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Originally Posted by joepitt
Sand takes more planning. Salt will melt the snow, not give you traction. If it doesn't melt it all the way to the pavement it probably won't help.
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I see. I thought you meant to carry kitty litter, you were talking about if you didn't plan ahead and got stuck anyway.
I would recommend carrying sand, you can buy "tube sand" at Home Depot/Lowes/Walmart in the winter for less than a bag of kitty litter. It's ballast until you get stuck, then it's getting you unstuck without having to trudge miles to the nearest store.
Rock salt doesn't dissolve the instant you put it on the ground, it takes a couple minutes. In the meantime, it's the crunchiest most aggressive traction you can get.
I have a set of tire cables, they're supposed to be like lame chains. Turns out they don't fit any of my tires, but they're great to put down as traction mats.
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Originally Posted by Banshee
Buy a $1000 Ford Festiva for winter..trust me.
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Sounds dangerous. With everyone else careening around in 5000 pound SUVs and pickups, the last place I want to be is in a 1987 badge-engineered Kia tin can weighing 1600 pounds...