Any Tips for Driving Tacos in Snow?

I have a couple sand bags and a snow shovel in the back, and ive done a fair amount of snow driving in my life but that was in a 4runner. Any tips on how to drive a midsize truck in the snow? How deep can I get? I was in about 6in yesterday.

 

Snow tires are always good. Plus be easy on the throttle, as the rear ends are light.
Other than that. Just use common sense.
Take her to a big parking lot thats coverred in snow, and drive around using various throttle, steering and brake inputs. (Just watch for curbs and poles etc

 

Are you 4wd? Any problems yet? Best thing is experience which you have. How deep you can go depends on type of snow and what's underneath. Trial and error.

Other than that, I throw 80lbs of sand in the back between the wheel wells and run snow tires with a truck cap. Keeps me pretty centered. I use 4wd when needed. I'm more worried about other drivers lol. Be safe

 

Yep always good to test the limits some place safe

 

Basically, just treat it like a RWD car (maybe with 4WD). They do like to slide around pretty good in the snow and ice, but you can avoid most trouble if you just drive with that in mind. Snow tires are always good, too. It should drive a lot like your 4Runner in the snow.

I've driven through about a foot of powdery snow in 4HI in mine. I have a 3rd gen, but the 2nd gen shouldn't be any different as far as capability.

 

Here are a couple threads with info you might want to read. First one is daily on road driving. Second one is for off road snow wheeling.

I have found that 4H in town is my best bet if its slick or snow covered before the plows get it down the pavement.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/10-tips-for-driving-in-the-snow.256975/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/snow-wheeling-tips-n-tricks.642121/

 

I’ve had mine in about 14 inches of snow with stock sized Nitto terra grapplers at the time and it done just fine. I did have to use 4lo in some steep areas tho.

 

Tires make or break any vehicle in snow. If your tires are worn, OP, get some snow-rated tires.

We had a manual trans Honda Accord years ago with studded snow tires. That thing was WAY better on any snowy road with less than 6" of snow on the ground than my 1st gen with worn mud terrains. Now we've got a winter wheel set with GoodYear Ultra Grip Ice tires on my wife's 2006 Tacoma. It's on rails in the inclement compared to my 2014 with big, tough looking KO2's.

 

I now have k02s and this will be my first winter with them. My previous vehicle was a outback xt and I had a set of summer wheels and tires and a dedicated set of snow tires on my stock wheels. If money allows it’s definitely the best way to go.

 

Put it in 4hi, be easy with the throttle, brakes and steering input and you’ll be fine. Slow down earlier and leave space for other drivers to be stupid/unlucky and not hit you.

 

I've always had BFG all-terrains going back to our 87 4Runner. I thought they were good tires in all conditions until the used 2014 DCLB I bought came with the Ultra Grip Ice tire/wheelset. My wife drives 300-400 miles a week so I put them on her truck in the winter. Those things hook up. It's not even a contest (and I love BFG's!)

 

And don’t think that 4WD will make you stop any faster. I’m guessing you already know this, however since you asked how deep can you get, I’m not quite sure ya do. Have fun out there!

 

I was going to do a post on best tires soon too because I grew weary of my Ko2s in my 4runner

 

I'd rather not get stuck and yeah I know how to use (meaning never use lol) the break in snow

 

Can't see the road? 4HI. Even with winters these trucks are too tail happy in the winter. Use 4x4 if you have it.

I had studded tires and 250lbs in the back of my Tacoma and it still didnt perform very well in 4x2.

 

This is will answer everything I need but it was because i was up in the mountains the other day with bad tires and curious how hard people push stock tacos in the snow

 

Alson curious how much weight I need to make a difference in 2hi

 

250lbs was a bit much but I did notice a difference. I just want to have lots of traction and not worry about icey roads in my subdivisions. 50lbs is where most people start. Also make it favour the right, as the gas tank on the Tacoma is on the left.

 

I think right now I'm doing 120

 

https://youtu.be/EMnT1gCYjP8

4x4 does help with braking.