My 01 taco is lousy in the snow. Suspect it's the tires. They have plenty of tread, they are BF Goodrich 275/75 16 truck is an 01 4x4 with v6, 5 sod with a supercharger. It's not the TRD so it has an open dif
I tried putting a couple hundred pounds in the bed but i didn't notice much improvement. I live in CT so we get a bit of snow. I was thinking of buying a lunchbox locker but don't want to suffer with drivability? Any one else notice this?

 

Which bf Goodrich tires are you on? I've never liked bfg's in the snow, regardless of model. I've always found that the tread gets too hard in colder weather. But I do understand your predicament with the supercharger and open diffs. I just pulled my limited slip out to regear it. It's amazing how much that thing helps, but I will say, it takes some getting used to in snowy weather. I have heard bad things about lockers in the snow. Not very forgiving. There are plenty of threads on the subject. Try searching it.

 

Just moved from Fairbanks. Best snow/ice all season tire I've seen is the Goodyear Duratrac. I have a set of 295/65R18's on my SuperDuty that have over 55k on them and I expect another 10-15k at least before I'll need to replace them.

 

So many different things effect traction Temperature being a major one the warmer it is the worse traction any tires have.

Then your driving style has a lot to do with traction . It is something learned over time .

Granted trucks are light in the back end it is there nature .

Most often a couple hundred pounds does not make a big difference now 500 or so over the rear axle is of help.

Then being high centered means your stuck no matter what tires your running.

I run 235/75/15 tires a mud and snow in the rear and a all season in the front . I run the same tires on my 2000 Tacoma and my 1992 4Runner

The only time I was stuck and had to shovel was trying to get through the wall (about 4' tall) off the road the township had plowed into my driveway.