We got 9" of snow and 18" of wind.

Lol I don't even carry a spare tire. I just don't drive places my Honda Civic or 2 wheel drive truck might get stuck.

In my 2500 Chevy, I have 4 tire chains, a 5 ton Lug All, a 25 foot chain, and a 50 foot cable with hooks. Truck has studded winter treads also. The Subaru Forester also has studded winter tires, and I have a 2 ton come a long, a 20 ft chain, and a 30 foot cable.

Battery jumper boxes in each also.

I'm about 30 miles from you..I'm guessing you're not venturing out much lately!

Chains and common sense. Even thinking about putting chains on, bring me to my common senses. I usually know if I'm going to get stuck so now, I'd rather not try knowing I will get stuck. Common sense has kept me out of a lot of work, but it was the school of hard knocks that taught me the most. The chains are going to rust to dust if I just use my common sense.

What's this thing you call common sense? Just go for it.

You haven't been stuck until you have been stuck on a lake or in the slush. In the slush, minutes matter sometimes. On the wet, slick, polished ice................

At all times. Backcountry style snow shovel, small spade, 36” disston cross cut, little boys axe, 30’ tow strap, two small D ringed straps 3’, shackles, shackled tow stinger. All fits under or behind my tundra seat minus the shovels

thinking about carrying my new 3 ton 35’ Wyeth come along. Its been super handy at work. Will pull anything.

Chains in the truck half the year.

I pull lots of people out of sticky situations. Christmas tree season on the line is hilarious.

That ought to cover it!
I wouldn't drive out on any thickness of ice. Call me phobic!

Sand bags for weight and if needed open one up and spread on shoveled tire path. If in rut put whole unopened bag in rut

Nothing likes slush not even track machines. Getting stuck in slush is the worst IMO.

As soon as you spin a tire on the lake you are hosed. The more you spin, the more deep and polished the ruts gets that the tire is sitting in. Any moisture runs into that hole. It is SUPER frustrating. If you are lucky, you can jack it up all the way to the top with a hi lift jack, shove it sideways off the jack to get out of the ruts and away you go. Other times I have drilled a 10 inch hole in the ice and used a dead man and a come along to pull the truck 8 feet at a time and of course it is always windy on 20 below zero. This may be why I don't ice fish anymore.

I fixed all of my snow problems by renting a moving van and did what people with sense do and moved south...
Our fur primes up just like Yankee fur does.

I have a 10k warn in a cradle mount that can go into any receiver hitch. It's cable, synthetic would have been a lot lighter to move around but I figured cable had more durability plus it's what was in stock whan I had to pull out the tractor.

I figured a mount that can be moved from vehicle to vehicle was more likely to be able to be used when it's needed. For example it won't be on a nice aftermarket bumper on a vehicle that's broke down when a winch is needed. Instead it and a battery can be picked up and used on any vehicle with a receiver mount. Not as convenient as a permanent mounted winch but has more options.

I have several hundred feet of 1" diameter rope and 60' of heavy logging chain, that I have used a lot.

Keith

We ice fish on snowmobiles, 4 wheelers and by foot. No need to get truck stuck and you can still ice fish

Every vehicle I own has a winch on it, except my new snowmachine, where I switched to packing a rope-along rather than an electric winch. They all have a shovel in them also, and the pickups all have four tire chains, jumper cables and a cigarette lighter air compressor. The four wheelers have an air compressor also and I own tire chains that fit them but they aren't usually in them. A shovel is used most often, that and airing the tires down. It is amazing how much better your rig will go in the snow if you let a bunch of air out of the tires.

Lewis winch

I see "overland" vehicles here running up and down the interstate with high lift jacks and traction boards bolted onto their bed racks. Funny thing is none have any mud or scratches on them.