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#26 |
Still plays with trucks
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Spokane, WA
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
You can have them siped by the local tire store. Runs under $10 a tire and makes a huge difference on the ice. No effect on the tires performance on dry pavement but it weakens the tread blocks a little if you do any rock crawling.
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It'd be alot cooler if you did
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Three Rivers, MI
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
You guys that think a posi rear end is going to HELP in the snow are crazy. All they do is make the whole ass end of the truck slide around even more.
I've got some Nokian tires on the burb is it doesn't do to bad in the snow. |
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Still plays with trucks
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
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![]() They don't plow the streets around my house more than once every couple years. Three times in the past 20 years according to my next door neighbor. We got over eight feet of snow last year and they plowed once. The roads just turn into compacted ice. Without posi my Blazer couldn't get up the hill leaving my neighborhood without being in 4x4 mode even with aggressive tread siped mud & snow rated tires. Once I put posi into it I rarely needed 4x4 mode anywhere.
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miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars |
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
i don't drive my truck in the snow---or the rain if possible!
NOTE: a FWD car is not nessesarily better in the snow. However, i envision myself in the future getting another 2wd truck and it would become my daily driver replacing my current FWD cavalier daily driver. And if so, i would consider: a) these or similar tires for all four corners despite being only 2WD: http://www.carparts.com/INTERCO-SUPE...3161_10618.car b) Would consider filling the tires with water instead of air. c) Would consider interesting and inovative products such as:' http://www.insta-chain.com/ We don't actually get that much snow here, but the reason why i'm being so hardcore about it is that: 1) Somehow i get gigs where my boss would have a field day if a couldn't make it in----even though they themselves couldn't make it it. 2) It's fun to get thru the snow anyways. 3) i need to get to work pretty bad regardless. Better than sitting at home making no $$$. Last edited by C-10 simplex; 12-20-2009 at 02:28 PM. Reason: more info |
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Denmark, Europe
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
here is what we drive in the snow in my friends import galant 36 psi in all 4 tires, mud and snow tires upfront
normal tires on the back and snow chains on the front works superb
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It'd be alot cooler if you did
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Three Rivers, MI
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
I guess I'm just really stupid.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: mooresville nc
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
maybe its just couse i had to drive in the snow and ice for the past couple years for 8 month out of the year, (kinda a pro at it lol ) but my 81 with fatty tires front and rear seem to do pretty good, once i got to a hill and tryed to take off it would spin but finaly got going. and with the 383 it would be pretty easy to spin out if i didnt know how to drive in it.
by the way i lived in oregon at mt hood for the past 21 years.
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Parts and more parts
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
Mine handles great with the posi in the rear.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kansas City
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
Only two wheel drive I have now is a dually,I hope I never have to find out how good it is in the snow!!Had a 76 3+3 that was horrible in the snow Until the 2500 lbs. overhead camper was on it.Then stopping was a problem.
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
im good with my posi, traction when i want it and when i feel like it i can kick the back end out, oh and im runnin 275/60 in back 255/70 in front
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Still plays with trucks
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Spokane, WA
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
That was a joke. I know somebody from Michigan knows how to drive in the snow. I understand your point that posi does make it hard to maneuver some times but my point was that it is a necessary evil on very bad road surfaces. Sometimes one tire just can't do the job so you have to deal with the tail happy aspects of a rig with posi.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
i just switched my 1986 chevy chevy over from 1/2 ton to 3/4 ton. with floating axles, 10 leafs to a side, and big block 3/4 ton springs. with snow tires on it, and a box full of junk, its pretty good in the snow.
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
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i would, for myself, consider these tires: http://www.ok4wd.com/index.php/catal...ders_bias_ply/ i would get two for the rear at first, and then when the budget allows and if they fit under the front fenders w/out rubbing when turning, i would get a pair for the front as well even though it's only 2WD. The thing i like about these tires is you can use a stock rim with them. At $181 and $159 respectively, they are well within my budget. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
My 4x4 with the hubs unlocked does ok in snow.... Just drive really slow and dont put yourself in a situation and any vehicle will do ok in snow.
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
The other thing i like about the gateway buckshots is i feel a narrower tire may work better in the snow as opposed to a wider one---the skinner tire i think can dig a little deeper.
2) Pls discuss the use of water instead of air in a tire to improve traction. |
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You want it there when???
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Lewisburg Ky
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
With a little weight in the back it does fine runnin 31x11.50x15 on the back
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Dually Pride
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: NH
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
dually with 1000 pound cement block...does damn good!
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Parts and more parts
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
I once carried some concrete pads in the back of my truck, for winter. I slid sideways and hit a curb and the block moved the inner finder over about 5 inches and I had to replace.
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
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2) I believe the water is for weight. I've mainly heard about it being used on tractors. I'm also a firm believer in studded tires (for my 2wd vehicles) and added weight, within reason. (you have to stop and turn also) My '73 is running with a 1/2 yd of 3/4" crushed rock, helps offset the added weight of the plow. Even my wife's Trailblazer has a couple hundred pounds of extra weight for traction. FWIW, I've only owned 3 4wd vehicles in my life, 2 of which are in my driveway now.
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#46 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: glen burnie md
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
Mine responded well to 3-400 pounds of weight. The added weight works best if added to the absolute rearmost of the bed. Any added weight here is multiplied by the distance it is from the actual rear axle by leverage. Weight added forward of this point is actually less effective. To prove this point, stand on your tailgate and walk toward the cab, see the rear of the truck rise the further you go forward.
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
Hope this isn't a double post. I add weight as far to the back end of the truck bed as possible, 3 to 400 pounds helps a lot. If you add weight the further aft it is the more it helps. If you doubt this, start walking on your tailgate and walk forward, see the rear end rise.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: gimli,MB
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
me personaly ive never had a problem on snow considering i live in canada and all we have for seasons and three include snow and one includes my personal fave.......black ice YAY!! no but snow not to bad ice not bad black ice deadly bad recently i crashed my truck into a median on a 4 lane highway cause i caught the black ice wrong...the median took more damage than my truck did lol.....alll inall i love slideing my truck on ice on purpose just for fun but in all my life of driveing 2wd never once have i used weight in the back oh i almost forgat i have two shot leafs on the rear passenger side too......im just a dare devil at heart but my advise buddy is use weight unless ur real ballsy or u really dont value ur truck lol mine is 34 years old so idc if it busts lol have fun and good luck
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Re: 2WD'ers: How does your truck handle in the snow?
no snow to be found here!
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