I just got my truck back together 3 days ago after a blown HG, and got to test out my 4WD in the snow today! We got about 3"in of snow here in Portland. I have to say I am pretty impressed how my truck handled the snow. Its completely stock, so no diffs or anything. I think the mud tires I have on it helped, but I am surprised how little wheel spin I got. I had very little loss of traction and didn't slide at all! Of course I stayed under 35mph.

I have had this truck a couple of months now, and I am definitely very happy with it!

 

Your running with no diffs ?

 

I agree with you. I live just west of you in hillsboro, with mud terrain tires my wheels still spin but im in full control of the truck in 4hi. My 4runner is also completely stock.

 

Plenty of snow out here in Mosier. About a foot where I live at about 1200', freezing cold as well.
I get to go offroading in the snow twice a day; once when I drive to work in White Salmon, again when I come home. About two miles of fresh powder each way. Plus, you have to keep an eye out for blacktail deer.

 

lol, open diffs or whatever factory is, thats what im runnin.

 

good deal. I just ran down to a Local Les Schwab to get a set of chains for my neighbor...long line, 30+ people... only took 20 minutes to get the chains but it is a 6-7 hour wait for tires

 

Haha, yea I mean "Open Diffs"...oops!

 

been snow'n for 24 hours straight ... expecting at least 18 inches in Big Bear ... so far I haven't used chains but I keep them in the truck ... on a wide open empty turn I'll lock up the wheels and do a hook slide for practice ... and then regain control ... I don't understand why people drive 2wd cars and fumble around with chains in the snow ... all vehicles should be 4wd ... heck ... they all should be 4runners!!!

 

AMEN Brother...When you can be coming down an icy bridge sideways at 35 mph, pointing towards a cement divider, and still have time to think...shoulder check...and reach down to lock the 4 wheel in to pull back....you know you've almost had enough practice.....

 

No, all cars used in winter should be FWD with 155/x-Rx designated snow tires and airbags. No need for AWD.

Trucks shouldn't even be allowed mud tires in winter and tires should be capped at 10.5" wide from Dec- Mar.

 

If ya know what you're doing and have a lil weight over the drive wheels 2wd ain't as bad as some make it out to be. I made it from Cave Junction to Portland in a 2wd Explorer Sportrac(easiest rig to borrow to go get my 3.4) and didn't have a problem. Took at least 3 hours extra, but that's cause of traffic for the most part.

 

running through the procedure in my head ... yeah that would be sweet ... since the wheels are locked shifting to low is possible ... even reverse ... the only down side is that i don't think i'd have the time to hang out the windows and lock the hubs

I searched x-Rx tire on google and couldn't find anything product related ... but yeah, mud tires and ice don't work well together ... tires are often rater M + S (mud & snow), but not M + I ... snow and ice are completely different surfaces yet they occur on the roads together at this time of year ... drive slow ... use chains

 

you call 3in of snow...snow? We get that in an hour.

 

I'm working in northern Canada at a uranium mill I wish I had one of my toyots here, a couple of feet of snow already... There are so many trails going into the bush that environment workers use to monitor remote lakes and check other stuff. The POS '07 ram we have breaks every other week.

The only company with toyota's here is a surveying company that has to hit the bush every once in a while... When thier trucks go to auction I'm buying one, arb's, winch and a bunch of other stuff. They're kept mint here because Cameco pays for thier upkeep and the biggest mine shop in the world with great mechanics is on site.

 

No sht sherlock...
thats What im runnin too

Just pickin on ya

 

I meant 155/65R13 or whateever.

 

describe the rigs they use, let me know when they go up, id be in on that!

lee