bekisman
25-Dec-10, 14:21
I've had quite a few PM's asking what we thought of our 'Tyre Socks' (these are not chains, but a kind of fabric 'showercap' that fits over the driving wheels).
We've just done 24 miles constantly on snow/ice roads, from a inch deep to about 8 inches, Mrs Bek's (who drove) initial comment was; "Excellent!"..
Started off from our place in really deep virgin snow; no problem whatsoever, onto a single track road, with a steep hill - where last year we very nearly lost the car (1.6 ton V70) when she slid into a ditch there. Took this easily in it's stride, no slipping/sliding whatsoever. Down a steep narrow hill and around a 90 degree bend, no problem. Initially Mrs Beks drove at about 20 mph, until grew confident and undertook the rest at the recommended 30 mph. The A836 is still snow encrusted, with thick ice in parts, but crossing over these icy stretches caused no problems.
Up Drumholliston, perfect grip - although saw a 4 x 4 coming out of a side road, skidding all over the place.. and down into Reay, doing 30mph now.. through Reay and along the 'back road' to Thurso.. Our friends place is up a long straight single-track road, deep in snow.. no problems, although when we turned off the side road and up and over the 'frozen hump' onto the farm track, the back (non-driving) wheel slipped a bit, but the 'Trye Socks' front drive wheels caused no worry..
So all in all would fully recommend them.. Mrs Beks put them on in about five minutes.. we got our from here:
http://www.barland.co.uk/snowsock.html (http://www.barland.co.uk/snowsock.html) If you want to see how they perform, google tyre socks youtube
We've just done 24 miles constantly on snow/ice roads, from a inch deep to about 8 inches, Mrs Bek's (who drove) initial comment was; "Excellent!"..
Started off from our place in really deep virgin snow; no problem whatsoever, onto a single track road, with a steep hill - where last year we very nearly lost the car (1.6 ton V70) when she slid into a ditch there. Took this easily in it's stride, no slipping/sliding whatsoever. Down a steep narrow hill and around a 90 degree bend, no problem. Initially Mrs Beks drove at about 20 mph, until grew confident and undertook the rest at the recommended 30 mph. The A836 is still snow encrusted, with thick ice in parts, but crossing over these icy stretches caused no problems.
Up Drumholliston, perfect grip - although saw a 4 x 4 coming out of a side road, skidding all over the place.. and down into Reay, doing 30mph now.. through Reay and along the 'back road' to Thurso.. Our friends place is up a long straight single-track road, deep in snow.. no problems, although when we turned off the side road and up and over the 'frozen hump' onto the farm track, the back (non-driving) wheel slipped a bit, but the 'Trye Socks' front drive wheels caused no worry..
So all in all would fully recommend them.. Mrs Beks put them on in about five minutes.. we got our from here:
http://www.barland.co.uk/snowsock.html (http://www.barland.co.uk/snowsock.html) If you want to see how they perform, google tyre socks youtube