Nice pix, Cooper STT tires are my fav tire for snow wheeling, when I had a set the truck was just amazing. I am curious to see how my Attitude tires do.

 

Nice pics man, looks like a great time. I really like that old ford highboy!

 

Biggreen -- The 20" wheels don't give you enough sidewall, so you are very stiff responsive tires in that stuff. Combined with the lower clearance, you just plow stuff, which then just pitches the truck. Ergo...off the road. Did you have any shoveled snow in the bed? That might have helped some.


Lockers would not really improve your situation either. The High Boy had no problems mostly due to his clearance and "bubble" sized tires.

The diesels are just so damn heavy in the front, that once they broke loose on the front....slip and slide baby. You have to be very careful, is all I'm saying, about the usage of lockers in snow conditions.

Great pics and thanks for remember to put them up. I was about to say...




since you posted BEFORE actually showing it.

 

before my buddy pu tlockers in hs high boy he couldNt go anywhere... locker help out a lot... and last year when i had 70% tread on my 35s i did.. great i'm running about 15% tread at the moment... so that what my biggest problem was... and everyone was dragging there axles... we were rolling in about 17-20ins of snow

 

yeah it was fun we are gonna go back up next weekend

the ford has a 429 big block with chowder cam and lifts and push rods. alum heads air gap intake headers front and rear lockers 4.10 gears hes got a 5 speed manuel we are gonna put in it after winter...

 

In the 2nd picture, the one with the three trucks in a row, are ya'll stopped? Granted I've never been snowing wheelin' in Washington but in my experience with the Virginia snow, you don't stop while driving up a snow covered hill

 

yes we are all stop... for the most part its not a good idea to stop but it was all powder and it was morning time so nothing was super icy... about 5pm as we were leaving you couldnt stop or go up hill to save you life everything was so icy it was bad

 

Only 3 reasons to be stopped while snow wheeling:

1. Sight Seeing. Trebek says Suckit

2. Stuck

3. Drinking

Yes they are stopped.

Chains are no good for towing, ever. Always use a strap?


Yup, busting your chops fosho!

 

we had chains.. straps and tug straps we got that handle... plus that chains we had are logging chains we have never once broke a chain yet.. broke a lot of straps and tug ropes tranny to remove super stuck trucks and tractors before... lol

tug rope is my favorite to use


so i've dropped the ball and this week i'm gonna install my 3in body lift and buy me a set of 37s or 38s once the body lift is all done lockers will be soon with 4.88s

 

Nice post. We need more pics like this. I'm sure this thread will motivate some more people to get out and have fun!