first snow
Captain
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 597
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis
I hear ya danso1, i usually always drive in 2wd. i got a buddy with a Cadillac deville. He always asks me when it snows arent you gonna use 4wd? i tell him, how you gonna drift around corners in 4wd? lol knowing i don't need it.
Professional
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 185
Likes: 0
From: Batavia, NY
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 427
Likes: 0
From: NE Iowa
I love that T-case as it walks through things that make ya go ug, but it is a beotch if you don't know how to correctly use it.
My one complaint with it isn't so much with the case itself, but with the lazy way out they took with the indicator lights. Linking the lights to the shift lever instead of the case was just bad design, no two ways about it.
In my 98 Jimmy when you pushed the button to shift the transfer case the light on that button would flash and only become solid once the case had succesfully shifted. The lights actually told you what was going on inside the case. If Chrysler had gone that route with the indicator lights for this case, I'd bet there would be far fewer problems with it. The way they did it, though, you get people with a case that hasn't fully shifted, they look at the dash and everything looks good, so they head out on the pavement, and BANG!
Having said all that, now that I know what I have to watch out for, and after seeing what this case can do even with nearly bald second hand tires, I freakin' LOVE it!
(I know I keep posting this complaint in different threads. Doing so in the hope that people who have this case will see at least one of them and get the point that you can't trust the dash lights with this t-case. You have to double check it yourself.)
Last edited by coreybv; Jan 4, 2011 at 02:20 PM.
Captain
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 597
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis
Naw i like drifting in 2wd better logik. i don't want control i want fun...well i want some control, well its not so much drifting but doin donuts/****ties. i have the rear end slipping all the time. except for when i'm with my mom she thinks any slipping is a big deal.
i love rwd its so much fun. I'm not much of an off road'er no place close by and i cant really afford any long trips. i don't ever have any money haha but when winter comes i unleash the durango!!!
i love rwd its so much fun. I'm not much of an off road'er no place close by and i cant really afford any long trips. i don't ever have any money haha but when winter comes i unleash the durango!!!
Professional
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 241
Likes: 0
I run mastercraft courser ct's. Ive ran them for the last 2 years and never once been dissapointed. They run about $145 bucks or so per tire for 15's. Only bad thing i can say is they dont clean out so hot in the sticky mud/clay mixture we have here, but they do good enough to keep me moving.
Durangovaldeez is that an indy tripple?
Durangovaldeez is that an indy tripple?
Hall Of Fame
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 14,228
Likes: 19
From: Riverton, UT
NV242HD Blown UP!
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...-exploded.html
My truck was in the shop for our first two snows of the season. 
Got it back on Friday. Got off work that night at about 2 am and decided I didn't want to wait for the next snow.
Found a Class B road (unmaintained, unplowed dirt road) and did some playing. Given that we had started with about 10 inches of snow, experienced two days of 40 degree temps, and then had a day of 20 degrees, this road was a nasty mixture of mud, ice, slush, and snow drifts. Made it about 75 yards in 2WD before I felt the front wheels sink about 6 inches and I was stuck tight. Tried rocking but it wouldn't move even an inch either direction. Shifted into 4PT and it walked right through that.
Got about halfway through the one mile stretch, through several grill-high drifts, when the drifts started getting progressively larger. I think I could have made it but at that point I spotted one drift that looked to be between hood and roof height, and I started having visions of the *** chewing my tow guy would give me for waking him up at 2:30 am over something silly like this (not to mention what my wife would have had to say), so I decided to retreat. Hit reverse to back out the way I came, and as Murphy's Law dictates, this is when I discovered my reverse lights are suddenly not working. Had to back out without being able to see behind me, just kept my eyes forward and tried to use the tracks I had made to give me an idea whether I was lined up with the road or not (Very narrow road with steep banks on each side. Turning around isn't an option in daylight and summertime, much less a night like this). Got back to the gravel, got it back into 2WD and headed my butt home to bed.
Had a blast!
I think she did extremely well, especially considering I can't afford new tires at the moment so this was all done with what almost amounts to racing slicks. With the right tires, I think I'd be willing to take a crack at a roof-high snow drift with this truck. Preferably earlier in the evening just in case I did end up having to call my tow guy.
Got it back on Friday. Got off work that night at about 2 am and decided I didn't want to wait for the next snow.Found a Class B road (unmaintained, unplowed dirt road) and did some playing. Given that we had started with about 10 inches of snow, experienced two days of 40 degree temps, and then had a day of 20 degrees, this road was a nasty mixture of mud, ice, slush, and snow drifts. Made it about 75 yards in 2WD before I felt the front wheels sink about 6 inches and I was stuck tight. Tried rocking but it wouldn't move even an inch either direction. Shifted into 4PT and it walked right through that.
Got about halfway through the one mile stretch, through several grill-high drifts, when the drifts started getting progressively larger. I think I could have made it but at that point I spotted one drift that looked to be between hood and roof height, and I started having visions of the *** chewing my tow guy would give me for waking him up at 2:30 am over something silly like this (not to mention what my wife would have had to say), so I decided to retreat. Hit reverse to back out the way I came, and as Murphy's Law dictates, this is when I discovered my reverse lights are suddenly not working. Had to back out without being able to see behind me, just kept my eyes forward and tried to use the tracks I had made to give me an idea whether I was lined up with the road or not (Very narrow road with steep banks on each side. Turning around isn't an option in daylight and summertime, much less a night like this). Got back to the gravel, got it back into 2WD and headed my butt home to bed.
Had a blast!
I think she did extremely well, especially considering I can't afford new tires at the moment so this was all done with what almost amounts to racing slicks. With the right tires, I think I'd be willing to take a crack at a roof-high snow drift with this truck. Preferably earlier in the evening just in case I did end up having to call my tow guy.
This just makes me want my D even more... i can't wait till i bring her home.
Yeah, here in the Omaha area we STILL havent had any significant accumulation. I used to have a 2001 Explorer 5.0L and I tore the snow up with that thing, I know for a fact this Durango is better and I can't wait for the snow to come! We are supposed to get dumped on within the next week or so (oddly enough I'm excited for snow).