Saw this pic on the news this morning.

Post that in the next "do I really need 4WD?" thread....

 

Or in the "TITS" thread

 

I wanna drive in snow.. But it doesn't snow here more than an inch at a time. And... I need tires in a terrible way.. Waiting on wheels... I was kinda hopin to drive the taco on our snowboard trip next month, but my buddy wants to drive his ford, cuz its bigger. and he has a bed cover.

 

Hwy 20 in OR

 

That's what the RR DIFF LOCK button is for. Shit'll crawl out.

 

When's this global warming supposed to kick in?

 

To be honest it doesn't look like he's gonna be able to make it through. Also, is a locker really that effective in snow?

 

That's avalanche peeps. Small slide but partially buried. 4wd doesn't matter if you're under 20 feet of concrete snow. We have some bits of mountain highway here that slide closed from time to time. Right now Colorado avalanche danger is crazy high. And a big storm is on the way. Has to do with what the basis of the snowpack looks like. Snow density varies. When it's really cold the snow is like goose down. We got a bunch of goose down, then wetter snow fell on top of that. Once it starts to slide the goose down acts like a lubricant. The amount of energy in a big slide is huge.

So to me, not a really funny photo. Looks like danger. A small slide can be followed by a larger slide. If I was in that Taco, I might have grabbed a coat and insisted that all my passengers follow me out and run away. But I would know if the conditions were that volatile.

That there has nothing to do with tires or lockers or transmissions. That's mother nature spelling it out.

 

Climate vs weather

 

there were a total of 3 slides in the area

 

Diff lock comment was a joke.

 

Twas a joke.

 

I had to walk up hill both ways when I was a kid going to school

 

Is that my driveway?

 

At least it's not a 3rd gen

 

maybe he's posting on TW on how to get out of a snowdrift before going to help his wife...

 

I grew up on the end of that highway that stops at the 101 and it's exceedingly rare for conditions like that on the Coast Range, at least.

Was that on the pass over by Mt. Washington on the way to Redmond?