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Old 01-02-2010, 16:41   #655
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Originally Posted by Pete View Post
Fun in the Mud - you have to be prepared.
Growing up in western Colorado, and now driving for a living in northern Arizona, I have only ever chained up one tire for snow (as a temporary precautionary measure).
-Just once ever-

For mud, I'll mount tire chains.
It works better than anything else.
(We are issued plastic "traction strip plates" at UPS...they sort of work.)

Delt with the mud around Kanab, Utah quite frequently in UPS trucks.
Never drive on wet ground that has been worked (plowed or trenched for agri reasons or power lines, etc.).
If you do drive on such ground, keep the number to the towing company handy.
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