Driving a lowered truck in winter

[ivorton74]

I finally am gettin my truck lowered...even though winter is coming. Its getting a 3/5 drop. Has rally wheels and 235/75/15 tires. Everyone keeps sayin I wont be able to drive when its low like that but I see cars lower than my truck goin just fine in the snow. Heck even this guy in my neighborhood had a slammed s10 drivin aroud last winter. So what u guys think..am I gonna be able to drive my truck in the snow with this drop?....I do have another vehicle btw...I just love drivin my truck!! lol

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Me and my bud kicked winters a$$ peg leg and posi

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[rwhit57]

You'll be able to drive it like any other 2wd pickup(they kinda suck). Those are the same folks that say "you won't be able to haul anything, or tow anything" so when it snows have them all climb in the bed and use them for extra weight.

[andrewmp6]

As long as you drive smart you should be ok,If you get deep snow i would think about a cheap set of rims and put some at tires on it or something rated for snow.

[Square_78]

with a 3/5 drop you wont be any lower that any newer stock height luxury car. There is no reason why you wouldnt be able to drive it in the snow. My 78 c10 is dropped 6/8 and its the same clearance underneath as my chrysler 300c.

[motornut]

just watch laneway ridges and wheel chunks
= what the plow left and what falls out of wheel wells

[Keith Seymore]

Agree with all of the above.

My '80 was my daily driver for 6 years. I only recall being stuck once, in the parking lot at work, probably because of a ridge from the snow plow.

I used to pull the LR60-15/aluminum wheels off and replace with a set of 15x7 rallys and snow tires for winter use - mostly to save those aluminum wheels from exposure to the salt.

K

[Rich84]

My truck hasn't seen the snow in 15 years...Thats what the Tahoe is for.
Being lowered won't matter, every car is pretty low.
I never had a 4wd pickup..Always drove manual transmissons with weight in the back. Never got stuck...Then again Ct. ain't Michigan or Washington.

[SSC's76]

I have the same drop on mine I don't see any difference is the actual way it handles in the snow granted if it snows all day and im at work when I go home there is a nice little bump of snow I plow through getting into my driveway but its never caused an issue.


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[ivorton74]

yeah i agree with all u guys

[rusty76]

My '07 Colorado sits higher than my stock height Silverado. I never had any problems with snow. Act like you got some sense and you'll be fine. If it's your DD and you get six feet of snow on the ground that might cause some alarm. Good luck.

[ivorton74]

thanks for all ur input guys. im not too worried cuz i see other vehicles getting along fine during winter.I already have good tires and I'll add some weight in the back(sandbags).Plus I am a cautious driver especially in the snowy months. I noticed someone around my neighborhood has a shortbox c10 thats been dropped about 3/5 too. i'll see if he drives it in the winter. i want to lower my truck a bit more..like 5/6...but ill do that next summer maybe. i'll get spindles and 1'' blocks or shackles. right now its getting a flip bracket installed and cut springs(1 1/2 coils).

[mongoose]

around here being cuatious will get you stuck lol I dove my peg leg ranger around one winter.. pinned everywhere.. just gotta keep forward momentum.. loose it hard to get it again in a truck.

[jimbonice]

Put a front air dam on it and use it like a snow plow. Ha!
But seriously, it won't be worse than any other two wheel drive truck,which is to say it will suck.
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[ivorton74]

i drove it last winter just fine...but then again there was hardly any snow last winter. oh well...im sure i'll survive...i got my nissan to drive if its too bad to drive the truck.

[cory d]

peg leg and bald tires. if the sun was out of the snow was melting, i wouldnt let my truck touch the road. thats when its slick and more people are out to hit my truck. gets around fine when its frozen and i have some spare wheels/tires in the back. the crew i sscary in the snow, allot more weight on the back but once it gets sideways its hard ot get back

[cory d]

i went lower. if i can plow hay, i can plow snow

[74 stepside]

All the more reason to have a rear mounted fuel tank to help with traction. I dont have the snow problems here in SoCal, but we do get rain. Ive driven lowered trucks in the snow and on dirt roads. If you can avoid it, then great. But if you must drive your truck, just be extra cautious, mostly of others.

[piecesparts]

I have been driving lowered 2WD trucks in the winter for a long time and have had no real issues. Believe it or not, there ARE days that you will not get to work if the snow is A$$Whole deep. But if it is that bad, you should not be out there anyways. I live 25 miles form my job and made it to work every day that I had to go in foul weather. The right tires, gearing, and comon sense will get you places most poorly trained 4WD drivers may not go. A 4WD does not mean that you can go anywhere, it just means that you can go a lot of places and when you get pulled out of the ditch, you can go a lot more places. Experience is your best firiend in the winter.

[ivorton74]

So I had a lil argument at work. Some of my co-workers wanted to know why would I want to lower my truck. They said I wont be able to tow or haul anything and I'm messing up my truck. They all want me to lift it and put bigger tires on it. I even had the latest issue of street trucks mag and showed them some cool slammed and bagged trucks and they were all like "why would u do that to a truck" and "thats not what trucks are for" and all kinds of crap. But I dont care...Im tryin to make a cruiser out of my truck and I want it low. It aint a farm truck or work truck...I hardly ever tow or haul anything anyway and Im pretty sure if could do all that if I wanted to.Lifting it and putting bgiger wheels aint gonna make it better to drive. Besides I kinda find it dumb to lift a 2wd truck unless there's a good reason for it. Thats for 4wd trucks imo. I even made a bet with my buddy that I would get thru winter with my truck just fine. He's gonna lose big time lol. Man I'm gettin some serious hate for this...oh well...whatever

[Keith Seymore]

Sounds like your co-workers are a bunch of ignorant hicks. Don't listen to 'em.

(No offense intended to other enthusiasts who like their 4x4 trucks lifted, or to those who live in remote locations).



I've only been driving 2wd trucks through the winter for 32 years now...

K

[SSC's76]

granted I only have the beltech kit on mine with the shackles and spindles but my towing and load capacity is the same. im sure people who overload their trucks would feel more comfortable doing so with a non lowered truck cause it can squat more but still your overloading it and you shouldn't do this anyway


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