Keeps vehicles moving

Posted on Friday 1 January 2010

AutoSock from The Roof Box Company are reusable vehicle snow socks, sold in pairs, which use friction technology and high tech materials to keep vehicles moving in snow.

Available for almost all vehicle tyre sizes, they are pulled over the driving wheels when the road conditions look particularly tricky, or after a vehicle has got stuck. 

A Gleaner Oil tanker driver who was delivering oil to an elderly customer in harsh winter conditions said: ‘It’s down to the driver’s discretion as and when to use them but they certainly gave me confidence and thereby reduced the stress levels related to our industry when we are operating in these extreme winter conditions.”

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