Curious! How many of you run your trucks in 4wd while pulling your snowmobile trailer down the hwy when the roads are snow or ice covered? And how face do you drive?
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Always run in 4x4. I drive as fast as road conditions warrant.
i always use 4X4 when driving on a snow-ice covered hwy...and i drive as face as the conditions allow....
Are you serious about this question? Isn't one of purposes of 4WD to drive in snow and ice?
He's probably just making sure he doesn't explode anything at higher speeds. I didn't start driving a 4 wheel drive until about 5 years ago and I wondered the same thing. If the roads are snow and ice covered I'm not usually getting over 60mph or 100kmh.
Makes sense. Wasn't trying to be an a-hole even though I usually am.
Run it when you need it. That's what it's there for but it sure sucks the fuel down fast. Ken...
I don't usually lock in until I get the first indication of a slight drift. I prefer to hold on to the 'feeling' of the road before I lock in, unless I know of specific spot that is always bad. Chain-up areas are a good rule of thumb to expect to lock in near.
pura vida and myself rolled his truck and enclosed trailer this weekend. He had switched it out of 4WD a few minutes before we hit a slippery section of road...
pics and the full story below
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187223
pics and the full story below
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187223
I've always ran mine in 4wd up to about 50mph but assumed you weren't suppose to go over that! Maybe an old rumor! I probably haven't driven in as much snow and ice as someone from Kent but close!
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I've always ran mine in 4wd up to about 50mph but assumed you weren't suppose to go over that! Maybe an old rumor! I probably haven't driven in as much snow and ice as someone from Kent but close!
I had my '01 Dodge at 130+ MPH in 4x4 too many times to count. Never had a problem with it.
If it's icy/snow, it's in 4x4. Fuel-mileage be damned...it's safer for me, any passengers, and the other idiots on the road.
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Hahaha... join the club. You're surrounded by great company. And "ouch", is my response to your other question. Now I feel bad. .NOT.
ok, sortaI've always ran mine in 4wd up to about 50mph but assumed you weren't suppose to go over that! Maybe an old rumor! I probably haven't driven in as much snow and ice as someone from Kent but close!
^^^ Old school, the trucks would start to shake apart in 4x. Shafts weren't balanced, etc, etc. Doesn't bother them a bit now. I wore out my auto hubs couple years back. Now I run all winter with the hubs locked in, switch the transfer in every time there is a hint of it might being needed. Seriously, what people doing thinking they can out guess the conditions...at mach whatever. The slides and loss of control happens so fast, it's not like you can back up and get a free do-over.
Exactly!
Stopping is where the crap hits the undies when going too fast for conditions.
^^^Been preaching that for years. Always amazed at fools in their 4x's. In the end, you still have the same stupid 4 tires to stop with as the guy in the Metro Geo. If it's bad, I cable/chain up. Why some of us think that a 4x, towing a trailer loaded with expensive toys is so much better in the ice than the weekend traveler in his sedan with cables is beyond me. I still misjudge at times and spend a lot of time re-thinking my decisions, attempting to be a bit better and smarter each next time. 'Cause I want to have a 'next' time.
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just like the lockers in my Kenworth I lock em in only when needed then unlock them asap
never run a road with them locked up for very long .........you ever try to steer a rig on a slippery corner ???
you just don't do it .
plus it saves on wear and tear . I say drive according to the road conditions .......over a million miles accident, ticket free ...next
never run a road with them locked up for very long .........you ever try to steer a rig on a slippery corner ???
you just don't do it .
plus it saves on wear and tear . I say drive according to the road conditions .......over a million miles accident, ticket free ...next
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I wasn't thinking about the lockers on my truck. You're correct on those. Never run them on dry pavement...ouch. But, I suggest many reading this don't know the difference you speak of....
And 4x on dry pavement and sharp turns are a no-no. But I got no qualms with it hooked up going down the highway.
I had my '01 Dodge at 130+ MPH in 4x4 too many times to count. Never had a problem with it.
If it's icy/snow, it's in 4x4. Fuel-mileage be damned...it's safer for me, any passengers, and the other idiots on the road.[/QUOTE]
here's what I don't get and please someone explain. Yeah 4x helps you get traction. So you don't spin, etc. But how in the F does 4x help you stop on ice any faster? OR how does 4x help you from getting sucked in and pulled by slush and chit?
I always thought, if it's chitty enough to need 4x then it's probably chity enough to not be going 50 or 60 or 75.
I'll stick to my car and go 45 and get passed by stupid people in 4x wheel drive going 70....if you stay on the road, congrats you beat me to the destination by 20 minutes.
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