Snow Driving

[gravitylover]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Traditional 4wd with transfer case, where front and rear axles are locked is only to be used on slick surfaces. There is no slip in the system and requires the slip of the ground. Driving them in 4wd on dry pavement will ruin them.

Awd systems have slip units between front and rear drives. Huge difference.

And auto locking hubs suck. They stick all the time, and are weaker than manual locking hubs. First thing serious 4x4 people do is swap to manual locking hubs.

Way back when... in my old (1960 Willys) CJ5 I had to switch between 2 and 4wd constantly to keep the thing from chunking and jumping all over the place. Turning the steering wheel too much with it in 4 on dry ground would nearly bring it to a halt. I pretty much kept it in 2 until I had to pull into a driveway or go up a steep hill that it wasn't up for in 2. I'd pull out and as I shifted into the next gear I would move 2 sticks, the gear shift and the 2-4 stick from the transfer case. Since it had such a stump puller 1st I pretty much always let it out in 2nd anyway so I'd just rap it up to about 4k then shift both and let it out in 4th and it was good to go until I had to use it again. Sometimes it wouldn't go back into 4 easily and I'd have to stop to get it there.

[dodj]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

These whole discussions are hilarious to me anyway.

That's the whole point! A thread like this is jus shootin' the $h!t.
You head out in the BRZ with 35cm on the ground? Respect!
Myself if I see 10cm and over I opt for the truck. Which is also rear wheel drive....The ONLY kind of vehicle to drive in the snow!


Now a truck with a hand brake....