well after been snowed in for 3 days..i cracked and decided i needed to test the yeti proper...took me 3 hours to dig the beast out of our drive and road..2-3ft deep...heres a piccy of hettie outside my mums , the entrance to her estate is a very steep slope full of stuck cars...amazingly my 1.2 fwd drove down and back out twice..with just the odd flashing light on dash...i even managed to get to tescos for supplies for us and my elderly mum..so 10/10 to my beast!!...oh and thats on dunlops

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Isnt it strange how reports of the same tyres on the same vehicles in similar conditions vary so wildly?

Isnt it strange how reports of the same tyres on the same vehicles in similar conditions vary so wildly?

Well, not so strange, it's down to the driving skills of the person behind the wheel. Also, remember how the railways are always using the excuse that the track was closed because of "the wrong type of snow"? It could be that the snow has different characteristics in different parts of the country depending on how fresh it is and whether it's wet or powdery.

Stewart

Edited 2 December, 201015 yr by StewartK

aye i reckon alot is down to driver's input...and tyre pressures etc...knowing snow was forecast i made sure my pressures were spot on..apart from a 4x4 , mine was the only fwd car to get off and back on our close

The only thing going up a 20% hill near me on baildon moor was me on my 1x1 My bike with studded snow tyres even the camel defender couldn't get up

What you ride a unicycle in this weather? 1x1?

To be a pedant a bike is 2x1!!

This morning it should be PERMAFROST Yeti's!! -11 at home, down to -15 in Churchstoke! :no:

-9 as I left this morning, and the Octy estate was great on winter tyres. I could have done with more ground clearance though - I have persuaded myself that I will get a Yeti next time :yes: . As I was the first one out of our estate, the ridge of snow inbetween the wheel tracks had frozen. I'm so glad I don't have my old BMW. Not only was the rear wheel drive on wide tyres a pain, it was a sport version, and had lower body kit than a standard car. Scraaaaaape!

Abominable what a FANTASTIC photo. Ace. That is perfect.

Great picture! Nice to see all the Yeti's out and about.

Although the octavia did quite well coming back from Cheltenham in a bit of a blizzard yesterday evening, was very glad that OH was designated drivers for the evening. Mother was staring out of the kitchen window when we got back, she had been toting us, but they never got through... Until 14 hrs later!

Did an interesting slide round a corner at one point.

Here's a few pics of a more or less snowed in snowmonster up in Finland:

Note the pile of snow to the left of the car in the second pic. The pole in front of the car is for connecting the engine heater during the cold periods

A couple from the last couple of days:

Wow I presume your snow is the correct sort of snow for trains to run

Wow I presume your snow is the correct sort of snow for trains to run

The trains I use to get to work are running better with the snow. On time and no cancellations.

Andy

Wow I presume your snow is the correct sort of snow for trains to run

Of course!!

Mind you, it does clog their horns up.

I'm not sure what trains you have in Wales (electric, diesel etc), but in the south east we seem to have a 1920's system where there is a central live rail, which in bad weather seems to ice up, get covered in snow etc.

I haven't heard problems with the local trams suffering, they use overhead lines. The trains that I am aware of going north of London up the east/west coast appear to me, but I could be wrong, to use overhead lines. This system seems to me to be better in cold weather, or is it just my imagination? And of course the old diesel/electric trains shouldn't have a problem either, other than traction.

Mike

Edited 6 December, 201015 yr by rockhopper

Wow I presume your snow is the correct sort of snow for trains to run

Never mind the trains! Here's a pic of a snowy Blackburn with a couple of my buses in the distance.

John

wheres the snow john? lol..we still got 2-3ft here

wheres the snow john? lol..we still got 2-3ft here

I've been to Blackburn. I reckon that is a picture from August

I've been to Blackburn. I reckon that is a picture from August

LOL!! And that was 12 noon!

Edited 6 December, 201015 yr by jst_at_home

I'm not sure what trains you have in Wales (electric, diesel etc), but in the south east we seem to have a 1920's system where there is a central live rail, which in bad weather seems to ice up, get covered in snow etc.

I haven't heard problems with the local trams suffering, they use overhead lines. The trains that I am aware of going north of London up the east/west coast appear to me, but I could be wrong, to use overhead lines. This system seems to me to be better in cold weather, or is it just my imagination? And of course the old diesel/electric trains shouldn't have a problem either, other than traction.

Mike

Mike,

We are all diesels with the occasional "kettle".

The South East is nearly all third rail electric, and once the conductor rail is covered in snow it acts as an insulator. Result, no go!!

If you are in Croydon then the trams use overheads which can get affected by ice build up, but the pantograph knocks a lot of. Ditto the main lines north of London.

(My wife comes from Warlingham)

Mike,

We are all diesels with the occasional "kettle".

The South East is nearly all third rail electric, and once the conductor rail is covered in snow it acts as an insulator. Result, no go!!

If you are in Croydon then the trams use overheads which can get affected by ice build up, but the pantograph knocks a lot of. Ditto the main lines north of London.

(My wife comes from Warlingham)

Huh? Anyone else feeling confused?

What? Huh?

I drive a Yeti - no rails there except on corners when I have my foot down!

PS - Llanigraham - what about Hat Band for BGT.??

PS for JST at Home (in Blackburn)...... Do you know the vet in Daisy street - he who sings with Moorland Folk?

Huh? Anyone else feeling confused?

What? Huh?

I drive a Yeti - no rails there except on corners when I have my foot down!

PS - Llanigraham - what about Hat Band for BGT.??

Of course the Yeti has rails...........................

roof rails!

BGT?

Britain's Got Talent!!

I have had hundreds of poor misguided fools trying to persuade me to enter, to throw a spanner in it's works.....

You have the DVD and are uniquely placed to say NO. FOR OTHERS, go to YoTube, and find the FRESHACRE channel, where there are a couple of examples of Hat Band daftness for your edification.

I am undecided.............

Why not start another thread with a couple of links, in a general section,

shame you don't have the recent clips up on you tube.