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Snow wheeling
Got stuck. 88 4runner, good tires.
Moved off the crown of a snow-packed PA state forest road to stop and cut firewood. Figured the weight of the wood over the rear would help me breeze out. Unfortunately, I could not overcome the ridge of icy, packed snow on the edge of the road crown, especially at the angle I was sitting on the shoulder. Even with some weight, the open diffs had me sliding back and forth, inching my way to a deeper swale and a night in the truck with only a bag of granola. I remembered reading scant references to rockcrawlers applying their e-brakes as a poor-man's diff lock. I pulled out the e-brake half a dozen clicks, put it in 4low, and powered on out. I searched many threads for this already but found only scant references. Just sharing my experience. The rear will get a locker this year.
Moved off the crown of a snow-packed PA state forest road to stop and cut firewood. Figured the weight of the wood over the rear would help me breeze out. Unfortunately, I could not overcome the ridge of icy, packed snow on the edge of the road crown, especially at the angle I was sitting on the shoulder. Even with some weight, the open diffs had me sliding back and forth, inching my way to a deeper swale and a night in the truck with only a bag of granola. I remembered reading scant references to rockcrawlers applying their e-brakes as a poor-man's diff lock. I pulled out the e-brake half a dozen clicks, put it in 4low, and powered on out. I searched many threads for this already but found only scant references. Just sharing my experience. The rear will get a locker this year.
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