Do Tacos hibernate in winter?

You can always air down a skinny tire to get more traction if you need it. You can't skinny down a fat tire to get more MPG or clearance. I've always been a fan of tall and narrow (within reason). Even running 35's or bigger on my old jeeps, I'd go for the 11" wide vs the 12.5", or god forbid 14". Keep that weight on the ground!

37 x 14.5's do look mean as all hell though. RIP the D44 jeep guy who bought a new rubicon and lifted it and put them on the front though...

Edit: If you have more HP than you know what to do with, and a drive-train that will handle the abuse, run the tallest, fattest tires you can. Thrash them, crawl them, and then post vids for the rest of us to watch.

 

depends greatly on what your talking about. My grandpa runs like 235 on a big farm truck because it’s heavy and goes through the snow but you would have to go to insane tire size to get the same lbs per square inch that diesel does. So go to a bigger tire and float on top more. That’s what our truck are good at. You want to be a the bottom of the snow or on top. Middle of snow is bad.

 

I don't disagree with you at all. Everything is circumstantial. My original comment was based on the average joe driving on a moderately maintained city street.

 

I'm a big fan of camping year-round: the heater (and snowboards) are key to getting the wife on board. We use a diesel air heater: for ~$200 it has a thermostat and will keep the tent dry and toasty. Haven't managed to convert ours to gasoline yet, but it has been done by at least one Englishman.

Tire wise we're on 255/85 ST Maxxes: not a ton of snow driving but no issues with them.

 

No. They don't hibernate...

 

That saying really bothers me. All cars/trucks made in the past half century LITERALLY all have 4-wheel stop. Every. Single. One. Whereas a 4x4 truck with open diffs is really only 2 wheel drive in slick conditions. The logic to that argument doesnt make any sense..

But I think it really comes back to people not understanding and not having enough experience like you said.

Im trying to figure out if you've ever driven in snow before?

ABS is meant more for maintaining control of the vehicle than it is for reducing stopping distance. This isnt the desert where no ABS can allow the wheels to lock up and dig in to stop quicker. Generally speaking on snowy roads, once the wheels lock up the truck is going to keep going the way it was going (physics). Go back to your cliff analogy..

I will say that ABS in the snow can make stopping distances longer. It really all comes down to the drivers responsibility to know whats going on and keep control.

 

Oh and for the record, no they dont hibernate

 

I'm an avid skier so a big snow storm means GO SKIING! The difference between good 4-season sipped tires and dedicated snow tires on steep mountain passes even when they are getting plowed regularly is huge and 100% worth it. The extra cost is minimal if you find some cheap used rims and change them yourself since you are saving wear from your other set; it's just an up front investment. The wind here in CO just blows in more snow after the plows come by and then cars churn it up and turn it into a mess. Snow tires give you shorter stopping distance, much better traction on turns and uphill. For just getting groceries and around town - all seasons or your all terrain of choice is totally fine. If I didn't ski I wouldn't have winter tires unless I lived in the mountains.

 

Ya abs is supposed to give you stopping control but bad drivers, it seems, think it makes you stop quicker. It scares me.

Good point all cars do have 4wheel stop.

if you are in a manual 4wd, you can also use your gearing to safely slow down when you know a stop is coming.

There is also a thing called threshold braking. That’s where you brake as hard as possible to just before the point where wheels would lock up. on dry roads, if you do that properly, your tires and the road will actually make a kind of groaning or you will literally hear the sound of the friction bearing created. Doing it properly on snowy or slick roads, doesn’t make the sound but you come to a stop without sliding. My understanding is if you have abs and you are engaging it regularly on slick roads, your hitting your brakes too quickly and too hard. (My 96 truck is the newest year car I’ve had so I’ve never had abs)

 

Yea that looks stupid , a big truck with low profile tires

 

My taco looks for snow , the wife and I go out in the snow and drive around . My taco also has the responsibility of getting me to and from work in the worst storms . When the snow hits the fan and everyone’s stuck , the taco says “pffft hold my beer, we got this shit”