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R-pod Owners Forum : travel in snow https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Reviews and General Information : travel in snow Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 28 May 2026 19:20:50 +0000 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12476 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ travel in snow : A big +1 on the headlamps! They... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118805#118805 Author: StephenH
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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 7:39pm

A big +1 on the headlamps! They are very useful, provided they are the bright LED headlamps and not the cheap ones with weak incandescent bulbs.]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:39:23 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118805#118805 travel in snow : Thanks for your kind responses.We... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118804#118804 Author: Happy Tripping
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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 6:56pm

Thanks for your kind responses.

We got out late the next morning, roads cleared and only wet.

We had already winterized because we are looking forward to some cross country skiing later in the year.

Yes, AWD (Jeep Trail Hawk), altho it got quite a strain and 4 WD automatically went 'down' on some of the longer climbs. Tires are wide, 245s, not 205s as written earlier, and that made a big difference, but still we were very, very happy to stop. (Jack-knifed semis and cars in the ditches)

With a full charge of our single group 24 battery we can use the heater prudently and some lights for 2 full days in winter. We sleep under lots of warm blankets, so overnite was nothing. Also, head lamps are really valuable.

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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 6:36pm

]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:36:30 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118803#118803 travel in snow : Furpod, you are absolutely right.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118789#118789 Author: lostagain
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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 9:45am

Furpod, you are absolutely right. The skill of knowing when to quit is a precious thing that few possess. I could fill a page with examples, but instead, I'll just say I'm really glad to hear that Happy is safe and sound for the very wise decision to wait it out.

Happy, when you mentioned traction, I assume you meant your car. Is it awd? Where we live, if we get an inch of snow on the road they'll put up chain controls. For us it only matters if we're towing because then the snow tire exception does not apply.

How did you handle the water / freezing pipe situation? We've used our trailer while winterized with jugs of water, but it was on a very limited basis as we had access to my son's house where we could take care of the things that needed water and we were able to plug into electricity to run our West Marine space heater.

Hope your trip home passes safely.

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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 8:32am

Or, when to stay put for a day or two to make sure you won't run into problems (like ice). Unhappy

I hope you have safe travels.

]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:32:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118784#118784 travel in snow : It's often a hard won skill... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118783#118783 Author: furpod
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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 8:03am

It's often a hard won skill to know when to quit.. safely.

It looks like that area will warm back up quickly and you should be on the road again.
]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:03:31 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118783#118783 travel in snow : The recent big storm caught us... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12476&PID=118782#118782 Author: Happy Tripping
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Posted: 11 Dec 2018 at 7:22am

The recent big storm caught us as we went from Virginia into West Virginia in the mountains. There has been recent discussion about using a trailer in snow and I thought the big fear was losing control and sliding. It isn't, at least for us. Our big concern was traction. If we hadn't had 205 tires (wide), we would have been hopeless. As it was, we finally gave up (should've quit earlier) when we saw a grocery store parking lot and stayed there overnite, with their permission and after buying a celebratory steak.

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