guy just kinda looked confused...I don't think he even knew what a tow hook was or why his car might have one.

w_worbeck · #5 12-31-2010, 09:18 PM

You have to also include the guys who think that a one ton dually is a good ice truck it might be 4x4. But not good for snow and ice spent one day last year just pulling out three trucks at lac ste Anne cause one of these crappy four wheel drive dually managed the get the other three trucks stuck trying to help him . They were lucky one of the people was my mother in law then the a week later the dually struck again. At star lake . Could just be the poor icedriving skills of some dually driving people

SonnyJ · #6 12-31-2010, 09:36 PM

heh..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDY6bWT5oTM

EDMfishing · #7 12-31-2010, 10:06 PM

I drive a small suv.. mazda tribute - Basically a Ford escape.. its awd with locking 4x4, and it is great in the mud and snow / ice so far.. fingers crossed... but mud is my fav to play in

Cal · #8 12-31-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by w_worbeck

You have to also include the guys who think that a one ton dually is a good ice truck it might be 4x4. But not good for snow and ice spent one day last year just pulling out three trucks at lac ste Anne cause one of these crappy four wheel drive dually managed the get the other three trucks stuck trying to help him . They were lucky one of the people was my mother in law then the a week later the dually struck again. At star lake . Could just be the poor icedriving skills of some dually driving people

For sure on the the dualys, unless you've got cookie cutter tires on em and around 1000 lbs in the back they can suck pretty bad.

EDMfishing · #9 12-31-2010, 10:22 PM

Dualys are a pain in the fluffy stuff.. my dad used to drive a towtruck, and in winters he would get stuck occassionally in alleys and such boosting people cars, or unlocking them, that sorta thing... silly extra tires

denpacc · #10 12-31-2010, 11:03 PM

Good set of tires can make a world of difference too. Seen lots of good 4x4's get stuck on lakes simply because of poor/worn out winter tires. Stock all season truck tires usually suck on lakes with lots of snow.

Cal · #11 01-01-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by EDMfishing

Dualys are a pain in the fluffy stuff.. my dad used to drive a towtruck, and in winters he would get stuck occassionally in alleys and such boosting people cars, or unlocking them, that sorta thing... silly extra tires

On my welding truck I had the narrowest tires I could find and it did pretty good in the snow and mud. Now that I've got the welder and tools on a trailer though the truck is pretty much useless.