"The Malt Hound" <Malt_Hound@*no spam please*yahoo.com> wrote
> "Big Bill" > wrote
>> What good do they do when the snow lifts those wonder tires enough
>> to
>> lose traction?
>> When the snow is high enough to lift the vehicle high enough that
>> the
>> tires don't any longer have enough weight on them to gain traction,
>> better tires are *NOT* the answer.
>
> Snow will not magically elevate your car. The stuff is generally
> pretty light, especially if light and drifted, and can be pushed aside
> as the car plows through it if you have the traction to do so.
>
> Sorry, but you are wrong. Good traction *is* the answer.

Sorry, Fred, but *YOU* are wrong. I've been high-centered enough
to know this. And my Pilot Alpines won't save me.

However, the usual method is that the surface that the tires are
packing in the snow - higher than the road surface - gives way
leaving you high and spinning.

Floyd