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Author Topic: Need info on snow chains/cables Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-20-2011 02:15 AM                     I asked about tire chains when I moved to Indiana and was told they are not legal here - not in Bloomington, anyway. At first, I thought I'd just take the bus whenever it snowed. The bus is free. But then it snowed while I was already at work and I had two problems: I didn't want to leave the car at work indefinitely; and it was also quite late and I'd freeze at the bus stop. So I took a deep breath and gave it a shot. Luckily I only live 3 miles away from where I work. I just drove really slowly and, as others have mentioned, I did whatever I could to avoid braking. I leave lots of clearance between my car and whatever's ahead of me, so I can slow naturally instead of hitting the brake. So far, no highway driving for me in the snow yet.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-20-2011 03:08 AM                     ...and keep the air in the tires up to correct pressure - don't let them go soft, or soften them to think that soft tires bite more in the snow. That's an old wive's tale, for you need them tight to roll in the snow better and actally help them to dig into the snow for traction - not float on the snow if you soften them up. I haven't had snow tires since I converted to FWD with my scrappy little "lunchbox" Honda Civic in the mid 70's. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-20-2011 09:35 AM                        The good news is that Indiana does a credible job at keeping the roads open. Kentucky, OTOH waits for the Spring Thaw. Louis  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-20-2011 09:51 AM                     But, Louis - at least KY has a California Pizza Kitchen - there isn't one in the entire state of Indiana! ...and, btw, it's snowing today!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2011 11:10 AM                     quote: Louis Bornwasser The good news is that Indiana does a credible job at keeping the roads open. Kentucky, OTOH waits for the Spring Thaw. Louis "God put the snow there. God will take it away when he's good and ready." When I lived in North Carolina, that's the answer I got when I asked why they don't have at least one truck they can use as a snowplow if they needed it.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2011 11:56 AM                        Manny -- highway driving in snow is easier than what you experienced on narrower roads. The most well-travelled roads get plowed first and get the most ongoing attention from sand/salt trucks and plows. They are also less likely to ice over as the snow melts. And there is more open space and fewer obstacles if one's car starts to skid. I'd always prefer an interstate highway to a local route in the event of bad weather.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-20-2011 07:52 PM                     Georgia has very little equipment to handle snow and ice, so the side streets are last to be delt with, if at all. On my way home, I make a right turn onto my street, and there is a well shaded, and ice covered hill right there. Not much room to get enough speed up to make it up the hill. The hill also curves to the left. This is north Georgia. This being said, I did make it up the hill without a problem, so maybe I'm worying about nothing; but as the old saying goes: I'd rather be safe than sorry. As I posted on my Facebook page right after the ice storm: Mother Nature please get it right: ice belongs in drinks, not on the road.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2011 11:30 AM                        Mother Nature just likes to remind you once in a while who's really in control.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2011 12:31 PM                     So, isn't anybody going to put in their two cents worth regarding studded tires?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-21-2011 01:34 PM                     Big ya, they don't work on ice very well and only last around 4000 miles. On other road conditions, they have decent advantages like on snow packed roads where the base is slick. Why it's best to mount studded tires on separate rims and do your own tire changeout when the time comes so you don't have to wait hours at the tire shop to bust your tires' mounting beads up mounting and remounting two/four tires on one set of rims.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-21-2011 09:11 PM                     quote: Scott Norwood Manny -- highway driving in snow is easier than what you experienced on narrower roads. What a relief!  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-22-2011 08:34 PM                     quote: Randy Stankey So, isn't anybody going to put in their two cents worth regarding studded tires? The last time I ran either chains or studs was on a 1984 Mercury Cougar that almost exclusively moved on the many narrow (and hilly) back roads of Western Pennsylvania. With front wheel drive, studs and/or chains is pretty much worthless. Here in Pennsylvania the state law used to say they could go on after November 30, but had to be off by April 1. I cant say if that is still the current regulations or not. Monty is absolutely right in his observation about studs. Twenty years ago a college professor told me palm trees will be growing in Massachusetts by 2073 so this is all just a mute point anyway.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-22-2011 09:31 PM                     If your professor said exactly that, he should give up his job. Hint: moot != mute. And on a more serious note, I was shocked to scrape my windshield this morning. FFS, I'm in Houston. And since I don't have a scraper anymore, I did a makeshift one out of my cvs card...  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-22-2011 11:25 PM                     I dunno, his professor could have been deaf...in which case mute = moot since it would not hear it anyway  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-23-2011 12:46 AM                        quote: Chris Slycord I did a makeshift one out of my cvs card... A CD jewel box works well too, if you're one of those neanderthals that still drives around with actual CDs in jewel boxes on board.  |  IP: Logged

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