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Snow tyres or chains will be mandatory in Haute-Savoie next winter

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ski3 wrote:

It's so good in the video that even though the car is front wheel drive he was spraying it on the rear too, impressive stuff if it works just by being in the vicinity Toofy Grin


There are plenty of ways of increasing your chances of getting up the hill. You can spend hundred or thousands changing your tyres. Or you can spend hundreds on snowchains. Or a few quid on a spray. Spraying stuff on the non-driving wheels isn't a solution, whatever planet you come from.
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Planet Ski are reporting that the law has not been enacted so there will be no change this season.
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@holidayloverxx, had that not already been covered - or was that another thread?
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I haven't seen it mentioned here before but for those unaware if you do get caught out in snow (mud or sand) and lose traction to the point where you are stuck and without snowchains, then lower your tyre pressure to about half of normal. It gives a larger gripping surface and will usually get you out of being stuck. Obviously inflate them back to normal ASAP afterwards. I have done this myself after getting my front wheel drive vehicle stuck in mud, worked a treat. Very Happy
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@king key, would you advice that for those that use low profile tyres?
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@king key, When I rode motorcycle trials we ran the tyres at about 3 PSI to get maximum grip in mud. It gripped OK on snow but still squirmed around a lot and even then we had to pull them out of snow drifts occaisionally.
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mooney058 wrote:
@king key, would you advice that for those that use low profile tyres?
You choose, stay stuck or try a method that could get you out of a problem.

You could of course buy sensible wheels to start with. Smile
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king key wrote:
mooney058 wrote:
@king key, would you advice that for those that use low profile tyres?
You choose, stay stuck or try a method that could get you out of problem. You could of course buy sensible wheels to start with. Smile


No problem for me, 60 profile tyres, full winters and 4wd. My question was what would be an effect of your advice to those who are now low profile tyres? Point being that there are variety of situations and no universal advice/wisdom except of having suitable equipment.
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Lowering the tyre pressure on a low profile would also work, maybe not as well, however you would also run a higher risk of damaging a rim or tyre. However, the whole point is that if you stuck (say in a frozen over car park or non-gritted area) and you want the car to move under it's own steam to a new position where you re-inflate the tyre then it can work. I'm not suggesting you drive down the road with under inflated tyres. Also less likely to be of benefit to a person with run flats.
My suggestion is merely to help get someone out of being utterly stuck, no more, no less.
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@holidayloverxx, had that not already been covered - or was that another thread?


Might have been another thread. I didn't think I had seen it before
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king key wrote:
Lowering the tyre pressure on a low profile would also work, maybe not as well, however you would also run a higher risk of damaging a rim or tyre. However, the whole point is that if you stuck (say in a frozen over car park or non-gritted area) and you want the car to move under it's own steam to a new position where you re-inflate the tyre then it can work. I'm not suggesting you drive down the road with under inflated tyres. Also less likely to be of benefit to a person with run flats.
My suggestion is merely to help get someone out of being utterly stuck, no more, no less.


All perfectly true, the higher inflated pressure for normal / general use is to control tyre deformation at the loading and maximum speed specified in the tyre's rating. Practical lower limit of 20 psi will keep the tyre properly seated on the wheel rim but allow the whole carcass and tread to flex, giving benefit to traction and steering on low grip surface.
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Could work on sand dunes or a mud pit but not in a given example of a frozen over car park.
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