East Coast Snowmegedden 2016

[3rdmdqm]

Anyone have any pics of their Deuce out and about in the blizzard this weekend?
And a question, short of putting chains on the deuce, how do you get them to get traction and move through heavy/deep snow? Would be pretty embarrassing to be stuck in a Deuce spinning wheels while little Hondas and Toyotas are getting around fine. Air down the tires? Load the cargo bed with weight?

 

[Eaglegun]

30" of snow and 2 dead batteries sorry guys .i did get a pretty cool roof spoiler out of it.

 

[WV New Guy]

Chains and Weight or it will end up like mine but the only thing moving in and about our roads has been Graders with V-Plows and Chains and a couple super big John Deere Tractors with 4x4 and chains if you want to see one almost sitting on its side check out my post from Saturday .

 

[pitpawten]

Also something I was reminded of when suggesting a load of firewood for traction weight in a pickup..."Whatever you put in the bed is coming out violently in the event of an accident onto you and or others around you".

 

[wreckerman893]

This is why I live in Alabama. Home of the once in a blue moon snow event.

 

[jcappeljr]

I got plenty of pics of my John Deere 410 4x4 backhoe pushing snow,,with chains...

 

[AMGeneral]

I left the "big" trucks at home and drove the Goat.

I encountered no problems at all.

 

[DDoyle]

Though not this winter, and not in the northeast, I've spent some time on snow and ice while behind the wheel of a deuce....some cargo trucks, some heavier variants, some very heavy.

Stopping is a much bigger deal than going - and for that, chains (in my experience) are the only way to go.

This is something that I had suspected, but feeling a lazy a few years ago, I skipped the chaining up step. A few minutes later, as I rode, almost helplessly, the deuce and it drifted toward small frame house (someone else's home), I resolved to always use chains in the future.

Fortunately, the 9.00-20s caught (aided by a curb), which coupled with the modest speed I was traveling, avoided an unplanned demolition job.

While not directly "stopping" - it was certainly another good reason to use the chains.

Best,
David Doyle
www.DavidDoyleBooks.com

 

[theeDIZ]

I played around briefly in between shoveling and almost got stuck

 

[phxmark]

View attachment 605234 30" of snow and 2 dead batteries sorry guys .i did get a pretty cool roof spoiler out of it.

I like the custom sloped hood you have on yours as well as the roof spoiler.

 

[Eaglegun]

Yes very aerodynamic it may actually go 55mph downhill with a tailwind

 

[AZK9]

Yes very aerodynamic it may actually go 55mph downhill with a tailwind

Ha ha!! Love it!!

Just make sure it's wearing chains!!

 

[cowboyballer]

From when I was out riding around.

 

[Cape Coastie]

Here is what my 5 ton looked like during the storm. Was going to take it out the next morning (Sunday) but while warming up noted a high pressure in the air system, no wipers or horn. Determined from info on this site it was the PPV valve. Must have been iced up. Thawed it out Monday and every worked fine. Ordered a new one so replacement with a new drier is in near future.

 

[levingtz]

Eventually got enough traction to make it to the road. Pushing snow with the bumper was the big issue. In snow less than 24" or where packed there were no issues. Pulled out a neighbors stuck 4x4 tractor and as a bonus, a Jeep 4x4 in the ditch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn7ZIe7EpnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN0isLzD24k

 

[3rdmdqm]

That is awesome!

 

[theeDIZ]

Some pics

 

[cowboyballer]

Pulling out a truck. The road was a sheet of ice I wish they got when I fell and busted my butt in the road. https://vimeo.com/153636647

 

[azteclizard]

snowin it colorado today.. the front came in something fierce.. id hate to see what this system does when it reaches the east coast

 

[AZK9]

During the big snowstorm that hit much of the east coast, where I was in South Jersey..... we got over a
foot of the white stuff early. Soon... that all quickly got pounded away by a HEAVY rain and wind event.

We had more tree branches fall than snowflakes! Well... kinda! What little snow we did get was blown all
around and didn't ever amount to very much.



So... for many folks around here (in my immediate area) it was not much of a snowstorm. Coastal flooding
was our problem!

Now, up the road... towards Fort Dix area and Philly... they got a lot of snow.