@@Jazzyjdotca yeah, i am right in the middle of the same storm JR is in, and I agree the video does not look bad on the roads. But it is half an inch of ice hiding under the snow that makes the roads worse than they look.
German here. This looks like a normal winter day to me… I was driving Yosemity in January and people freaked out about four inches of snow… In their three ton four by fours… I laughed and drove by, while they turned around or tried to get their snow chains on… in a Tucson 😅
From Kansas here🤪not Canada or Germany 🤪 1/2” ice up to 19”north of Wichita and 30-50 mph constant winds and -10 degrees. I used to walk to school up hill both in way worse than this rediculous
Yeahhhh this ain’t nothing. I get it, ice blah blah blah, it’s really nothing… yall don’t have winter tires and snow is foreign so people don’t know how to react and drive properly. This is normal. Still nice of you to help!
I agree, when it below freezing the snow will add some traction better than pure ice. Of course people need to slow down with either snow/ice but that seems to be a big ask for some people who are always in a hurry.
9:15 I couldn’t agree with you more! When I was sixteen I begged my dad to let me take my 78 Malibu out in the snow and ice. He said “ok, but you’re going to learn before I turn you loose”. He took me to the Oklahoma state fair grounds (just a couple miles from where we lived). We got to a 20+ acre parking lot inside the fairgrounds and he got out. He said “have fun”. I looked at him and said “aren’t you going to teach me anything, tips, tricks, something?”. He responded “you’ll know when you’ve gotten the feel for it.” I spent a few hours over the next couple days doing donuts, purposely loosing control, ripping j turns, and spinning like a top. A couple years later I went to college up in the mountains of Colorado. I took out dozens of my friends and acquaintances that were from climates that didn’t get snow and helped them learn as well. It’s a skill you never lose and am forever grateful my dad took the time to show me and let me learn. Rest is peace pops.
It always cracks me up when this happens in areas not used to it. In Maine that’s just another winter day. I’d still be driving an hour to work in my front wheel drive Accord. I have a 4wd Powerstroke but you don’t need 4wd to just drive in some snow and ice. Those roads don’t even look that bad. I’ve driven in storms here where there was 6-12” on the road.
Yep, can confirm the same here as a Mainer myself. I'm the only person in my family who even has a 4wd vehicle, everyone else has fwd Hondas and Toyotas. I've only actually used 4wd twice in snow since I bought my SUV. We never really have issues getting stuck, just be prepared and don't drive like and idiot and you're probably good. I generally take 10-20mph off of the normal speed limit and have never had issues. It's people that drive like jackasses that end up in ditches.
Totally with you about learning car control in winter weather. Earlier this year I didn't get my winter tires on until some time December due to financial issues. But 40 years of winter driving let me get back and forth to work easily. I'm still glad my winter tires are on now. Just FYI, I'm in Edmonton, Alberta.
You certainly get hit bad out there in Edmonton. We sometimes get some really nasty stuff here in Ottawa. Not as much anymore. When I was a kit, we used to see snow before the end of October. Now, it's a 50/50 chance we get a green Christmas.
I get your Humor. I moved to Kansas and North Dakota and northern Maine before that. What we have here aint much (about a foot of snow). Just a ton of fun with the proper vehicle.
I am up in ND and this is a very common occurance but more frequent with temps with wind can get to -60 below. Driving in snow is the norm all winter. There is an art to drive in the snow and ice. Tap tap tap on brake no solid pressure. Does not make a difference if you have 4X4 if you are on sheets of ice on the highway. Stay safe my friend.
Yeah, pretty much all the roads in canada look like that all winter - no big deal. The ice layer underneath it though, even Canadians can't deal with a layer of ice under the snow.
The first 10 years of my driving experience was driving '70's vintage American family cruisers on this kind of weather. My commute to work was from up North, right down Harvey County 835 onto Greenwich Road in East Wichita. That was great because the road was a well maintained sand rad, so it didn't glaze over like hard pavement. That was a way faster route in the winter than going the longer route to the glazed highways. And yes in more recent years I traversed through that Beech tunnel.
I’ve driven a 4x4 f150 in snow like this it was still horrible but the awd Toyota minivan I used to own handled it better than any truck it was amazing in snow and ice
I had to drive from the Tulsa area to the Sioux City IA area today. The sheer number of vehicles stuck along the highway was remarkable. I've only seen it worse once, maybe 10 years ago in central Illinois on I-57 I think, after a freak ice storm hit.
I'm curious why you had to drive? I think any job would understand the weather emergency and the state shutting down highways.... what couldn't be put off for a couple of days until the roads could be cleared?
@@Jack_Stafford The company I work for is based in WI. This weather was nothing compared to there, which I used to live there. I wasn't necessarily griping about the drive, as there was only maybe a 2 hour part of the 8.5 hour drive that was even slightly concerning. AWD full size van helps as well.
I used to do the same thing when i was younger. I would take out the offroad truck every time it snowed and hit all the roads i know people would be sliding off of and help them out. Loved helping people and it was fun, never charged and never got paid
We live in Kansas as well and We always load up a couple snow shovels, ice melt and blankets , tow ropes, jumper cables, water and snacks and go help people as well!! Respect brother!! It’s funny seeing awd and 4wd vehicles get stuck when I drive a 2wd and have never been stuck 😂
We had a blizzard many years back. Ice under feet of snow, drifts everywhere. That’s when I first experienced tire chains. Oh man, what a game changer for young me. Glad you’re safe, good job helping others.
Nice! Back in the day when I lived in Colorado it snowed 3 feet overnight and I still went to work! Life wasn't fazed at all. I know it's not the 2" of snow. It's the ice!
I agree with the parking lot learning time. Of course when you're young dumb and stupid like I was....you go with your buddies and have fun with it, avoiding each other and light poles. I don't enjoy driving in snow anymore since I ditched New England winters almost 30 years ago. But I have no problem driving in it, unlike most of my Texan neighbors. Stay warm and safe!
A lot of roads closed here near Kansas City Missouri. So many vehicles having problems yesterday afternoon. One of the worst storms since 1880 according to the local news. Good luck out there.
I have seen roads this desolate. I worked in the dairy industry (Chocolate worker) for 40 years. Most farmers don't have the capacity to store extra milkings and road shutdowns could force dumping, sooooo Dairy workers are granted exemptions from snow emergencies. Using the Subaru wagon to navigate a foot of fresh snow was always a pleasure. Working double and triple shifts, waiting for milk tankers to straggle into our facility, another pleasure.....NOT! Excellent video, excellent advice (whipping around snow covered parking lots) and good on you for having that helping spirit!!!!
My car is front wheel drive and has 12 year old tires on it and it’s a freaking beast in this stuff! Haven’t gotten stuck once. I even backed up and drove around people that were getting stuck in front of me. Handbraking every turn, blasting through snow drifts, not even phased. Greetings from KC. 👋🏻
I learned the same way by practicing in an empty parking lot...yes avoid those light poles. You learn so much about how your vehicle in the way it handles. I was looking forward to the JR Go report.
I LOVE the studded snow tires that are still allowed year around here in Colorado! I have a spare set of steel wheels with studded Blizzaks and can throw them on with 30 minutes notice. Thanks for helping everyone!
Up here in Canada's capital, Ottawa, that would be just an average snow storm, of course. Every year, I take my current vehicle out after the first major snow and do skids and donuts in a clear parking lot some later night to get the feel of the vehicle again for snow & ice. My current beastie, a 2012 Subaru Forester with the snow tires on is fine for anything up to about foot of snow on unplowed roads. We haven't had enough snow to make snow tires necessary this season yet, but sometime in the next week or so I will be swapping them in since the temperature is now consistatly cold enough for snow tires have better traction. Stay safe and warm down there!
In Maine, we'd have those roads cleared down to bare asphalt by lunchtime! That looks like maybe 3-4" of snow, whereas it takes 6"+ to even consider closing schools here. Pretty funny to see how unprepared states can be for storms that were forecast over a week ago. Here we salt the roads before they can even get that icy. We can get 8-12" of snow on a Saturday or Sunday, and by Monday schools are running and it's business as usual
Keeping with the theme that this isn't really so bad, I remember a time when I drove from Vancouver BC to Kamloops BC along the famous Coquihalla Highway. North of Hope BC, the highway was closed, and we spent 6 hours waiting. When it finally opened, in the late afternoon, I sped up to get ahead of all the other cars to be alone in front. The car was scraping snow as I drove at times. Oh, also this was in a Hyundai Elantra with fantastic winter tires.
LOL! In Alberta the roads look like that half the winter. Typically it's big trucks like yours I see off the road stuck, the owners think they're invincible, but the backs are light and they slide off the road easier than anything. I commuted for years through weather like this in small front wheel drive cars with snow tires and never had an issue.
TY so much. I got stuck at Noland n 40. 3 minutes later a pkup pulled me out. What a blessing. Independence. Now my astro fuel pump stopped working. Lol. Probably a sensor. Full tank. Battery dead now Grrrrrrrr. 😊
I'm in Louisville, KY my road is snow plowed but now there's a ridge of ice at the end of my driveway. I don't know if I can get out, I'm almost 69 with afib, I can only do so much.
Great job JR. i’ve been in law-enforcement for almost 30 years and live in Tennessee in the eastern part in a very tourist area Dolly Parton country to be exact and then we have to get out and rescue those who get out and can’t drive or get in around in the mountains I got an easy job now insidedon’t work the road anymore about ready to retire, but he did a great job. Love your love your channel.
bought my first set of studded snow tires in Kansas 1975, headed to Utah. everything was closed and snow/ice covered. never needed a set since and we get a lot of snow in the mountains.
In Europe, in my country, and in most of the surrounding countries, it is mandatory that you have it snow chains, winter tires from November to March, if it snows a lot, they always warn you to bring food, a warm blanket and a full tank of fuel. It's been like that for decades... But there is hardly any snow in recent years
West Wichita on 135th and Sunday I had to go to Dillon's. My 2000 Taurus Wagon seemed to be the only two wheel drive car on the road and just barely made the few miles and back. That wagon has never done me wrong yet. Thanks for helping others.
You are only 75 miles north of Me!! I live in North Central Oklahoma. We only received a very very light dusting. Huge difference in the weather in that short of distance!!
I think a humvee would be helpful in a situation like this. I always thought about getting one for shits and giggles, but 3 mpg didn't sound good. Plus I'm never gonna find one in the middle of Kansas.
We received 11" of snow in KC along with 25-35 mph winds and 1/4" ice underneath the snow. It's the wind that continually causes drifting snow which it makes it so much more difficult.
Thanks for posting. I'm 500 miles away. Home is Whitewater and Newton. Mom is in the hospital in Newton. I"ve talked with family and friends. It is worse than you are posting. Most folks don't have the vehicle you have, nor the confidence. Marion county is even worse with all roads technically still closed, with over 12 inches of snow and schmuck up there. We're getting ready for our schmuck here in north and east Texas. Possibly gonna be a long winter...sigh. Thanks for sharing and posting. R
That’s how I learned how to truly control my car. I learned to drive in Montana and every time it snowed I would be out finding random empty areas to mess around. I lived at the end of a culdesac and when I backed out I would spin a 180 in the snow to end up going the right direction. Bent a steel rim on a curb once and that was it.
Funny thing, people forget that 4WD and AWD does not mean 4W stop. it is seldom the driving part that gets you in trouble, it is the stopping. I lived in Alaska for 6 years.
My 89 firebird had 2.77 rear gears and a 700R4 originally, I learned when I was 17 (late 90s) in that car that if you pull the ebrake up about 1/2 way you could bring in the torque of the 305 and keep the wheel speed down enough to get unstuck. It would get stuck in wet gravel LOL. It now has a LS1 and a T56 and doesn't get driven in bad weather often. More places need a place to learn to drive on the edge legally... unfortunately these days around here donuts in the parking lot will get you a reckless driving ticket (even though it is private property if it is open to the public they can still ticket you). I wish companies with big parking lots would have driving days, with wavers and all the stuff needed. I would pay a few hundred dollars to be able to take my kids out and let them do donuts until they learned how to enter and exit the skid correctly. The only real option is a few "advanced driving" courses that are a few thousand.... which I will probably do as I think it is that important to learn.
I've pushed more snow than that with the hood of my car as the snow was over 2ft of it with a front wheel drive car and made it home without getting stuck. It was a fun ride. I also made it home in another snow storm in a rear wheel drive ford ranger as well. And the road i took wasn't even plowed with over 1ft of snow and it was still coming down. I took a road to get home that didn't have as many hills just a few steep short hills and I just kept it moving. If I stopped I am sure I wouldn't have made it.
I used to go into empty parking lots and e-brake drift on ice back when I lived in Muncie. That was a lot of fun. I still don’t miss that weather though. Stay safe!
We did this years ago when I had my 41 power wagon closed cab 1/2 ton military pickup with a pto winch. We usually don't get that kind of storms on the west coast. It had 7:50 16 mud tires on it and a flathead 6. I pulled a small tree out of the ground with it when I sunk in a mud pit with it once😂
My first car was a 94 Nissan 300zx in New York, so I have a very similar story on the meadowbrook (murderbrook) parkway in a snow storm. Stay safe out there!
I was watching another channel, they were around saint joseph and there was a lot more traffic and people stuck that needed help. Anyway all good you came home safe. hi5
I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa. We average about 3 feet or1 meter of snow fall from November to early April. So far this snow season we have had about 2 inches of snow. That's it. If we had 11 inches like in Kansas with the same weather conditions our main roads would be passable in less than a day. Side streets would still be snow covered.
I used the dog racing tracks parking lot in the early 80s when I first got my Dart after I got my license. Learned a whole lot about how it reacted and how to counter whatever happened. Then I put a sure grip(posi) in it and had to relearn how to drive the car😎
The Charger may have been the all wheel drive version. I have witnessed a Mitsubishi Eclipse that ran off the road in six inches of snow, none of us had tow straps and since it was freezing temperatures, I said hey just try backing out. It worked the Eclipse backed out using the same path it went in, did not lose traction. I later learned, it may have been the AWD version. The point to what I am saying, as long as the snow or ice is not melting, there still may be traction. Awesome content! Ask Gabe if he misses Ft. Liberty I hope he is healing from his injury 🎉
Reminds me of being in Overland Park on business several years ago in a winter storm. The only people that were driving were from our group, all from West Michigan. Just like "home" for us. Be safe out there Kansas. 😅
For this winter storm, 2/3rds of Tennessee was in what I like to call a “Goldilocks Zone”: too warm for snow and ice like what you got in Kansas, and too cold for severe weather like what they saw in Louisiana and Mississippi.
We lived two blocks from the high school. HUGE open parking lot and I'd always go there after a fresh snow to remind myself of my truck's limits (83 MFING FORD RANGER, heh).
Yep, knew we would be snowed in for days. We are on top of a hill, in a rural area, and the snow drifts several feet deep in the "road valley". No way in, no way out until at least this weekend.
When I am up north I always carry a minimum of 10 gallons of fuel in my truck. It has saved me and others more than once because of power outages and closed gas stations.
I got my driver's license in 1976. My friends and I had a blast in the winter, sliding our rear-wheel drive cars around in the snow. When did front wheel drive cars become popular?
I bought a new 08 Mazda and they invented owners to a weekend "training" event to experience what my Mazda Speed could do. The wet road portion was excellent. It taught me alot about controlling a vehicle.
Dude, I am just drooling the whole video. I wait every winter for such roads. Boy do I wait for it this one, but on this side of the ocean still nothing. I have vw jetta platform car 4x4 and I can just drive and slide whole night and beleve me there are more like me on the streets. I look the empty streets and jut cant imagine to miss such fun time out. Also tires are all. Put some fresh Goodyear winter tires and just go.
What you're doing would technically be illegal in the UK. On the very rare cases when we have snow storms over here. (It's currently snowy in Scotland & northern England) you can be fined if you drive a car/van/ pickup which has been covered in snow overnight. You have to remove any overnight build up of snow before driving a vehicle and make sure all windows are clear for you to see out of.
My old 36 horse Volkswagen bus with studded sawdust tires all around was perfect on ice and snow in Montana! Oh yeah, with a Jensen gasoline heater you could be quite comfortable!
Back in 1983, 235 was 8 inches deep (at least) as I left ICT heading to Hutchinson on K96 (which was not plowed) with a 40 ft trailer pulled by a GMC 9500 8V 92 13 speed loaded with Pepsi....it took 2 hours....
Wow, that's a lot of snow especially for Wichita. I live in the small area of Canada where we don't get snow. We get a lot of rain but snow is very uncommon!
@ figured that. Kansas gets alot more snow than people think. I guess we always assume being so far south it doesn’t snow that much but it definitely does and it gets pretty cold
Barely any snow, but ice is always tricky on roads. I've driven in a lot of this weather and my AWD sedan with decent tires out performs most trucks and suvs I see. Just gotta know how to drive and practice in these conditions like you said!
Car control... 100% agree. I told my wife the reason why I'm good at driving in the snow is because I would drive my parents rear wheel drive minivan in the snow when I was 16, driving stupidly. I learned so much.
I kinda know Wichita a little, what streets were you on? Some of it looked like maybe Kellogg. I agree with what you said about learning to drive on snow and ice. Having grown up in it, I may have spent some quality instructional time in parking lots learning how to steer with my right foot. I did that with my kids when they started driving. Note to ex - yeah, I did that.
I learned to drive on ice in a 66 Mustang. While not a big car it was hard without things like traction control anti lock power steering and power brakes.
We got around 8.3" in Indianapolis and where I live west of Indy about 10 miles and it looks about like it does in this video, if not a little worse in some places. My Subaru Forester Wilderness just drives like it's on normal roads
If we ever get a foot or more of snow here in Wichita. This town will be completely shut down. This was around 4 inches, and people act as if they are stranded at home. Damn Doo Dah.
These roads don't even look bad
-From a Canadian
@@Jazzyjdotca yeah, i am right in the middle of the same storm JR is in, and I agree the video does not look bad on the roads. But it is half an inch of ice hiding under the snow that makes the roads worse than they look.
German here. This looks like a normal winter day to me… I was driving Yosemity in January and people freaked out about four inches of snow… In their three ton four by fours… I laughed and drove by, while they turned around or tried to get their snow chains on… in a Tucson 😅
From Kansas here🤪not Canada or Germany 🤪
1/2” ice up to 19”north of Wichita and 30-50 mph constant winds and -10 degrees. I used to walk to school up hill both in way worse than this rediculous
Yeah, it's really almost nothing!
Yeahhhh this ain’t nothing. I get it, ice blah blah blah, it’s really nothing… yall don’t have winter tires and snow is foreign so people don’t know how to react and drive properly. This is normal. Still nice of you to help!
Here in northern Michigan you need snow left on the roads for traction. Sometimes they plow right down to ice.
That's when it's bad.
I agree, when it below freezing the snow will add some traction better than pure ice. Of course people need to slow down with either snow/ice but that seems to be a big ask for some people who are always in a hurry.
Studs! Studs are good m'kay!
9:15 I couldn’t agree with you more! When I was sixteen I begged my dad to let me take my 78 Malibu out in the snow and ice.
He said “ok, but you’re going to learn before I turn you loose”.
He took me to the Oklahoma state fair grounds (just a couple miles from where we lived). We got to a 20+ acre parking lot inside the fairgrounds and he got out. He said “have fun”. I looked at him and said “aren’t you going to teach me anything, tips, tricks, something?”. He responded “you’ll know when you’ve gotten the feel for it.”
I spent a few hours over the next couple days doing donuts, purposely loosing control, ripping j turns, and spinning like a top.
A couple years later I went to college up in the mountains of Colorado. I took out dozens of my friends and acquaintances that were from climates that didn’t get snow and helped them learn as well.
It’s a skill you never lose and am forever grateful my dad took the time to show me and let me learn. Rest is peace pops.
It always cracks me up when this happens in areas not used to it. In Maine that’s just another winter day. I’d still be driving an hour to work in my front wheel drive Accord. I have a 4wd Powerstroke but you don’t need 4wd to just drive in some snow and ice.
Those roads don’t even look that bad. I’ve driven in storms here where there was 6-12” on the road.
100 percent
Kansans and Missourians ARE used to it! They're just stupid!
Yep, can confirm the same here as a Mainer myself. I'm the only person in my family who even has a 4wd vehicle, everyone else has fwd Hondas and Toyotas. I've only actually used 4wd twice in snow since I bought my SUV. We never really have issues getting stuck, just be prepared and don't drive like and idiot and you're probably good. I generally take 10-20mph off of the normal speed limit and have never had issues. It's people that drive like jackasses that end up in ditches.
Totally with you about learning car control in winter weather. Earlier this year I didn't get my winter tires on until some time December due to financial issues. But 40 years of winter driving let me get back and forth to work easily. I'm still glad my winter tires are on now. Just FYI, I'm in Edmonton, Alberta.
Im Dutch and have family in law in Alberta and my first time over in -35C was such an experience
People down here are terrible drivers compared to Canadians lol. And Canadians are terrible every first snowfall lol
You certainly get hit bad out there in Edmonton. We sometimes get some really nasty stuff here in Ottawa. Not as much anymore. When I was a kit, we used to see snow before the end of October. Now, it's a 50/50 chance we get a green Christmas.
@ we used to ride snowmobiles on Halloween in Saskatchewan regularly when I was younger
The cost of tires has doubled in the past four years.
As a Swede I cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
Uncontrollable laughter is an affliction particular to Swedes?
Alcoholism 😮😮😮
I get your Humor. I moved to Kansas and North Dakota and northern Maine before that. What we have here aint much (about a foot of snow). Just a ton of fun with the proper vehicle.
As a Swede, is that snow? No no thats frost😂
This video is missing a guy trying to get a McLaren up a small hill to the garage I see.
I think we had 3 people pushing to get that thing back in the garage 😂
Bless you JR. One of the issues they were saying on the news was because of the underlying ice, the plows cannot scrape to the pavement.
I am up in ND and this is a very common occurance but more frequent with temps with wind can get to -60 below. Driving in snow is the norm all winter. There is an art to drive in the snow and ice. Tap tap tap on brake no solid pressure. Does not make a difference if you have 4X4 if you are on sheets of ice on the highway. Stay safe my friend.
Yeah, pretty much all the roads in canada look like that all winter - no big deal. The ice layer underneath it though, even Canadians can't deal with a layer of ice under the snow.
It rains a 1/2 of ice all the time in ND then snows on top of it? Hard core. 😮
I'm gonna say here up north in Montreal 🇨🇦It's almost every week here😂. The worst is nobody have winter tires probably... Be safe out there 🙏
The first 10 years of my driving experience was driving '70's vintage American family cruisers on this kind of weather. My commute to work was from up North, right down Harvey County 835 onto Greenwich Road in East Wichita. That was great because the road was a well maintained sand rad, so it didn't glaze over like hard pavement. That was a way faster route in the winter than going the longer route to the glazed highways. And yes in more recent years I traversed through that Beech tunnel.
I’ve driven a 4x4 f150 in snow like this it was still horrible but the awd Toyota minivan I used to own handled it better than any truck it was amazing in snow and ice
That looks like a regular winter day where I live. Except 6 feet of snow
I had to drive from the Tulsa area to the Sioux City IA area today. The sheer number of vehicles stuck along the highway was remarkable. I've only seen it worse once, maybe 10 years ago in central Illinois on I-57 I think, after a freak ice storm hit.
I'm curious why you had to drive?
I think any job would understand the weather emergency and the state shutting down highways.... what couldn't be put off for a couple of days until the roads could be cleared?
@@Jack_Stafford The company I work for is based in WI. This weather was nothing compared to there, which I used to live there. I wasn't necessarily griping about the drive, as there was only maybe a 2 hour part of the 8.5 hour drive that was even slightly concerning. AWD full size van helps as well.
I'm from Perth Australia. We haven't had Snow here for about 200 million years. Don't know how I'd cope ...
I love Ozzymans snow and ice videos!
lmao 😂
You just jinxed yourself. I’ll be watching for a snowstorm in Australia 😊
I used to do the same thing when i was younger. I would take out the offroad truck every time it snowed and hit all the roads i know people would be sliding off of and help them out. Loved helping people and it was fun, never charged and never got paid
We live in Kansas as well and We always load up a couple snow shovels, ice melt and blankets , tow ropes, jumper cables, water and snacks and go help people as well!! Respect brother!! It’s funny seeing awd and 4wd vehicles get stuck when I drive a 2wd and have never been stuck 😂
We had a blizzard many years back. Ice under feet of snow, drifts everywhere. That’s when I first experienced tire chains. Oh man, what a game changer for young me.
Glad you’re safe, good job helping others.
Nice! Back in the day when I lived in Colorado it snowed 3 feet overnight and I still went to work! Life wasn't fazed at all. I know it's not the 2" of snow. It's the ice!
I agree with the parking lot learning time. Of course when you're young dumb and stupid like I was....you go with your buddies and have fun with it, avoiding each other and light poles. I don't enjoy driving in snow anymore since I ditched New England winters almost 30 years ago. But I have no problem driving in it, unlike most of my Texan neighbors. Stay warm and safe!
Looks like a Tuesday here in Buffalo
we know our Lake effect and blizzards and still show up for a Bills game, LOL
Love the snow video! 100% on learning car control!
A lot of roads closed here near Kansas City Missouri. So many vehicles having problems yesterday afternoon. One of the worst storms since 1880 according to the local news. Good luck out there.
We got 10 inches in Overland Park.
This is why I follow your channel. You have a good heart, J.R.
This five dollar part ha ha you were a bit busy naming the video lol
Title generator froze.
I have seen roads this desolate. I worked in the dairy industry (Chocolate worker) for 40 years. Most farmers don't have the capacity to store extra milkings and road shutdowns could force dumping, sooooo Dairy workers are granted exemptions from snow emergencies. Using the Subaru wagon to navigate a foot of fresh snow was always a pleasure. Working double and triple shifts, waiting for milk tankers to straggle into our facility, another pleasure.....NOT!
Excellent video, excellent advice (whipping around snow covered parking lots) and good on you for having that helping spirit!!!!
My car is front wheel drive and has 12 year old tires on it and it’s a freaking beast in this stuff! Haven’t gotten stuck once. I even backed up and drove around people that were getting stuck in front of me. Handbraking every turn, blasting through snow drifts, not even phased.
Greetings from KC. 👋🏻
I hope you don't go fast on those ancient tires, you will most likely blow one out and lose control into something.
Mall parking lots covered in snow. BIG fun! Of course not all of the country gets snow, usually.
I learned the same way by practicing in an empty parking lot...yes avoid those light poles. You learn so much about how your vehicle in the way it handles. I was looking forward to the JR Go report.
I LOVE the studded snow tires that are still allowed year around here in Colorado! I have a spare set of steel wheels with studded Blizzaks and can throw them on with 30 minutes notice. Thanks for helping everyone!
Up here in Canada's capital, Ottawa, that would be just an average snow storm, of course. Every year, I take my current vehicle out after the first major snow and do skids and donuts in a clear parking lot some later night to get the feel of the vehicle again for snow & ice. My current beastie, a 2012 Subaru Forester with the snow tires on is fine for anything up to about foot of snow on unplowed roads. We haven't had enough snow to make snow tires necessary this season yet, but sometime in the next week or so I will be swapping them in since the temperature is now consistatly cold enough for snow tires have better traction. Stay safe and warm down there!
Ive been waiting for this all day! Thank you JRGo
This is what I remember about living in Kansas...people actively trying to help others in need.
In Maine, we'd have those roads cleared down to bare asphalt by lunchtime! That looks like maybe 3-4" of snow, whereas it takes 6"+ to even consider closing schools here. Pretty funny to see how unprepared states can be for storms that were forecast over a week ago. Here we salt the roads before they can even get that icy. We can get 8-12" of snow on a Saturday or Sunday, and by Monday schools are running and it's business as usual
Keeping with the theme that this isn't really so bad, I remember a time when I drove from Vancouver BC to Kamloops BC along the famous Coquihalla Highway. North of Hope BC, the highway was closed, and we spent 6 hours waiting. When it finally opened, in the late afternoon, I sped up to get ahead of all the other cars to be alone in front. The car was scraping snow as I drove at times. Oh, also this was in a Hyundai Elantra with fantastic winter tires.
AMEN. I used to go driving in the snow for fun in every vehicle I had, every chance I got.
LOL! In Alberta the roads look like that half the winter. Typically it's big trucks like yours I see off the road stuck, the owners think they're invincible, but the backs are light and they slide off the road easier than anything. I commuted for years through weather like this in small front wheel drive cars with snow tires and never had an issue.
The problem is that most people drive rear wheel drive cars. Luckily I drive a 4wd truck.
Diesels love block warmers.
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE!!!
This could also be titled "Authorities said stay home, so I ignored them and drove around"
TY so much. I got stuck at Noland n 40. 3 minutes later a pkup pulled me out. What a blessing. Independence. Now my astro fuel pump stopped working. Lol. Probably a sensor. Full tank. Battery dead now Grrrrrrrr. 😊
I'm in Louisville, KY my road is snow plowed but now there's a ridge of ice at the end of my driveway. I don't know if I can get out, I'm almost 69 with afib, I can only do so much.
Great job JR. i’ve been in law-enforcement for almost 30 years and live in Tennessee in the eastern part in a very tourist area Dolly Parton country to be exact and then we have to get out and rescue those who get out and can’t drive or get in around in the mountains I got an easy job now insidedon’t work the road anymore about ready to retire, but he did a great job. Love your love your channel.
bought my first set of studded snow tires in Kansas 1975, headed to Utah. everything was closed and snow/ice covered. never needed a set since and we get a lot of snow in the mountains.
Tires are key! Your are correct JR
In Europe, in my country, and in most of the surrounding countries, it is mandatory that you have it snow chains, winter tires from November to March, if it snows a lot, they always warn you to bring food, a warm blanket and a full tank of fuel. It's been like that for decades... But there is hardly any snow in recent years
What's your country?
That thumbnail from the previous video forshadowed the baby making weather.
1st. I watch for the Titles during the intro and to see when JR gets a haircut
Man you are in it out there….be careful and take care!👍🏼👍🏼
West Wichita on 135th and Sunday I had to go to Dillon's. My 2000 Taurus Wagon seemed to be the only two wheel drive car on the road and just barely made the few miles and back. That wagon has never done me wrong yet. Thanks for helping others.
You are only 75 miles north of Me!! I live in North Central Oklahoma. We only received a very very light dusting. Huge difference in the weather in that short of distance!!
I'm from Houston. I learned how drive in snow in a Humvee in South Korea lol
I think a humvee would be helpful in a situation like this. I always thought about getting one for shits and giggles, but 3 mpg didn't sound good. Plus I'm never gonna find one in the middle of Kansas.
We received 11" of snow in KC along with 25-35 mph winds and 1/4" ice underneath the snow. It's the wind that continually causes drifting snow which it makes it so much more difficult.
Thanks for posting. I'm 500 miles away. Home is Whitewater and Newton. Mom is in the hospital in Newton. I"ve talked with family and friends. It is worse than you are posting. Most folks don't have the vehicle you have, nor the confidence. Marion county is even worse with all roads technically still closed, with over 12 inches of snow and schmuck up there. We're getting ready for our schmuck here in north and east Texas. Possibly gonna be a long winter...sigh. Thanks for sharing and posting. R
I looks like my drive this morning….I live in western NY….its kinda fun driving in the snow😂
Good snow tires make a difference!
That’s how I learned how to truly control my car. I learned to drive in Montana and every time it snowed I would be out finding random empty areas to mess around. I lived at the end of a culdesac and when I backed out I would spin a 180 in the snow to end up going the right direction. Bent a steel rim on a curb once and that was it.
Funny thing, people forget that 4WD and AWD does not mean 4W stop. it is seldom the driving part that gets you in trouble, it is the stopping. I lived in Alaska for 6 years.
My 89 firebird had 2.77 rear gears and a 700R4 originally, I learned when I was 17 (late 90s) in that car that if you pull the ebrake up about 1/2 way you could bring in the torque of the 305 and keep the wheel speed down enough to get unstuck. It would get stuck in wet gravel LOL. It now has a LS1 and a T56 and doesn't get driven in bad weather often.
More places need a place to learn to drive on the edge legally... unfortunately these days around here donuts in the parking lot will get you a reckless driving ticket (even though it is private property if it is open to the public they can still ticket you). I wish companies with big parking lots would have driving days, with wavers and all the stuff needed. I would pay a few hundred dollars to be able to take my kids out and let them do donuts until they learned how to enter and exit the skid correctly. The only real option is a few "advanced driving" courses that are a few thousand.... which I will probably do as I think it is that important to learn.
I've pushed more snow than that with the hood of my car as the snow was over 2ft of it with a front wheel drive car and made it home without getting stuck. It was a fun ride. I also made it home in another snow storm in a rear wheel drive ford ranger as well. And the road i took wasn't even plowed with over 1ft of snow and it was still coming down. I took a road to get home that didn't have as many hills just a few steep short hills and I just kept it moving. If I stopped I am sure I wouldn't have made it.
That’s SO nice of you! Just another reason I enjoy your channel. 😊. Kansas City is just as bad. Took two days to dig out my Ford Fusion. 🤦🏼
Louisville KY checking in. Luckily we got more snow than ice. Got paid 700 bonus to make it to work Monday
I used to go into empty parking lots and e-brake drift on ice back when I lived in Muncie. That was a lot of fun. I still don’t miss that weather though. Stay safe!
We did this years ago when I had my 41 power wagon closed cab 1/2 ton military pickup with a pto winch. We usually don't get that kind of storms on the west coast. It had 7:50 16 mud tires on it and a flathead 6. I pulled a small tree out of the ground with it when I sunk in a mud pit with it once😂
My first car was a 94 Nissan 300zx in New York, so I have a very similar story on the meadowbrook (murderbrook) parkway in a snow storm. Stay safe out there!
we got 11 inches or more in stl Missouri area good day to stay home. not worth it tearing up vehicles.😊
I was watching another channel, they were around saint joseph and there was a lot more traffic and people stuck that needed help. Anyway all good you came home safe. hi5
I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa. We average about 3 feet or1 meter of snow fall from November to early April. So far this snow season we have had about 2 inches of snow. That's it. If we had 11 inches like in Kansas with the same weather conditions our main roads would be passable in less than a day. Side streets would still be snow covered.
Best time to find a parking lot to do doughnuts!
You know it... but you better know the parking lot because the curbs are invisible right now! 💯
I used the dog racing tracks parking lot in the early 80s when I first got my Dart after I got my license. Learned a whole lot about how it reacted and how to counter whatever happened. Then I put a sure grip(posi) in it and had to relearn how to drive the car😎
@@WatchJRGo I bent my sisters front axle when i borrowed her car and was drifting with my boys in the car, didn't see the curb... i was 17.
40mph on black ice is impressive ! Well done for helping out.
John will forget his gloves to go rescue the unfortunate in a blizzard, but will remember to wear his ATF covered hoodie in the F-250 lol
A few weeks back i went to a parking lot to get used to driving on the snow again 😄
Donuts, drifts, etc - fun and informative 👍
The Charger may have been the all wheel drive version. I have witnessed a Mitsubishi Eclipse that ran off the road in six inches of snow, none of us had tow straps and since it was freezing temperatures, I said hey just try backing out. It worked the Eclipse backed out using the same path it went in, did not lose traction. I later learned, it may have been the AWD version. The point to what I am saying, as long as the snow or ice is not melting, there still may be traction. Awesome content! Ask Gabe if he misses Ft. Liberty I hope he is healing from his injury 🎉
Drove from TX to NE yesterday and Kansas’s roads were horrible.
Reminds me of being in Overland Park on business several years ago in a winter storm. The only people that were driving were from our group, all from West Michigan. Just like "home" for us. Be safe out there Kansas. 😅
For this winter storm, 2/3rds of Tennessee was in what I like to call a “Goldilocks Zone”: too warm for snow and ice like what you got in Kansas, and too cold for severe weather like what they saw in Louisiana and Mississippi.
We lived two blocks from the high school. HUGE open parking lot and I'd always go there after a fresh snow to remind myself of my truck's limits (83 MFING FORD RANGER, heh).
Yep, knew we would be snowed in for days. We are on top of a hill, in a rural area, and the snow drifts several feet deep in the "road valley". No way in, no way out until at least this weekend.
When I am up north I always carry a minimum of 10 gallons of fuel in my truck. It has saved me and others more than once because of power outages and closed gas stations.
I got my driver's license in 1976. My friends and I had a blast in the winter, sliding our rear-wheel drive cars around in the snow. When did front wheel drive cars become popular?
I bought a new 08 Mazda and they invented owners to a weekend "training" event to experience what my Mazda Speed could do. The wet road portion was excellent. It taught me alot about controlling a vehicle.
Dude, I am just drooling the whole video. I wait every winter for such roads. Boy do I wait for it this one, but on this side of the ocean still nothing. I have vw jetta platform car 4x4 and I can just drive and slide whole night and beleve me there are more like me on the streets. I look the empty streets and jut cant imagine to miss such fun time out. Also tires are all. Put some fresh Goodyear winter tires and just go.
What you're doing would technically be illegal in the UK.
On the very rare cases when we have snow storms over here. (It's currently snowy in Scotland & northern England) you can be fined if you drive a car/van/ pickup which has been covered in snow overnight.
You have to remove any overnight build up of snow before driving a vehicle and make sure all windows are clear for you to see out of.
My old 36 horse Volkswagen bus with studded sawdust tires all around was perfect on ice and snow in Montana! Oh yeah, with a Jensen gasoline heater you could be quite comfortable!
Thank you for thinking of others. From NE Ohio.
Back in 1983, 235 was 8 inches deep (at least) as I left ICT heading to Hutchinson on K96 (which was not plowed) with a 40 ft trailer pulled by a GMC 9500 8V 92 13 speed loaded with Pepsi....it took 2 hours....
Wow, that's a lot of snow especially for Wichita. I live in the small area of Canada where we don't get snow. We get a lot of rain but snow is very uncommon!
West coast?
Thrilled about being annexed by your idiot southern neighbors?
😂😂😂😂😂
@ yeah, Vancouver Island
@ figured that. Kansas gets alot more snow than people think. I guess we always assume being so far south it doesn’t snow that much but it definitely does and it gets pretty cold
Barely any snow, but ice is always tricky on roads. I've driven in a lot of this weather and my AWD sedan with decent tires out performs most trucks and suvs I see. Just gotta know how to drive and practice in these conditions like you said!
Car control... 100% agree. I told my wife the reason why I'm good at driving in the snow is because I would drive my parents rear wheel drive minivan in the snow when I was 16, driving stupidly. I learned so much.
I kinda know Wichita a little, what streets were you on? Some of it looked like maybe Kellogg. I agree with what you said about learning to drive on snow and ice. Having grown up in it, I may have spent some quality instructional time in parking lots learning how to steer with my right foot. I did that with my kids when they started driving. Note to ex - yeah, I did that.
Normal winter conditions in my country but we have better equipment to clear roads and winter tyres are mandatory and with studs if you like.
Lived in Maine most of my life ran a duramax, never had trouble warming up. Pulled out fords all day long.
Yall be Safe... i havent seen Snow in over 24yrs... If I dont ever have Snow under my Feet ever again in my life. Im ok with that.🤔
I totally understand... good way to live 😛
my 72 IH Travelall is good in those conditions also. I used to like in Oklahoma. But grew up in Md.
I used to drive a 2nd and 3rd gen firebird with bald tires in Canada no problem lol
I learned to drive on ice in a 66 Mustang. While not a big car it was hard without things like traction control anti lock power steering and power brakes.
We got around 8.3" in Indianapolis and where I live west of Indy about 10 miles and it looks about like it does in this video, if not a little worse in some places. My Subaru Forester Wilderness just drives like it's on normal roads
I was out north of KC helping people get moving with my 24 Frontier. It was a mess for a while.
If we ever get a foot or more of snow here in Wichita.
This town will be completely shut down.
This was around 4 inches, and people act as if they are stranded at home.
Damn Doo Dah.
My high school buddy learned driving in snow in a parking lot with his 1958 Beetle. WATCH out for concrete bumpers!