How to get a car out of a snowdrift

The situation faced by every motorist if you are not on his experience, then certainly the experience of someone familiar: the temperature difference, loose snow, under which the hidden ice, the skid, and your car stalled in the snow. Nothing more than a nuisance, if there are a lot of those who can come to your aid, but if it happened somewhere on the road or in another deserted area, and even if is cold, then it can end very badly. So you need to be ready to act independently. These 8 tips will tell you not only how to get your own car out of a snowdrift, but what in advance of need to put in the trunk in case you find yourself in a similar situation.



First rule of fight club stuck in the snow — don't try to leave it at speed. Your car in this case starts to dig a hole for themselves up to the ice, then out will be much more difficult. I wouldn't have wanted to stay in the cabin, you will still have to get out and see the place slipping.





It is very important to release more space for your car.To shovel the snow from the wheels and floor it in such a way that the machine could at least slightly to pass back and forth. If a shovel in your trunk is not discovered, try to do it by hand or (if the snow is dirty) at worst jump in the car to compacted underneath the snow.



If under the wheels can not see the ice, you can try to gently move through the snow. Very gently press the gas, and if the car begins to slip, immediately turn off the speed. The position of the wheels depends on the drive. With FWD cars is to turn the steering wheel left and right until the wheels stand on a dry surface. In other cases, the wheel is better to put directly to the car was easier to get out of a snowdrift.



If none of the previous did not help, and your car manual transmission, try to swing. For this you need to quickly switch between first and reverse gears. Move back until it stops and again go forward on its tracks. As soon as the wheels start to slip again departs back. Each time, the machine will lay a little more track. It is not necessary to do this maneuver in a car with automatic transmission – this can lead to breakage.

 


Under the drive wheels need to fill anything that increases the adhesion.For example, sand. In recent years, many drivers began to put in the trunk for the same purpose, the kitty litter bag. So travel will be much easier. Another option is rock salt, from which the ice begins to melt. In principle, you can use table, but in fairly large quantities. For this purpose also fit the wiper.



More traction can also be created, slightly lowered his tire pressure. But this has to be especially careful if you have no pump.



Use the Jack — lift the car and under the stuck wheels put branches, rocks, rags or mats from the cabin (which may have then thrown away). Leaving, you need to be careful to press on the gas very smoothly — car is coasting, it may collide with adjacent objects and objects under the wheels sharply to fly.

Source: dnpmag.com/2015/01/23/kak-vyzvolit-avtomobil-iz-sugroba/

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