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Old 12-29-2010, 01:51 PM   #63 (permalink)
bestclimb
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I have used a floored truck to claw my way out, but the ice was very thin and it chewed through the ice to the dirt underneath, so not typical. Chains for the win on ice. may have to go slow but chains on a low fwd car, will beat no chains on anything else short of a tracked vehicle.
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