Driving in snow 2wd

Ooooh, the south.

 

Are you sure you don’t have limited slip? You don’t need 4WD to have limited slip. I know limited slip came on your year Tacoma. I don’t know if it was standard or an option or only came on the TRD models. It makes a big difference if you do have LS.

 

It does have the auto lsd but not much help in 2wd with half worn all seasons

 

I would agree with you if you were running a dedicated winter tire such as a Blizzak. However, in my 30+ years of driving non winter tires in snow, airing down has yielded better results every time, barring thick wet snow. Whether it's in my rwd diesel van, fwd diesel Jetta or my Tacoma, lower psi gets me up grades full pressure leaves me spinning.

Airing down doesn't make a tire significantly wider. It does actually make the tire contact patch longer front to rear. And this is where the benefit occurs. Don't believe me? Watch this:

https://youtu.be/-stzafBMCa4

Yes, skinnier tires are better than fat tires. My winter tire set up I hope to get sooner than later is the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 235/85r16 with studs.

As of now, I have stock 265/70r16 Michelin Defender LTX m+s with good tread. I have a quarter mile long driveway and maybe 25 feet of it is flat. The rest is incline/decline and some turns, as there is a deep valley between the road and the house on the side of a mountain. You or anyone else is welcome to come on over to test and see for yourself. It's steep enough, a few inches can be challenging on fully inflated tires.















After that driveway, I have 6 miles of hilly, curvy dirt roads just to get to asphalt.
Trust me, if I could be lazy and not air down, I certainly would. It just doesn't work.

I'm an instructor on road racing tracks for motorcycles, have extremely good feel of traction and a very good understanding of tires and how to make them work optimally. I'm the guy who prays for blizzards so I can go driving in them.