Winter Woes..

Hey guys. So the other day i pulled to the side of the highway by the forest to go run the dog and when i tried to pull away i discovered i did not have LSD as one wheel sat in the snow motionless my bad for not investigating more when i purchased the truck. Anyway, I had a couple questions about the set up of the rear for winter driving.

1) Ive seen air lockers and also aftermarket lsd's. I would only need it for launching the boat, pulling of the highway, that sort of stuff. Not much wheelin for this 5 lugger, sand or a bit of mud is as far as i go lol. What is the better option? im not afraid of the work involved, just want to get the best bang for my buck/time.

2) I bought a set of winter tires but havnt found the right offset rims for the right price yet. The rubber is sitting on rims that have the same bolt pattern but are a medium offset rim. My truck came with high offset rims. Would it make that much of a difference to run the medium offset rims on the rear?

 

Best thing to help a 2wd truck in the snow is some sand bags over the rear axle, studded tires help a lot too.

 

I have sandbags in the back already. Got some good winter tires too but not sure about running medium offset rims on a vehicle designed for high offset wheels

 

Chains help

 

Thanks for the reply. Chains would help in snow, but i think they would cause issues when launching the boat..

Im lookin for LSD/Locker advice more so

 

How often you drive on the snow - ice ?
Wait are you in Canada ?

 

Fixed that for you

 

indeed i am, northern Saskatchewan to be precise. I drive on snow/ice about 60% of the year.

How does a locker not help in snow? If i had one the other day i would have been fine im sure. Would a LSD be any different/better for that situation? (one wheel in snow, one wheel on black ice)

 

Thanks OZ, Workman is very thankful. Workman has found that 2wd in these trucks is very worthless in the snow, He cant even get to his house without 4wd.

 

Well since you have 5 lugger you are limited. None of the Autolockers will be good for you since in the snow and 2wd they tend to swing rear end. I would check Eaton Truetrac I think there is model that will fit your truck. Otherwise you would have to replace whole rear axle.

 

Detroit TruTrac would be your best bang for the buck. It works great.

 

Cool, Thanks! Im looking into this. Looks like i will need to identify my axle. Looking at the catalog is says tacom 95-05 with what looks like my diff. Anyone happen to know which trutrac an sr5 would require by chance?

Any input on running the medium offset rims on just the back?

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