Motorhome beats snow in North Yorkshire (1 Viewer)

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Was this a funster who successfully got over Tan Hill??
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If he isn't a funster, he should be!!
 

Carol

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Think the twin wheels on the back of the Merc makes the difference, think our single wheel Hymer could struggle.
 

MikeD

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Who ever he is he is braver than me - thats for sure :xThumb:

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Nah ............ SnowPhoon ;) Once up the Puy de Dome the view was awesome :LOL:

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Techno

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I spent the second night parked on the lea side of a shopping trolley shelter at a Carrefour and it was 6ft deep on the other side of it next morning. Smart move :xlaugh:
 

Forestboy

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For those of us who go to the Alps skiing thats a regular occurence. My tag axle front wheel drive Hymer never ceases to amaze me where it'll go. Do have winter tyres and do carry chains but very rarely need to put them on. Twice I think in 10 years and we've been in some tricky situations. :xThumb:

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Respect all round to you snow mohos. I don't think I would risk it - in a car yes, not in the van! I once bottomed a Triumph Spitfire on snow driving in someone's tyre tracks in North Yorks. the wheels were off the ground. The Mother's Pride van men pushed me all the way (1/4 mile) to the A1!
 

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Respect all round to you snow mohos. I don't think I would risk it - in a car yes, not in the van! I once bottomed a Triumph Spitfire on snow driving in someone's tyre tracks in North Yorks. the wheels were off the ground. The Mother's Pride van men pushed me all the way (1/4 mile) to the A1!

I got stuck in a car a couple of winters ago as I was following the snow plough coming back from a hospital appointment. Didn't realise the snow plough had given up ploughing due to depth of snow....... I did manage to push the car off so the wheels were back on the ground and then had to reverse for over a mile.

These days I am a wimp and tend not to go out at all in bad weather - mind my definition of bad weather might differ from yours. Bad weather is when you can't see the car because of the snow.

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Puddleduck

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Here the local farmer brings his gran loader and moves the snow from the village road. We have to wait for official vehicles to clear the road to village from the outside world.

However people do get inventive:

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Snow plough attachment on a rotavator!

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PeteH

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Jan 2003, Followed the snow plough over from San Sebastian to Irtzun (A15) In R-V towing a car on a trailer. No Sun `til Taragona!. I was lead man in a "convoy".

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pappajohn

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Hope it snows a lot this year.

Sick of carrying the unused snowchains i bought 3 or 4 years ago......we aint had any snow since.

Only been on once as a trial run.

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wingman

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And my MH is winterised and all covered up. Makes me feel a wimp compared to those photos!
 

Mr B

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Camping wolfengut, Zell am see, Austria feb 2009.
Hired our first Moho for the trip. 2.0 hdi pug. British tyres, -24 temp. Every thing froze, even our clothes in the cupboards. Oh and the habitation door froze with ice and we had to send the thinnest outside via a window with the hairdryer to get us out. Only got stuck once. When it was time to leave the tyres had frozen to the ground.
Loved every frozen minute of it....
Bought a winterised A class and can't wait to do it again :)
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