Yep, I've already gotten the F150 stuck on a road with the open diffs in 4wd. Had my roommates come out and push me back to the curb and out of the way. A few minutes later I took my FWD Monte Carlo and it did just fine thanks to the traction control that I figure is somewhat close to LSD. In my driving experience so far, ~6 years is all, I've learned that FWD with traction control and snow tires works better in snow under 12" than my 4x4 with open diffs and A/Ts.

At highway speed I find the lower center of gravity of the car to help a lot more with ice than the pickup does.

Winter stories?

I once had the Monte Carlo rotate just a few degrees past sideways because of slush. With the FWD I was able to point the tires back the right way and let it pull itself back to straight on the highway. I have also put it through a 360+ spin on the interstate but luckily did not end up in the ditch nor catch enough dry to flip me.

I put my sister's '05 Silverado 8.1 into the ditch the first night I drove it. Stepped on the gas enough for it to downshift two gears and the rear end led me into the ditch. Put it into 4x4 and was able to drive it right out.

 

yer sister drives a big block 4x4??? granted its a chevy, but i gotta ask, is she hot????
pics plz!!!!
why the hell do i care, i'm married

 

X2......both instances..lol

 

Haha, she needs something to pull her horses around with.

She took this when we went out to get a tree for Christmas.


Or did you mean photos of her

This 3500HD totally sucks in the snow even with the 4x4 because of the tires. She's gotten it stuck plenty.

 

tires or driver?? jk man that color is ugly wow

 

looks like what forest patrol/conservation vehicles used to use. my buddy had an old jeep cherokee that was an ex patrol in that color.




still waiting on sis pics

 

........priceless.

 

You can send cards to Dan, c/o General Hospital, Room 203, he is expected to be out of the full body cast by sometime early summer.


As for snow stories... where to start? A 67 Mustang, 289 Hi-po, Stick and 60 series tires? (Believe it or not, did not get stuck, altho the speedo was showing 80 when I topped the hill around 5mph, LOL), getting snowed in out in Wyoming for 2 days when they shut the interstate down? Probably the best one was moving a 15' wide load the day after the blizzard and watching the sides of the load plow the snow as I went down the road... took 5 hours to go just over 100 miles that day.

 

Define Important.

...and as I already replied to 70torino, I'm going to "find a way to make my truck float!"

 

YouTube - Kaninyaei Monster Truck in the water

 

That is soooo cool. I want one.

 

Try a pair of studded snow tires

 

A narrower tire isnt always going to give you better traction, actually the width has very little to do with what some are having an issue with. From the very first of this thread, sorry man, a 4x4 is not what you need to stop. Back to the tire size issue, the tread design is the key and it doesnt matter how wide the tire may be, also in some parts of the USA and any area of the world that gets snow, the tire compound is also key as in an actual snow tire.

 

Tread design is key, but if you give me two tires of equal tread design, the narrower of the two will ALWAYS have better traction in the snow and ice.

 

I'm going to have to disagree, just because I like causing trouble.

On Ice, yes. On, snow... sometimes. If the snow is not incredibly deep then yes. If your looking at snow that's really deep, it may be a bad thing to sink to the point where you are dragging your axles. If you have a good tread design that can get traction on the snow itself rather than having to sink the the pavement, staying above the snow can be beneficial. If you are traveling at high speeds, then flotation tires are just not a good idea in bad weather.

In the winter, I want to be able to pull out other vehicles, so I keep my wider tread A/T tires and add maximum weight to my mounty.