DIY: How to Get Your Vehicle Unstuck in the Snow

Video tutorial on how to get your vehicle unstuck in the snow. If you manage to get stuck in the winter, it can be certainly frustrating and you also risk damaging your vehicle. This can include burning up your tires, hard on cv or u joints in axles or driveshaft, and the transmission. Here I am working with a rear wheel drive truck which are known to be worse in the snow as they have minimal weight over the drive wheels. If you are spinning the wheels and not moving, stop. This will create heat, melting the snow into ice under the tires, not allowing the vehicle to gain traction. Beyond that, this will also put excessive wear on your tires.

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Tools/Supplies Needed:
-snow scoop
-shovel
-wood
-sand
-gravel
-floor mat
-weight

Procedure:
-you may also find straightening the wheels will help reduce drag
-this is especially noticeable if you are trying to drive through existing tire tracks, rather than trying to create new tracks which can basically act as a wedge under the wheel
-with no work you might be able to rock the vehicle
-what this means is that you’ll have to alternate between forward and reverse, normally this does involve some foot work, using both feet, one for the brake and the other for the throttle
-what we are trying to achieve here is getting the wheel up higher on the sides of the rut, finally building up enough moment to drive out of that rut
-not all vehicles have this option, but on this particular truck I can select second gear, this allows for less wheel spin by using a higher gear ratio which in turn reduces torque
-the first aid I like to start with is cleaning the access snow from around all four wheels, normally about a foot ahead and a foot behind
-you will be able to move the vehicle in either direction, especially if you’re having trouble moving it specifically forward or in reverse
-use the assistance of an object underneath a tire, such as a block of wood
-clean some snow away, ensure it’s about 2ft long and wedge it under the drive tire
-when stick an object under the wheel, be extremely careful with the throttle as this can grab the object and throw it, either hurting someone or damaging something and this can include your vehicle
-using an old floor mat or even a scrap piece of carpet
-other objects can also be used such as a chain, rope, plastic grate, etc
-using sand or gravel, again using the scoop, ensure any excessive amount of snow has been remove from around the wheel, then place the dirt before and after the drive wheels
-put weight over the drive wheels
-this is normally easier with a rear wheel drive as you can place weight in the box or trunk
-if you push that weight past the wheels, this will cantilever the weight increasing the downward force, with a truck, use the weight of the snow
-even use concrete blocks, sand bags, jugs of water, etc.
-other things which can also be used is tire chains or studded tires, but they’re not always legal depending on where you live as they can damage a paved surface

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