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I love my Trasheroo... I carry firewood on the way out and trash in the way back in.

But, I've always hated the blank, black look... Especially since it started fading.

So I decided to glue on some patches that are associated with my Air Force career.... Major Air Commands (most no longer active), couple of locations (one long gone and the other seems to be in the process of being reactivated), etc.

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Danny said quote: I've never wheeled in snow, please tell me... With my 30x9.5 tires, would I need to air down, air up, different tires, my head examined?

I have chains for highway driving, but would really like to get off highway, in the snow!

Hey Danny, through out my career in linework I have had to travel in some bad snow/ice road conditions. We always "chained-up" when the snow was deep enough to do so. If it wasn't deep enough it would prematurely wear out our chains.
But to answer your question, having chains on is awesome. It almost makes your rig unstoppable. We use them off road in muddy conditions too.
 
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oldschool4wheeling said:
Danny said quote: I've never wheeled in snow, please tell me... With my 30x9.5 tires, would I need to air down, air up, different tires, my head examined?

I have chains for highway driving, but would really like to get off highway, in the snow!

Hey Danny, through out my career in linework I have had to travel in some bad snow/ice road conditions. We always "chained-up" when the snow was deep enough to do so. If it wasn't deep enough it would prematurely wear out our chains.
But to answer your question, having chains on is awesome. It almost makes your rig unstoppable. We use them off road in muddy conditions too.
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Great!! That gives me a level of comfort... When I'm off with just my dogs.

By "chained-up" for mud and snow, do you mean both axles or just one?

Thanks!!
 
I have never chained-up both front and rear axles "on road" snow conditions.

Im sure if the snow was deep enough, "off road", I would definitely make sure I had all the traction available to me.

Its been my experience that a tight chain around the tire is a happy chain. Because if it is not tight, it will beat the crap out of your fenders and inner wheel wells. The "cable tire chains" are ok for about one season and then they are worn out. Regular chains can last years!!
 
I chained up all four wheels here and I've never been so scared in my life..
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The chains wouldn't bite in at all and there was a sheer drop off to the side of this zig-zagging mountain track.

Everything was frozen solid so I couldn't even modify the track where run-off had created channels that were encouraging the wheels to go where I didn't want them to go on the downward journey (ie. over the side).

(I made my wife and kids walk down that section while I drove alone with my mouth dry from fear ... although I tried not to let on that I was the least bit worried.)

Life's a big learning curve eh!

:beer:

PS. Don't commit yourself to a steep climb before checking how far you must go before you can safely turn around and before checking what lies beneath the snow's surface.
 
When you are dealing with a layer of ice hidden under the snow you need reinforced chains. A reinforced chain has a triangular shaped bar welded to each chain link in each cross chain. This bar bites into the ice giving better traction. Regular non-reinforced chains are best kept for when you have lots of snow fall, and no melting/re-freezing. I like chains better than cables since you can adjust the size by adding, or subtracting, to the side chains if you go to a slightly different size tire.

Around here where I live we get very little snow, but when we do it's not uncommon for it to melt almost as fast as it falls. Then it will get cold again as soon as the sun goes down, and you have ice under any new snow fall. People here just don't know how to drive when it gets slick. Some don't understand that you need to adjust your speed downwards to the conditions, others are so afraid that they go extremely slow. And, with ice under the snow, a 4X4 isn't any better than two wheel drive when it comes to stopping.

Don
 
lostmarbles said:
I chained up all four wheels here and I've never been so scared in my life..
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The chains wouldn't bite in at all and there was a sheer drop off to the side of this zig-zagging mountain track.

Everything was frozen solid so I couldn't even modify the track where run-off had created channels that were encouraging the wheels to go where I didn't want them to go on the downward journey (ie. over the side).

(I made my wife and kids walk down that section while I drove alone with my mouth dry from fear ... although I tried not to let on that I was the least bit worried.)

Life's a big learning curve eh!

:beer:

PS. Don't commit yourself to a steep climb before checking how far you must go before you can safely turn around and before checking what lies beneath the snow's surface.
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Glad you're still with us Tom!!

Good info though!!
 
handcannon said:
When you are dealing with a layer of ice hidden under the snow you need reinforced chains. A reinforced chain has a triangular shaped bar welded to each chain link in each cross chain. This bar bites into the ice giving better traction. ..Don
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Thanks Don..

That's yet another thing I didn't know.....:beer:
 
Discovered a fix for my leaky aftermarket spotlights.
The lights let water in and the reflectors rusted, (old innards in picture at right).
The housings are about the same size as the old style smaller 5-3/4" sealed beam headlights.
It turns out that no adapting was required. The sealed beam lamps clamp right into the housings.

In the photo the box shows the part number for a dedicated high beam only lamp, H5001.
< $6.00 each from RockAuto.
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Changed front and rear diff gear oil and put in new Allen head magnetic fill and drain plugs and new crush washers.
Tightened em just so, snug like, without a torque wrench. GASP!
;)
 
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