Anyone taken their 4x2 in snow (i.e. Mammoth, Tahoe, etc.)....How did it go? Did you need chains?
Thanks!!
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RFM80
2006 Toyota Tundra D/C SR5 V8 4.7 4X2
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Smoked Tail/Head lights - in process
Audio upgrade - in process
Even in marginal snow, my open differential rear end gets loosy-goosy. Luckily, I can just hit the 4x4 happy button on the dash, and the truck settles in nicely. With that said, I'm gonna install a limited slip anyway which should require engaging the 4x4 even less times.
I will say that upgrading my tires to Brigestone A/T Revos made a VERY noticeable improvement over the stock Dunlops in snow by themselves.
I used to live in Washington state, and I would travel the mountain passes quite frequently. My truck is an '03 AC V-8 with LSD. I carried chains, but never once had to use them. Just get a few bags of sand and toss them in the bed for extra weight, and they might come in handy is you do get stuck.
Had mine up in Boston, Mass a couple of years ago and drove through the first big snow storm I've seen in 10 years (being a southern boy and all). I have the LSD and had no problems, even with the extra power over and above stock. As long as you don't do anything stupid with the gas pedal, the DC handles very well and even when it does break loose, it's smooth and easy to catch. I'm guessing the Pirellis helped with that. Used to have a single cab Chevy that would spin you around in the middle of the road in a heartbeat just when it was raining, so I was very pleased with the way my Tundra handled the snow.
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RFM80
2006 Toyota Tundra D/C SR5 V8 4.7 4X2
Tint all the way around / N-Fab Nerf Bars - 6 step
Roll n Lock cover / Tailgate Debadged...sides next
Smoked Tail/Head lights - in process
Audio upgrade - in process
If you can't see or don't have a tag on the differential housing, take the truck out to where the pavement is covered with sand or dirt, or a dirt road. Stop, then punch it. Look behind you.
If there are two sets of grooved tracks, you have LSD. If only one, you don't.
Jack the rear of the truck up, spin one tire, if the other tires spins the other direction then it does not have a LSD. If the other tire spins the same direction then it has a LSD. Put the truck in neutral too.
As far as driving in the snow I would say be careful, here in colorado my DC with LSD does ok unless I hit any sort of an angle. If I try to go up hill in 2WD I just start spinning, its fun if no one else is around cause you're headed up the hill side ways but not safe if there are other cars around. Never attempted to use any chains just use the 4WD myself.
Out of the 5 or 6 times I've gone up to the snow in the last few years I've only put on chains once. And that was at a chain checkpoint where everyone w/o 4x4 had to put them on. Carry chains with you and use common sense like slowing down, braking early. The only vehicles I saw stuck in the ditch were 4x4 SUVs that were driving way too fast.
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06 Tundra SR5 4x2 in Snow?
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