3rd Gen Stuck In The Snow. Must Be Really Bad In Texas

Thank god for 4WD. 2WD is pretty much useless here with snow and ice with stock tires. The lack of weight in the rear makes it quite dangerous to accelerate quickly when it’s slippery.

I have gotten pretty good at switching on the fly. Too bad there isn’t an AWD option like we had on our Avalanche.

I have never had to lock the rear, but I’ve never tried to drive through a foot of snow, either.

 

Feel sorry for Texas. Southerners just can’t drive in snow. It’s a fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oav18IG0fnU

 

Tires make a big deference too. A good set of tires can churn through some snow.

As a Texas boy for now relocated to the mid Atlantic States region I can say, for those folks back in Texas that haven’t driven in snow, it’s a life altering experience for sure.

But some of my friends there that went through periods of no electric, no heat or no water ... that was even worse.

 

they would tell you that there yankee logic wasn’t needed.

Saw a post where someone cracked their car windshield because they poured hot water on it to defrost. lol

 

Right? And yet, in the past five years I have pulled more than 25 people back onto the road because they were stuck, slid off the road, etc.

I am in upstate NY and will tell you that I was playing around with the truck and got stuck. We have had a lot of snow, followed by freezing temperatures, followed by it warming up a little bit and then more snow and very cold. My short driveway goes downhill. Not a lot but a reasonable amount. I kept it in 2WD because I haven't driven my newer 2020 TRD OR in the snow. Backing out I was spinning pretty bad. It was interesting. Really couldn't back out onto the road -- even after rocking it pretty hard. Popped it in 4WD and it immediately crawled right out. Drove around in some hairy spots in 4WD and had no problems at all. In 2WD it was okay with some spinning here and there.

Overall, I could see how people in 2WD could get stuck -- especially when there is ice under the snow. Still, it has been fun to get a real feel for the truck in this weather and on these roads.

Stay safe everyone ! And let's all send warm weather down to our friends and fellows in Texas.

 

True. But I see that in NY, too.

In Canada, no way, though !

 

I carry scrap steel in a pallet crate strapped into my bed for this very reason. Have yet to have any issues getting around in the snow thus far.

 

I have never felt a LSD was a detriment to driving in any conditions and would never own a 2wd truck without one.

Possibly if you don't know what you are doing on a loose surface, a locker or LSD will cause your backend to slide in a direction you did not want it to and get stuck even worse, but that's more on the driver. I'll take two wheels spinning over one any day.

 

Weight or no weight, it’s always dangerous to accelerate quickly when it’s slippery, just a basic rule of driving in snow and ice. Now, weight in the rear will help keep the tires planted, thus enabling you to maintain more speed.

 

Trucks are meant to be parked in the drive way well at least 2nd Gens are

 

I use 2wd mostly on the plowed roads. I just go to 4wd when needed. I have some trouble with getting out of my driveway but it claws through it in 4wd.

People even here in pennsylvania are horrible if stuck. In any kind of 2wd vehicle they just think more throttle and spinning tires is gonna work, rev her up till you blow an engine. I'm sure sometimes it's bad bald tires too. I been getting around this winter with the stock all season tires so they can't be too horrible.
Skill and knowing how to drive in snow is important too. You really only gain that by doing. My dad took me out and made me drive in it the first snow after getting my license. You learn what to do. Just do everything slow, no fast anything and leave extra space around you.

 

Knowledge helps, but the worm gear in the Humvee differential is pretty sweet. Makes driving them off-road pretty easy.