HI guys Im going to take a trip up to snow country for new years eve weekend and Im was wondering how well the swampers work in the snow. I have TSL 34x10.50/15's on the truck with a camper shell and a bunch of my girls suitcases lol . What can i expect should I bring chains etc etc ..Thanks

 

yes bring chains

 

Tires with big lugs rock in deep snow, mud, etc., but they're down right scary in hard pack snow and ice.

Chains will fix the hard pack snow and ice issues. Also, practice putting chains on so when the time comes, it can be done in 5 minutes or less.

 

ok so i better invest in some big ass chains lol .. Im going to try to find some mild trails to poke around on while im up there . Its been years since I wheeled in snow and back then I had a Big ole chevy with mucho power and huge tires so it was a different ball game then my little yota .any other tips you guys might have is greatly appreciated Im all ears . this is all depending on me getting the motor back in and running good by then too. Yes I know I very ambitious hahahaha

 

X2 on that!!
I bought Swamper TSL's for the first time and took my rig out on a north facing trail up the mountain here. I almost went over a ledge into a deep canyon. I didn't realize how squirrely Swampers can be on hardpack snow and ice. Since then I carry V Bar chains and keep my winch ready.

 

I have had better luck than I would have expected with my KM2's. I can Imagine swampers are worse tho.

EFI85 could you post a pic of those tires? I have never seen that size except for on the interco website, I think I want a set but I want to get an idea of the profile on wheels. What is the width of your wheels? Thanks, and I definitely second the chains, and getting good at putting them on fast. It sucks to be struggling at it in a blizzard. I use a set that are for 35's on my 33's, they cinch up tight enough and I can still use them when I go bigger some day.

 

I would but im at work and I can barely even read yota tech on this junk network if you go to my profile you can see pics of the truck .the rims are 7 inch I think . Ill try to post a recent pic but no promises lol

 

https://www.yotatech.com/members/efi...cool+pics.html

this is a link to my album i you wanna peep out my tires

 

I have 33/12.50/15 tires and just went up the ski hill a few weeks ago...I slid a bit and got stuck in about 6 inches of snow until I locked the front rims and put it in 4wd. It was a little scary taking corners, and I had to use the gears to brake all the way down because if I hit the brakes the back would try and become the front. The problem is the tires just had absolutely no grip! I asked Les Schwab how much new chains would be and they said about $160, so I'm looking on Craigslist instead...I'd love to get a set of traction tires for the winter, but they would cost too much.

 

I found siping the center tread blocks helped my TSL-SX tires work better in the snow and ice:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...reSiping.shtml


For chains, check out the SCC Z-chain cables. I have 2 sets for my 33x10.50BFGs and they work awesome, and they go on like a snap, even with the tires buried to the axles in deep snow:


Had to chain up only this one time, on a trail run where the temps started to fall and the trail we came down was icing up. I had no problems (w/ BFG ATs) , but there were two pickups w/ MTRs that could not make it up the hill. So I chained up and had both of them in tow up the icy slope.

 

GREAT IDEA WITH THE SIPING !!! any tips on how to do this ??

 

Read the page I linked to in the above reply.

 

The profile of those tires look almost exactly like my 33's, i guess its only .5" on either radius. Thanks for the link

 

Bro i wanted to tell you thagt my buddys 32" swampers are exactly the same height as my 34's so i dont know what interco does to come up with the measurments but side by side his 32's and my 34's are the same height . food for thought lol

 

Haha ok man, whatever they want to call it I guess... So are your 34's actually 32, or are your buddy's 32's actually 34? Lol I have heard Interco is crazy with sizing.

 

Loooowwwwww tire PSI is the first key.

I used 33" TSL radials, and they SUCK in the snow.

I now run 37" Toyo's (smiliar to the MTR's) and they are AWESOME. But the key is airing them WAY down (2-3 PSI) and proper throttle control. I was able to go up a hill that everyone else I was wheeling with got stuck on, taking it nice and slow. Then some Jeep morons came bombing up the hill, ruining the trails we had just been on.