Well, yesterday I left work at 11:00 due to snow conditions where I work. My wife and children were at the local school (wife works there). They didn't let out until 1:00 and before she could get home she was stuck due to ice on a large grade. Of course, I had a choice of a 4x4 dually diesel or the pioneer...what do you think I chose to come to the rescue!!
When I got to her (about 6 miles away) there was about 2-3" of snow on the road and ground with a layer of ice underneath (it was raining before it snowed). We got her car into a parking lot and I carried her and the two kids home (third kid was at home in bed with my mother watching her).
Here is where it gets interesting...on my way taking her home another guy needed a ride and we took him as well (he was stranded). While dropping him off the local police asked me to help, so I spent the next 4 hours empting a school bus load of kids. The school bus had slid into a ditch and was stuck. I carried more than 25-30 people to their parents in the pioneer...without fail every one of them said close the the same thing "This thing is awesome!"...I also pulled two vehicles up a icy hill!!
I hate that I didn't hook up the Go-Pro but I was in a rush to get to my family and everything snowballed from there so no video :-(
I will point out that during this 4+ hour rescue effort not once did the transmission slip or shutter, not once did the engine not have enough power, and not once did it disappoint! I did run across a RZR that was slipping his belt where the snow was making it wet and he was trying to pull a car (the same one I pulled without issue). One older couple I carried home asked me if I was with the police departement, I said no but they should invest in one of these. LOL!!
The only real problem I ran into was the windshield kept getting covered in snow and then would melt just enough to then freeze as ice and visability became more difficult as the day went on.
When I got to her (about 6 miles away) there was about 2-3" of snow on the road and ground with a layer of ice underneath (it was raining before it snowed). We got her car into a parking lot and I carried her and the two kids home (third kid was at home in bed with my mother watching her).
Here is where it gets interesting...on my way taking her home another guy needed a ride and we took him as well (he was stranded). While dropping him off the local police asked me to help, so I spent the next 4 hours empting a school bus load of kids. The school bus had slid into a ditch and was stuck. I carried more than 25-30 people to their parents in the pioneer...without fail every one of them said close the the same thing "This thing is awesome!"...I also pulled two vehicles up a icy hill!!
I hate that I didn't hook up the Go-Pro but I was in a rush to get to my family and everything snowballed from there so no video :-(
I will point out that during this 4+ hour rescue effort not once did the transmission slip or shutter, not once did the engine not have enough power, and not once did it disappoint! I did run across a RZR that was slipping his belt where the snow was making it wet and he was trying to pull a car (the same one I pulled without issue). One older couple I carried home asked me if I was with the police departement, I said no but they should invest in one of these. LOL!!
The only real problem I ran into was the windshield kept getting covered in snow and then would melt just enough to then freeze as ice and visability became more difficult as the day went on.
