Just wanted to share, with you all, the snow-wheeling fun I had today:

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Cool! No pun intended.

That is a lot of snow you keep up there. Mind sharing?

 

I agree, wish it would snow here too.

 

Nice looking pics Al, glad the digi was working today

What is that cardboard on the front of the tan colored rig on page II?

I'll have to DL the vids and get the player.

Looks like you had a great time up there again.
Nothing like wheelin' in the snow, it makes everything quiet.

 

Corey,

The cardboard could be to help keep the engine warmer. My dad used to put a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator on his truck in the winter. It helped it warm up faster. He didn't have far to go to work so it probably wouldn't have even got up to temperature on a cold day otherwise.

 

Correct, but also the heat for your interior has to do with the radiator and its fluid. The cardboard keeps the radiator warmer so your interior air will be warm.

 

It was a great time, the snow was very deep out there. Where we actually went was a guy's farm. He has trails and a trials area. The trials area is for trucks, SUV's, etc. to go test their rigs. He has hills & trails set up for testing, as well as articulation ramps and so forth.

The snow was really something. I remember a discussion we had here before, on whether it was worth it to fix up a locked 2WD 4Runner to perform as good as 4WDs w/o any lockers. After today's trip, I'm quite confident that it would not be sufficient for deep snow winter wheeling.

There was a Bronco w/4WD & a rear locker. His front (manual) hubs would not lock so he was left with locked 2WD. He did not have big, beefy 33+ tires on his truck or anything, so he ended up getting stuck quite easily in the snow that gives a lot (he's an experienced offroader too). It simply could not make it up snowy hills with only both the rear tires turning. The snow would give and the rear tires would just sit and spin together, trying to bite into something to push a 3000+ lb vehicle up a hill. It didn't take long before he parked it off the trail in a field and he and his wife rode in my 4Runner w/me and a buddy I brought along.

 

Nice pics Al, looks like alot of fun! I'll have to check out the vids from work tomorrow.

 

Al nice pics! I bet that was some interesting wheeling after seeing some of the vehicles in that bunch.. Looks like some good ol boys were out wheeling.. How'd you like your BF
's? I was quite impressed with mine the other day in the snow.

 

Haha. Quite a few "good 'ol boys" made it out. That's Alberta: Chevy & Ford trucks and a whole lotta yeehawin'.

As for the BFG's, I've not really liked them since I purchased them but I must say they impressed me this trip. I also lowered the air pressure from 32 to 27 for more grip and am continuing to run them a bit low for the winter. The grip was there and no getting stuck to the point where backing up and going forward again wouldn't get me out.

Had the running boards off for this trip too & survived w/o body damage. About 4 of us helped the Ford F-150 (the guy has only had it for 3 wks) from damage as he was trying to make the narrow tree turn just after I did (shown in the 1st two pics of Page 2).

I think I might go for mudders when these BFG's wear down. I think the mudders are better on all types of terrain except ice (due to the lack of sipes). I think they clean and claw better. Just my opinion.

 

Dang only 27PSI in that much snow. I woulda been down to about 10 or 12 PSI. I was down to 18 today for the nasty mud we were in. Got to try out my Staun deflators and man them things rock. If you start in a corner and screw one on every tire by the time you get to the 4th you can just about take the 1st one off. Airing down has never been easier!

 

Well, I do have to admit I had my rear locker on for pretty much the entire time...