while the opposite end of the spring 23 would be attached to secondary member 14 to prevent separation of primary and secondary members 13 14 secondary member includes a pin 25 which travels within a guide slot 26 formed into primary member 13 at least one advantage of this configuration is that once the traction device 1 is installed the spring would additionally serve to hold the traction device 1 in placed prior to powering the wheel 8 when installed the support member 2 should be substantially parallel with a radius of the wheel 8 yet another means of adjusting the length of the support member 2 would be achieved by having the primary member 13 and the secondary member 14 coaxially and threadably connected to one another in that configuration the primary member 13 may be turned relative to the secondary member 14 until the desired length is achieved prior to installation of the traction device 1 on the wheel 8 the traction member 6 is the key element of the present invention as it makes the contact with the mud snow or terrain in which the vehicle may be immobilized as indicated above the traction member 6 is rotatably mounted onto the shaft 16 and retained by conventional bolts or nuts at opposite ends of the shaft 16 optionally a retaining clip 45 may also be installed onto shaft 16 which extends toward the tire 32 to assist in preventing any substantial lateral movement of the device 1 during operation the retaining clip 45 may simply comprise a metal plate having a slot such that it can freely.