handling in the snow
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handling in the snow
I'm surprised at how well this truck did in the snow this morning. I have crappy tires (i'm due to get more in a week or two).
I did slide out of control when I was going really slow and making a sharp right turn, but other than that I'm, pretty pleased. I drive like a granny, 35mph in a 55mph zone when it's icey and snowy. What limits have you been able to push your trucks to? What can they tolerate in the snow and ice?
I did slide out of control when I was going really slow and making a sharp right turn, but other than that I'm, pretty pleased. I drive like a granny, 35mph in a 55mph zone when it's icey and snowy. What limits have you been able to push your trucks to? What can they tolerate in the snow and ice?
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This is how well i handled in the snow last year.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer...&hl=en&fs=true
Needless to say after I was done that day. That parking lot was clean.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer...&hl=en&fs=true
Needless to say after I was done that day. That parking lot was clean.
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60mph on I-90 in lake effect snows. I stopped cold when I hit a 2 foot drift, though. I had stock duelers from a '95 that I swapped onto my old 86.
Keep in mind, I was 19 at the time and would never be that stupid again. It was fun, though.
Keep in mind, I was 19 at the time and would never be that stupid again. It was fun, though.
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I used to plow my own street in Big Bear with the skid plate, no plow and stock height 93 runner 4wd, no chains. That was after a 3-4 foot storm. I was impressed. No plows came back there.
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Wow. These things are snow monsters. My last 4x4 (which I still regret selling) was a small suzuki sidekick, the 4 door model. It was great in the snow, though I couldn't ever take it snow drifting. It just didn't cooperate.
This thing is pretty stable, i feel safe in it.
Jason 191918, were you able to get out of that deep snow? Or did you have to shovel your way out?
The last winter I was here (was out of the country last year, so this was the year before) I remember I was shoveling out my sidekick and I was almost out. I made a nice path and was going to back out. I went inside to change my socks and the plow guy came through again and burried me in...AGAIN!!! It was in a deep situation like in that second picture.
This thing is pretty stable, i feel safe in it.
Jason 191918, were you able to get out of that deep snow? Or did you have to shovel your way out?
The last winter I was here (was out of the country last year, so this was the year before) I remember I was shoveling out my sidekick and I was almost out. I made a nice path and was going to back out. I went inside to change my socks and the plow guy came through again and burried me in...AGAIN!!! It was in a deep situation like in that second picture.
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Wow. These things are snow monsters. My last 4x4 (which I still regret selling) was a small suzuki sidekick, the 4 door model. It was great in the snow, though I couldn't ever take it snow drifting. It just didn't cooperate.
This thing is pretty stable, i feel safe in it.
Jason 191918, were you able to get out of that deep snow? Or did you have to shovel your way out?
The last winter I was here (was out of the country last year, so this was the year before) I remember I was shoveling out my sidekick and I was almost out. I made a nice path and was going to back out. I went inside to change my socks and the plow guy came through again and burried me in...AGAIN!!! It was in a deep situation like in that second picture.
This thing is pretty stable, i feel safe in it.
Jason 191918, were you able to get out of that deep snow? Or did you have to shovel your way out?
The last winter I was here (was out of the country last year, so this was the year before) I remember I was shoveling out my sidekick and I was almost out. I made a nice path and was going to back out. I went inside to change my socks and the plow guy came through again and burried me in...AGAIN!!! It was in a deep situation like in that second picture.
The second pic is a buddy of mine who needed a lil tug to get out.
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You'd struggle to lift a show shovel of this stuff. It was very wet and turned to ice if you spun the tires. It only took the depth of the hiegh to the diff to stop me. All terrains, no locker at the time.
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I used to always run 70-80 on the ice/snow on my way to school...that wasn't too smart though. Never had any bad incidents besides almost hitting a moose......or 6......
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Got another winter driving question. I was reading this link http://www.fixya.com/cars/t596049-4wd_low_4wd_high
The guy with the long paragraphs seems to know what he's talking about, but he says, " It engages the front wheels, and keeps the same
overall gearing as with 2wd."
Does this mean the front wheels are now tuning at the same rate as the rear wheels? I was told it was bad to drive in 4high on dry pavement. Is this true? What about slick/wet pacement from slushy/melted ice?
The guy with the long paragraphs seems to know what he's talking about, but he says, " It engages the front wheels, and keeps the same
overall gearing as with 2wd."
Does this mean the front wheels are now tuning at the same rate as the rear wheels? I was told it was bad to drive in 4high on dry pavement. Is this true? What about slick/wet pacement from slushy/melted ice?
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You know whats cool about our trucks is they are VERY capable in the snow - much more so with a good set of tires, but at least with the older trucks something that I find cool is that they dont have any crazy stability control, traction control, computer sensing distribution control blah blah blah. Just plain and simple lever actuated 4wd.
They are capable, but they also demand a skilled driver or you will end up in a ditch just as easy as the guy with a RWD crown vic.
But Toyotas can plow through some very serious conditions.
They are capable, but they also demand a skilled driver or you will end up in a ditch just as easy as the guy with a RWD crown vic.
But Toyotas can plow through some very serious conditions.
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Got another winter driving question. I was reading this link http://www.fixya.com/cars/t596049-4wd_low_4wd_high
The guy with the long paragraphs seems to know what he's talking about, but he says, " It engages the front wheels, and keeps the same
overall gearing as with 2wd."
Does this mean the front wheels are now tuning at the same rate as the rear wheels? I was told it was bad to drive in 4high on dry pavement. Is this true? What about slick/wet pacement from slushy/melted ice?
The guy with the long paragraphs seems to know what he's talking about, but he says, " It engages the front wheels, and keeps the same
overall gearing as with 2wd."
Does this mean the front wheels are now tuning at the same rate as the rear wheels? I was told it was bad to drive in 4high on dry pavement. Is this true? What about slick/wet pacement from slushy/melted ice?
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this has been discussed many many times on here, but yes driving with traditional 4wd (locked center diff) allows a 50/50 distribution front and rear. This is bad on dry pavement as during turns tension from the push pull of that locked center diff ends up being placed on your drivetrain components. Not good for them at all and will stress them and prematurely end their service life.
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So turns are bad, but what about highway travel? I ask because as I drive down the high way to work, there's patches of dry area and patches of wet. I'd say about 50/50 mix. It's tedious and danerous to take it out of 4high to go over the dry stuff and put it back into 4high when the wet patches come again.
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Some of you guys are pretty daring. I don't think I'd ever go into deep snow. I'd be too affraid of getting stuck and being late to work. I might go have some fun tomorrow on my day off. Test out the toyota in deep deep snow.