4x4, tcase, front driveshaft experts!
#51
Weight in the bed doesn't help much. If you add enough weight, it just gives it the advantage that a front wheel drive has in the snow versus a rear wheel drive. The problem is, FWDs aren't that great in the snow either, even if they are better than RWD.
I was riding around town (as a passenger) yesterday in my friend's FWD minivan while it was snowing, and there were two hills that he couldn't make it up. The first hill wasn't a big deal, because he was able to take an alternate route, but the second hill was the only path to our destination. He made it about a quarter of the way up it and we had to walk the rest of the way. These were all recently plowed town roads with maybe an inch or two of new snow on them.
4WD makes a world of difference in the snow. On a scale of 1 to 10, with RWD pickups rating a 1, and FWD vehicles (or a sufficiently weighted-down RWD pickup) rating maybe a 2 or a 3, a 4WD is easily a 10.
My town is not only extremely hilly (it is located in a valley), but many of the hills are very steep. With a 4WD pickup, I've never found a hill on a public road I couldn't make it up with ease, regardless of the road conditions.
I was riding around town (as a passenger) yesterday in my friend's FWD minivan while it was snowing, and there were two hills that he couldn't make it up. The first hill wasn't a big deal, because he was able to take an alternate route, but the second hill was the only path to our destination. He made it about a quarter of the way up it and we had to walk the rest of the way. These were all recently plowed town roads with maybe an inch or two of new snow on them.
4WD makes a world of difference in the snow. On a scale of 1 to 10, with RWD pickups rating a 1, and FWD vehicles (or a sufficiently weighted-down RWD pickup) rating maybe a 2 or a 3, a 4WD is easily a 10.
My town is not only extremely hilly (it is located in a valley), but many of the hills are very steep. With a 4WD pickup, I've never found a hill on a public road I couldn't make it up with ease, regardless of the road conditions.
Last edited by MaximRecoil; 01-19-2011 at 10:41 PM.
#54
#55
#56