Driving in snow

Learn something new everyday. Makes perfect sense, excellent tip. Thanks.

 

Thanks for all the tips! This is definitely very helpful. I've heard something about the salt on the roads and it gets up in the undercarriage and creates rust? Is this a big time truth, or are there ways around that?
And yes, I have just the stock tires (Bridgestone dueler h/t)

 

You won't see much snow in Ft. Knox.

 

where at in florida are you from?

 

My truck has only seen a few inches of snow at a time until last weekend. We had about a foot so I've a chance to brush up on my skills. The stock Rugged Trails haven't done too bad but I'm sure Duratracs would bite into the snow a lot better. I'll probably get a set at around 30K miles next year some time.

 

This weekend shouldn't be bad at all. I just checked the forecast for Elizabethton which is just south of Fort Knox and the highs are in the low 50's this weekend. Any snow should be long gone.

 

I've seen plenty there already in late November, just didn't have a vehicle yet.

 

I'm from Brevard County. Where the shuttle is lol

 

lmao same here. im from cocoa/port saint john. what part of the space coast are you in?

 

LOL, well, you probably saw all the snow you will see for a while. It happens once or twice a year but that is about it. And when it snows, it generally melts in a day or 2 if it sticks at all. But there was that time in 1993, and in 1978.....

 

What everyone said, drive slow, react slow...last year I was coming back from California, hit a late season storm before Memphis, when I got to Virginia it was snowing pretty dang good, many a four wheel drive came sailing past me as if they owned the road....I only have a two wheel drive with AT's, wouldn't ya know it, as I progressed down the road with my safety flashers on, several of the '4 wheel drive' idiots were in ditches, I personally witnessed one that passed me prolly doing 50+ and saw the spin and dive into the ditch, their right front tire hit the built up snow berm between lanes when they went to change lanes, 4 wheel drive will not save you if you are an idiot...I made it home fine, although, my arse puckered more than once from the experience...


Slow and easy, flashers for safety, you will survive...

 

Ice storm of 2009

 

Snow tires in Kentucky are not a good investment.

 

I can see the logic there. I'd want an all season AT with snow rating. FWIW.

 

Great info on the posts here. Drive defensively, slow down, don't be over confident with 4wd, and practice your sliding in an empty parking lot before the real shit. Also, for a tire that looks good and performs great on- and off-road AND is snowflake rated, I would suggest GoodYear DuraTracs. Great in the mud and snow if you don't mind a little hum. They have performed for me in our Wisconsin winter and my muddy hunting trips. Good luck in keeping it between the lines! http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+DuraTrac&partnum=675QR6WDTOWL

 

Throw it in 4WD. Blast it through the snow. Have fun. Lol. There is no need to worry about snow in these beasts because they are straight TANKS. Haha.

 

haha oh nice. I'm from Melbourne. Bought the truck at Mike Erdman in Merritt Island lol



Thanks again everybody for the tips! Great information!

 

31W sucks to drive. If you live on post hen it's not that bad. However, if you drive to Louisville on the weekends, etc. then it can be a little tricky depending on weather. Honestly though, that area doesn't get a lot of snow from the last three years I've been stationed there.

 

That's where I bought my first tacoma from. Small world