you learn something new every day

True, bel - now ifn I could only remember it!

fwiw, my original interlocutor tells me that in their neck of the woods "peelin' out" is associated with the sound of the action, whereas "gettin' scratch" is associated typically with the sight of the action - suggestive that it is the tyre tracks, or 'scratches' created by the ribs, that gave this usage.

But what a lovely thread this spun off to become - from West Coast wheelies to Icelandic devilry!