Not for your feet, but for your tyres.

 

Anyone used, carry, recommend (type), or totally against?

 

Most likely they would never get used as in most cases of snow in this country, which is very few (stating the obvious) you are most likely to be stuck in traffic with nowhere to go anyway, unless you are in a tank or a monster truck, Lol. Remember 'Bigfoot', the original monster truck.

 

I like to be prepared though and have seen some for £20 from Towequipe. There's loads available.

I think they are good to get you free after getting stuck but I don't think they last too well if used over longer distances?

 

Oh, and put them on the driving wheels! 

 

I think they are good to get you free after getting stuck but I don't think they last too well if used over longer distances?

 

Oh, and put them on the driving wheels! 

 

Is the point of your pic, a BMW ?. Silver.

 

Someone else told me to only use them on the steering wheel, :think: . Lol.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/296983-snow-socks

 

Snow socks will probably do the job to get you moving off ice, or to drive on white top road surfaces, 

as long as you are going to stop and get them back off when the road is black top again.

So likely at the side of a road with traffic moving, spray, slush etc.

Edited 19 January, 201610 yr by GoneOffskiroottoot

They work to get you moving but last minutes at any real speed or on tarmac. My company used to supply them to company car drivers for a couple of years..

 

Not a real alternative to winter or good all-season tyres. You can't get out and put them on while you are doing an emergency stop.

 

Lee

I have a set that I used in Gloucester several years ago. The snow was pretty heavy and I tried them. My parents laughed at me (in a different car) but I put them on and then pulled the car straight up a very steep hill. See pictures of the hill below. My dad wasn't laughing when he struggled to get part way up and I just sailed up there. I used them to get from the quiet country road to the main road. 

 

I keep them in the car now as a precaution and have been great as a just in case. We don't get much snow down sarffff. 

Keep a set in the car. Used the same set over the past 3 years. Driven about 20 miles in snow and loads of life left. Fantastic things.

Yup, I keep a pair of snow socks in the back of my car too.

Same here, pair in the boot. I've decided that after 4 winters of swapping between winter and summer tyres in November and March, it's simply not worth the hassle as I've only found them to be worse for grip, and we've not had any snow. That said, I've just been in Stockholm this week, and the difference with winter tyres (not studded snow tyres) is obvious when it gets really cold and icy.

I'm one of ye olde fashioned motorists. I did my snow /ice driving basic driving on West Highland single track roads, where we sanded each other up hills was noticed.On olde RWD cars we used old carpet/ sacks etc, tied to the rear bumper with string. Grip problems- fit carpet/sacks in front of tyres Tyres grip road, and you get moving, and then you move on till you can safly stop and remove carpet/ sacks etc. These days in small areas, I keep a pair of old car carpets in car. get stuck, and you fit them in front/rear of driving wheels .You get out of trouble and then recover them-siples.

I have a set that I used in Gloucester several years ago. The snow was pretty heavy and I tried them. My parents laughed at me (in a different car) but I put them on and then pulled the car straight up a very steep hill. See pictures of the hill below. My dad wasn't laughing when he struggled to get part way up and I just sailed up there. I used them to get from the quiet country road to the main road. 

 

I keep them in the car now as a precaution and have been great as a just in case. We don't get much snow down sarffff. 

 

Sounds similar to my first experience of the Autosocks I had on the Octavia many years ago.  They've saved me getting stuck in deep snow a few times in the past and at this time of year I have a set in both cars. 

 

Some people don't seem to rate them but as an emergency option they are great. 

I'm one of ye olde fashioned motorists. I did my snow /ice driving basic driving on West Highland single track roads, where we sanded each other up hills was noticed.On olde RWD cars we used old carpet/ sacks etc, tied to the rear bumper with string. Grip problems- fit carpet/sacks in front of tyres Tyres grip road, and you get moving, and then you move on till you can safly stop and remove carpet/ sacks etc. These days in small areas, I keep a pair of old car carpets in car. get stuck, and you fit them in front/rear of driving wheels .You get out of trouble and then recover them-siples.

I used to do the same.... The addition was a small print press in the boot of my RWD car to add a large amount of weight over the drive wheels.

Once in my FWD Civic I was going over Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District. I stopped to help someone but after I got him going I found the heat from my tyres had melted the ice under the drive wheels and I couldn't get going. So I put the rather expensive Honda rubber mats under the front wheels and got going straight away. SWMBO wasn't happy when I refused to stop to pick them up! It was easier back in the day as VWD said when we used to tie them on to the back bumper. (When cars used to have bumpers )

Edited 23 January, 201610 yr by GeoffH

Or like some hauliers did,

keep a big tin of molasses mixed with sand and a big paint brush and apply that to the tyres to get moving on icy slopes.

 

Maybe coming to a Halford's car park near you soon.

 

Imagine these Bad Boys coming off as the driver speeds along, and they hit what ever!

Edited 23 January, 201610 yr by GoneOffskiroottoot

I used to do the same.... The addition was a small print press in the boot of my RWD car to add a large amount of weight over the drive wheels.

Once in my FWD Civic I was going over Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District. I stopped to help someone but after I got him going I found the heat from my tyres had melted the ice under the drive wheels and I couldn't get going. So I put the rather expensive Honda rubber mats under the front wheels and got going straight away. SWMBO wasn't happy when I refused to stop to pick them up! It was easier back in the day as VWD said when we used to tie them on to the back bumper. (When cars used to have bumpers )

I was always led to believe that best place for extra weight was in rear footwell . But bigest problem these days is with light rear ends on FWD cars ,though I don't have that problem with a non lightweight mobility scooter in the boot. Fortunately we never get much snow here, but

is there such thing as chains for RWD mobility scooters

I'm one of ye olde fashioned motorists. I did my snow /ice driving basic driving on West Highland single track roads, where we sanded each other up hills was noticed.On olde RWD cars we used old carpet/ sacks etc, tied to the rear bumper with string. Grip problems- fit carpet/sacks in front of tyres Tyres grip road, and you get moving, and then you move on till you can safly stop and remove carpet/ sacks etc. These days in small areas, I keep a pair of old car carpets in car. get stuck, and you fit them in front/rear of driving wheels .You get out of trouble and then recover them-siples.

 

Well this is basically what the SnowSock is doing but attached to the wheel. The main part of the sock is basically a hessian sack!

 

Sounds similar to my first experience of the Autosocks I had on the Octavia many years ago.  They've saved me getting stuck in deep snow a few times in the past and at this time of year I have a set in both cars. 

 

Some people don't seem to rate them but as an emergency option they are great. 

 

Excellent as an emergency option for those that don't get much snow.

This was recommended to me apparently it's quite good not had a chance to use it yet (thankfully)

 

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/screenwash-de-icer/bluecol-tyre-snow-grip-aerosol-400ml