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9 hours ago, Big J said:

I think most of those crashes involve someone starting off a bit too fast, seeing snow, thinking OMG snow, swerving and ending up in a ditch.

 

I went to work in the Valtra this morning, taking the winch and trailer to site. I had to engage 4 wheel drive to get up a hill covered in sheet ice (still wheel spinning) and then grab the van at the farm at the top of the hill to go back down the same lane. 1st gear, on idle, in 4x4 and it was fine. The odd time where the speed didn't match the revs, but all good. 

 

I only went down that lane as I was late meeting the ag engineer who had to weld my seat post back on on the forwarder (who ate all the pies?). Amused to find out he was on summer tyres. Please refer to my last years mission to get everyone onto all season or winter tyres!

What winds me up is people insisting on driving in the middle of the road just because there is a covering of snow .

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11 hours ago, Big J said:

I think most of those crashes involve someone starting off a bit too fast, seeing snow, thinking OMG snow, swerving and ending up in a ditch.

 

I went to work in the Valtra this morning, taking the winch and trailer to site. I had to engage 4 wheel drive to get up a hill covered in sheet ice (still wheel spinning) and then grab the van at the farm at the top of the hill to go back down the same lane. 1st gear, on idle, in 4x4 and it was fine. The odd time where the speed didn't match the revs, but all good. 

 

I only went down that lane as I was late meeting the ag engineer who had to weld my seat post back on on the forwarder (who ate all the pies?). Amused to find out he was on summer tyres. Please refer to my last years mission to get everyone onto all season or winter tyres!

Yeah, I had the same in my tractor- had six ton on the trailer on the back, getting back up to Princetown I had 4wd and difflock engaged, the whole lot was spinning for about 3 miles up the hill. Tractors aren’t great in these conditions unless there is enough for it to ‘bite’ into, compacted snow/ice your almost just as good in a 4x4.

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