Snow Ropes anyone?

Slidey

I saw this on a Landcruiser the other night



You reckon it would be of any addition?

mossfort

wouldnt make for very pleasant driving.:)
you shouldnt need them for a 4x4 not in ireland anyway.

CJhaughey

Thats a pretty poor job of wrapping the wheel, I have seen it done but would be wary of fouling the brakes, there is not a whole lot of room behind the wheel and brake rotor.
One loose bit of rope and you might have even more fun stopping.

Slidey

The non floating calipers on the 'cruiser are real tight to the rim.

Don't know how you would get the rope through to be honest

CJhaughey

If you knew your stuff you could splice a ring for each side with an eye to tension it, and splice it across to make a ladder, like a snow chain but made from rope.
Wouldn't last long but could be done if necessary.

colm_mcm

might be a security device

Farls

I towed a few boys (50+) since this snow started, mainly bucks in cars/vans but the strangest thing I seen was one lad had plastic bags tied in the same manner around the wheels of his avensis...he drove about 5 feet and 1 wheel spin later they were gone. What his thinking was I'll never know.

fastrac

Anybody got suggestions for a good snow tyre you can buy in Ireland?

Fishtits

Chains or studs IMHO, all else is Snake oil

macnab

I put a set of VREDESTEIN WINTRAC EXTREME tyres on my car in October in anticipation of a cold winter, they are fantastic in the snow and very good on ice too (compared to my old summer tyres)

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m11b0s628p5844