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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 3494546" data-attributes="member: 52145">I used to practice this on very wide spots of snow and ice off road. You speed up like you said and pull the hand valve just a touch and as soon as it starts straightening up let up on both.the hand valve thing is very tricky as each tractor is different when using the pull down handle. too much and it could make things worse. it&#039;s just practice with the same tractor if possible . I&#039;d rather practice some of these moves rather than learn them the hard way in real life road conditions. Plus as you probably already know each set reacts differently: heavy load , empty , lighter loads . brake adjustments. On snow nights I always brought my sets to the shop to have brake adjustments. Usually the mechanic found several out of adjustment and/or different. That can make the difference between a jack knife accident or a safe stop.I was practicing once at a huge empty high school parking lot and the janitor called the police. They came and asked what I was doing and after I told them they hung around and watched for a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 3494546, member: 52145"] I used to practice this on very wide spots of snow and ice off road. You speed up like you said and pull the hand valve just a touch and as soon as it starts straightening up let up on both. the hand valve thing is very tricky as each tractor is different when using the pull down handle. too much and it could make things worse. it's just practice with the same tractor if possible . I'd rather practice some of these moves rather than learn them the hard way in real life road conditions. Plus as you probably already know each set reacts differently: heavy load , empty , lighter loads . brake adjustments. On snow nights I always brought my sets to the shop to have brake adjustments. Usually the mechanic found several out of adjustment and/or different. That can make the difference between a jack knife accident or a safe stop. I was practicing once at a huge empty high school parking lot and the janitor called the police. They came and asked what I was doing and after I told them they hung around and watched for a bit. [/QUOTE]

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