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coldest spot in the 48?

Sceep said:
FIFY.
I can be more accurate than the weather liars around here simply by saying "It's going to be partly cloudy and most breezy for the next week". Dunno why they gotta make shit up that is wrong 95% of the time.
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I can predict our weather with a fair amount of accuracy just going by how my left knee feels, It's been operated on five times over the years, it knows!
 
And this is the desert.

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Sandy Johnson said:
Dumbass california guy question incoming:

Do chains actually make a difference in deep snow?
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Huge difference. It’s all the difference between three things, propulsion, stopping, and the ability to control the direction of the vehicle. I’m up on top of a mesa chained (sitting in the truck charging a battery with jumper cables) up because someone else in a spare truck with no chains couldn’t make anywhere near here.
 
JR4X said:
Huge difference. It’s all the difference between three things, propulsion, stopping, and the ability to control the direction of the vehicle. I’m up on top of a mesa chained (sitting in the truck charging a battery with jumper cables) up because someone else in a spare truck with no chains couldn’t make anywhere near here.
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So if you go snow wheeling- you're gonna use chains?

Not trying to pick a fight, I just don't spend much time in any sort of snow that regular 4x4 and some all terrains can't deal with.
 
Sandy Johnson said:
So if you go snow wheeling- you're gonna use chains?

Not trying to pick a fight, I just don't spend much time in any sort of snow that regular 4x4 and some all terrains can't deal with.
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I guess I’d rather do it in a lighter vehicle with big Swampers. Iroks, TSLs aired down on a truggy seems to be a good dedicated snow rig. No chains required.

However I have to pilot a rolling toolbox/office to remote locations on little tires. So snow chains make it work. If I paid for my own work truck, it wouldn’t look like this thing. This is just what pencils out to the bean counters are profitable and they pay me good-ish to go do it.
 
Who is it that wheels in the NE? They/he posted several pics of their crawlers running chains on the muddy/snow trails.
 
If you can dig to traction and still have enough bite to push forward through whatever you dug through, and do it without wheelspin, chains are awesome.

Add wheelspin, or stall out movement because you're pushing crust with your bumper before you get bite, float is what you need. Wheelspin will demolish chains in very short order, likely removing brake lines and/or fenders in the process.

Glazed ice, need chains or studs or just enjoy the slide.
 
Yesterday, I think the hi was -2 at work (Idaho Falls) not sure of anything other than it was fucking cold.
 
Crankylove said:
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It’s actually a bit warmer than yesterday.
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Been waiting for one thing or another to drive back . . .. . . Neighbor down at the old highway had -24 at 7am two days ago. Highways that were closed are now open. Supposed to warm to 36 F by Friday afternoon. My destination has no insulation yet. Over the hill (hills) from you in 83468.
 
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