Swingpure
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- First Name
- Gary
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2020
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- Location
- McDougall, Ontario
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Ford Ranger XLT Sport
I wish some of you lived closer to give me a slap in the head. A ways back, I talked about not letting 2H ego get in the way, and put it in 4H, when you should.
So my wife and I in the Ranger, head up the steep icy driveway. (Not to go look at submarines) The sand I had put down at 6:30 am had mostly washed away. I told my wife I would try it in 2H, that way we would know if her Fit could make it up.
We go up 2/3rds of the way with minimal slippage, but the top 1/3 is the steepest, especially the last truck length or so. You also have to pause to make sure nothing is coming because of the sightlines. I started to get slippage and the backend started to go out. I flipped it in 4H and I don’t know if it did not kick in right away, or if it was just so steep and Icy, that it was doomed to fail, but I started to go backwards. I put the brakes on and thankfully the truck stopped. The ditch either side at that location is deep. Not so deep that you would tumble down and blow up and there is no lava in it, but knarly enough you would have to call a tow truck to get out.
I looked in the mirror and my back wheels were near the edge. I was just able to back down enough to be in a less steep location. I put it into 4H and drove up easily.
No more 2H chances.
While I was out, I got 6 more pails of pickled sand and put 4 more on the driveway. It has gotten cooler now, the rain has stopped and we are now waiting for the snow.
This really has been a light snow season so far. It is the one day melts, then freezing, that makes things more challenging.
So my wife and I in the Ranger, head up the steep icy driveway. (Not to go look at submarines) The sand I had put down at 6:30 am had mostly washed away. I told my wife I would try it in 2H, that way we would know if her Fit could make it up.
We go up 2/3rds of the way with minimal slippage, but the top 1/3 is the steepest, especially the last truck length or so. You also have to pause to make sure nothing is coming because of the sightlines. I started to get slippage and the backend started to go out. I flipped it in 4H and I don’t know if it did not kick in right away, or if it was just so steep and Icy, that it was doomed to fail, but I started to go backwards. I put the brakes on and thankfully the truck stopped. The ditch either side at that location is deep. Not so deep that you would tumble down and blow up and there is no lava in it, but knarly enough you would have to call a tow truck to get out.
I looked in the mirror and my back wheels were near the edge. I was just able to back down enough to be in a less steep location. I put it into 4H and drove up easily.
No more 2H chances.
While I was out, I got 6 more pails of pickled sand and put 4 more on the driveway. It has gotten cooler now, the rain has stopped and we are now waiting for the snow.
This really has been a light snow season so far. It is the one day melts, then freezing, that makes things more challenging.
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We got a snippet of snow overnight.
