I live up a long steep hill and drive (car) in to work. I am sometimes snowed in. But when I get down to the A5 at the bottom of the hill, the road is clear. Does anyone have experience of easy-fit clip on chains/straps? there seem to be several types available.
Snow socks are what you want for a car, easy to fit and very effective, ebay, argos even asda sold them last year
Sounds like ‘snow socks’ could be your answer and cheap enough, you probably only really need to slip them on for 2 mins whilst you negotiate the hill…will fall apart in minutes if you drive them on cleared roads.
I’m in a similar situation where i live, very steep driveway (which i can’t be arsed to clear at 3.30am) and hill out from our little enclave (which doesn’t get gritted, presumably £1700 a year council tax isn’t enough 
), i’m just about the only 2WD car that can get out when it snows heavily, but i’ve run a full set of proper winter tyres on a separate set of alloy rims bought used for the many years now.
Well worth the money to tyre up correctly but only really cost effective if you keep your cars long enough to get say 5 years from the set…though they sell well enough used for good money on ebay, in which case they work out free as you’re not wearing out your summer set whilst the winters are on, not for everyone but it suits me fine.
These look just what the doctor ordered Sir!
chaversdad:
Snow socks are what you want for a car, easy to fit and very effective, ebay, argos even asda sold them last year
+1
I carry a set of chains in the boot, easy enough to fit as there’s plenty of how to videos on YouTube. But always recheck the tension after driving 200-300yrds. Just make sure you size the chains up to the tyre size. Mine cost me £22
Just fit winter tyres on the drive wheels, that should be sufficient, and you can use them all year around.
Hiya …get yourself a Toyota Rav…we have a steep drive going onto a steep road. our rav make most other
4x4’s and cars look stupid. last year we had snow quite bad. i was towing every one out. you’d have thought
i was on a dry summers day.
John
Dave the Renegade:
Just fit winter tyres on the drive wheels, that should be sufficient, and you can use them all year around.
It’s not a good idea to use winter tyres alll year round
Get two strips of old carpet about 2ft by 6ft.
Tie them together so that when you stick them
under the drive wheels they come out the back
and follow you up the hill.
Whereupon reaching the top of said hill you can
retrieve them and stick them in the boot for
next time.
Or you could spend loads of money on something you
will only use a few times a year.
Hope this helps. 
peirre:
Dave the Renegade:
Just fit winter tyres on the drive wheels, that should be sufficient, and you can use them all year around.It’s not a good idea to use winter tyres alll year round
I do,and it hasn’t done any harm to the fuel consumption,plus they aren’t much dearer than normal tyres. A lot of people in rural area’s leave them on cars and vans all the year.
I thought you could only have a rav4 if you were a hairdresser!
Dave the Renegade:
I do,and it hasn’t done any harm to the fuel consumption,plus they aren’t much dearer than normal tyres. A lot of people in rural area’s leave them on cars and vans all the year.
Its nothing to do with fuel consumption, or price. Theyre not designed to be used when temperatures are above 7C
The compound mix is designed to be softer so that it grips the snow/ice.
Theres some debate about stance of what UK insurance companies could do if you have an accident while you have winter tyres fitted. Mine arent fitted yet, but I may put mine on this wekend
3300John:
Hiya …get yourself a Toyota Rav…we have a steep drive going onto a steep road.
thats a bit extravagant, the OP only wants to get to the end of his road not buy a second car 
peirre:
Dave the Renegade:
I do,and it hasn’t done any harm to the fuel consumption,plus they aren’t much dearer than normal tyres. A lot of people in rural area’s leave them on cars and vans all the year.Its nothing to do with fuel consumption, or price. They
re not designed to be used when temperatures are above 7C
The compound mix is designed to be softer so that it grips the snow/ice.
Theres some debate about stance of what UK insurance companies could do if you have an accident while you have winter tyres fitted. Mine arent fitted yet, but I may put mine on this wekend
True dat.
oatcake1967:
Get two strips of old carpet about 2ft by 6ft.Tie them together so that when you stick them
under the drive wheels they come out the back
and follow you up the hill.
Whereupon reaching the top of said hill you can
retrieve them and stick them in the boot for
next time.Or you could spend loads of money on something you
will only use a few times a year.Hope this helps.
Our very own Mr. or Mrs. Thrifty! Brings a warm glow it does.
The hill is steep. There is precipice on the left, going down. Canadian Health Authority reports sharp increase in heart attacks with first snowfall, when middle aged men dig out their drives and suffer from the “divers reflex”
over the years I’ve tried
Chains, but it’s a bugger squatting in the snow with freezing fingers
So, kept a spare pair of wheels ready chained up in the boot
Going up hill isn’t really the problem, just power on and go for it. Chain came loose and filleted the inner wing.
Going down hill is bad. Still asleep. 2nd gear too fast, 1st gear wheels lock. Snow tyres good for uphill. I asked Michelin if I should put the tyres on the wrong way round (rotational direction critical) to enhance downhill grip. No reply. Chains on the front of a Peugeot 106 just allowed the rear end to swing out. Recall physics teacher saying traction can only be improved by;
improving coefficient of friction or increasing the weight. Discovery started sledging. I listen to weather forecast and leave a car down in the town and walk up. Maybe bed is the only safe option
Silver_Surfer:
oatcake1967:
Get two strips of old carpet about 2ft by 6ft.Tie them together so that when you stick them
under the drive wheels they come out the back
and follow you up the hill.
Whereupon reaching the top of said hill you can
retrieve them and stick them in the boot for
next time.Or you could spend loads of money on something you
will only use a few times a year.Hope this helps.
Our very own Mr. or Mrs. Thrifty! Brings a warm glow it does.
I was going to appear on dragons den but moths ate my first prototype.
It does work though,I adapted the idea after watch 4x4s in the desert using
metal ramps to get them out of deep sand.
And yes MR Oatcake does like to save a pound or two.
I bet you get some odd looks as you go carpet bagging down the road oaty!
peirre:
Dave the Renegade:
I do,and it hasn’t done any harm to the fuel consumption,plus they aren’t much dearer than normal tyres. A lot of people in rural area’s leave them on cars and vans all the year.Its nothing to do with fuel consumption, or price. They
re not designed to be used when temperatures are above 7C
The compound mix is designed to be softer so that it grips the snow/ice.
Theres some debate about stance of what UK insurance companies could do if you have an accident while you have winter tyres fitted. Mine arent fitted yet, but I may put mine on this wekend
British Gas use them all year in certain areas, they certainly do around where I live and travel.