Red neck engineering ice traction idea.

[fitz19d]

So I was thinking about ice driving again.

Chains was pointed out to me limit speed, so not good except in an all out blizzard. otherwise when everyone's doing 60 im going to end up blocking the frontage road doing 25. And probably not fun to freeze putting them on at 4am if it snowed before work.

But I was thinking like people took skate tape to use for fun grips. What if I could find a paint or spray on compound that ends up in that gritty high traction material. Would hope that it would have some affect on ice stopping even if not a lot. Then I'd imagine it would naturally wear off the tire. Ideally not super quick so you put on a coat a few times a winter then wear off for spring.

I'm like 90 sure this isn't disable or with at all, but then again maybe it's actually a novel idea no one's tried.

[ray1970]

Holy spellcheck/autocorrect/syntax, Batman.

Lol.

I say if you need grippier tires that bad just stud them.

[fitz19d]

No, trying to do this one handed by phone at work. And for whatever reason phone has developed like delayed altering of words so I miss them.

Should be mostly fixed now. That was especially bad wow. Want a physical keyboard phone bad.

Idea would be also cost savings, as if I got winters is want their own set of wheels. That and kinda was reading they help starting but in an actual slide the studs is actually less traction.

[ray1970]

Maybe you need to tell all the guys who race on the ice how bad the studs are for traction.

[Zach O]

Auto socks.
https://youtu.be/WtBzXVbE3Rc

[Great-Kazoo]

No, trying to do this one handed by phone at work. And for whatever reason phone has developed like delayed altering of words so I miss them.

Should be mostly fixed now. That was especially bad wow. Want a physical keyboard phone bad.

Idea would be also cost savings, as if I got winters is want their own set of wheels. That and kinda was reading they help starting but in an actual slide the studs is actually less traction.

You start working at an adult book store ?

[sniper7]

I just saw a video of being stuck in snow/mud and the guy just strapped a 2x4 to his tire and secured it to the rim with rope and it gave him plenty of traction. The wood would wear out eventually as well!

[TFOGGER]

Back when my dad was a kid, they used to put crushed walnut shells in the tread compound of winter tires. It was a good, cheap, environmentally friendly, road friendly solution that worked well. So, naturally, they stopped doing it.

[jerrymrc]

Back when my dad was a kid, they used to put crushed walnut shells in the tread compound of winter tires. It was a good, cheap, environmentally friendly, road friendly solution that worked well. So, naturally, they stopped doing it.

Still used. http://www.toyotires.ca/technology/microbit-technology and http://www.nittotire.com/passenger-t...s-winter-tire/ I have studded tires. They give up a little in the wet/dry but then the advantage in the ice is worth it.

[68Charger]

That and kinda was reading they help starting but in an actual slide the studs is actually less traction.

This is partially true.. as someone who learned to drive in Alaska and have been using studded tires off and on for almost 30 years, I can say they help, but you have to keep them from spinning/locking up... drive correctly and they help a lot.

There was a PSA/commercial the Alaska State Troopers ran back in the 80's that had a little old lady shaking her finger at you saying "Feather your brakes, sonny!"
Of course this was before anti-lock brakes were so prevalent.

Studs don't help in deep snow, and they don't help if you spin the tires or lock up wheels... but if you drive properly they will get you across glare/black ice without starting to slide.

Oh, and true rednecks drive on bald tires, or monster truck tires if they have a job.