Offroad Snow Driving Tips?

[nobrks]

fender flairs

I have stopped quoting !! it newer works!!

Crushers:
I did make the front fender flairs my self, and have the molds.

The 6cyl front end- and the rear-fenderflairs are available here in Iceland. awailable for 35" 38" and 44"

The company that owns the molds now is www.breytir.is or Formverk ehf. (same owner)

A set of 4 would cost about 800 USD.

The Icelandic market for these fenderflairs is full, we can no more import the 70series due to some emission regulations.

The company that owns the molds now, did not know they owned them, until few months ago.

 

[crushers]

you mean like this? i was doing MAYBE 3 k/h when the back end broke through the ice and wanted to return to Japan...
from this thread of winter wheeling:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/254404-winter-wheeling-upper-canada-cruisers.html

the WSSR is the Wayne's s*** Show Run on April 17th, 18th, 19th. we will be attmpting to finish this trail...

What important is if you do not think you will keep afloat, go slow, cause otherwise you could end up jack up and having hour of fun. For me snow wheeling is driving in the 3-4' of snow, lots of snow over here. For me Driving in 6 inch of snow is just like driving in slippery mud.

Here, i went to help this guy this weekend, when i arrived he had just got himself out. But it took 8 hours to pull him out of this hole.

result afer trying to get himself out of it; broken draglink and brifield.

BTW: what is WSSR?

 

[eleblanc]

the WSSR is the Wayne's **** Show Run on April 17th, 18th, 19th. we will be attmpting to finish this trail...

That must be far from Montreal!?

 

[crushers]

hummm, depends what you feel is far. i drove 5 days to wheel 2 days at Pismo beach California and 3 days back.
i know guys that drive from South California to wheel in Alaska.

so from Montreal to Parry Sound is just a days drive...

 

[canucksafari]

Simon, I see you are keen on the front locker. Just remember a front locker can get you in deep sh*t quickly on ice or hard pack. So, remember to turn it off when you don't need it. With the studded ice radials I run in the winter highway and off road), I rarely air down. Airing down won't do you much good if you are heavy on the skinny pedal - the quickest way to dig a hole. The best set-up is always dictated by the snow conditions. I also have yet to have a 4x4 with a winch and I always wheeled in the winter. The basic recovery tools for me are a shovel, axe and Swede saw. Of course, knowing when to say far enough also helps.

 

[SimonInAustralia]

Simon, I see you are keen on the front locker. Just remember a front locker can get you in deep sh*t quickly on ice or hard pack. So, remember to turn it off when you don't need it. With the studded ice radials I run in the winter highway and off road), I rarely air down. Airing down won't do you much good if you are heavy on the skinny pedal - the quickest way to dig a hole. The best set-up is always dictated by the snow conditions. I also have yet to have a 4x4 with a winch and I always wheeled in the winter. The basic recovery tools for me are a shovel, axe and Swede saw. Of course, knowing when to say far enough also helps.

Thanks for the tips.

Unfortunately we don't get very much snow here, and it is quite a long drive to the snow and back again, so specialized winter/studded/etc. tyres are not really an option.

Just trying to give myself the best chance of getting in and out solo.


Has anyone used one of those Pull-Pal winch anchors? Do they work well?

 

[crushers]

if you do not get much snow and want to go solo then stay as close to stock as possible, mild lift, chains and rear locker, winch, steel stakes to winch to... the bigger the truck the bigger the stuck.