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Driving my usual 22 mile journey to my work place, on roads I know well, the weather deteriorated and coming over the top of a hill it was a ground whiteout ...you know, when you can see the tops of the fences but not the road surface. Anyway about 2 inches of snow had fallen by this point and I was taking it easy in 4wd high ratio when i drove into a drift about 2 ft thick. The momentum bellied the 4x4 onto the snow leaving all 4 wheels spinning .....stuck good!
At this point i realised I had no snow shovel in the car and although we were well dressed it was about 3 below zero and not that much fuel left in the truck.
Bum!
ok first things first I rocked the truck back and fore trying to get it out but no luck it was well stuck. then I got out and dug with my hands the snow around the tyres but half way through this got very cold and could see it was making no difference so stopped and went back inside to warm up.
A couple of other cars came up the road behind us and I waved them back so they wouldnt get stuck either but both just reversed off without stopping to see if they could help (thanks a lot!).Sop I wrapped up as best I could and trudged back half a mile to the nearest farm and got the promise of a tractor tow. then went back to the truck to wait. An hour later we got towed out.
So lessons learned .... nothing I could have done about the situation before I drove into it except drive a bit slower.
Things I now have in the truck ... a shovel ! two sets of hand warmers. two hats (my ears got realy cold) and Im looking for a clip on 12volt winch.
I now dont assume that my truck will keep me out of trouble. although up to then it had
I have always carried the following :
torch, tool kit, spare bulbs, spare fuel, spare oil, washer fluid, water, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, tow rope, big d shackles(for attaching tow ropes) and ratchet straps.
So .. now I take a different route in the snow.
Skippy