What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week?

[Malleus]

Perfect weather for a Land Cruiser!

Maybe, but you can't fly in it...at least not according to the Houston airport.

 

[MatthewMcD]

Dang. That has got to be the most snow Houston has seen in a long time?

Was going to say just that. Y'all got more than we did for sure.

 

[Grayscale]

You have to take it in the snow, before they salt the roads, it is way too much fun. Air down.

 

[flee]

Global Warming Gretta strikes again

2 errors in the above...

 

[mef0629]

Dang. That has got to be the most snow Houston has seen in a long time?

Somewhere between 6" & 7"

 

[igotta40]

Nice top! Who made it and how do you like it?

It’s one of Julie’s Dirt Road ones, that I ordered from her in the summer of 2019. Real Steel sold me the bow set and I had them powder coated.

 

[igotta40]

Drove around in the slush & snow for a while out near Clear Lake. Pretty much a record for Houston.

 

[Buffchief]

It’s one of Julie’s Dirt Road ones, that I ordered from her in the summer of 2019. Real Steel sold me the bow set and I had them powder coated.

Looks great. I've read she doesn't do them anymore!!?

 

[MatthewMcD]

You have to take it in the snow, before they salt the roads, it is way too much fun. Air down.

Honest question as I don't have a lot of 4WD experience. In icy conditions do you carry and use chains? (If there is a better forum for this LMK.)

 

[charliemeyer007]

Yes. And you want ice breaker chains with a hardened V bar. Get the octopus bungie cord tensioner. Chains work in mud too,
If you think you might need 4WD then turn the hubs in now. It is 10 times easier to drive onto the chains when you can still move than to put them on when you are stuck. I can chain up the front axle of the 40 without getting wet/muddy and that's usually enough.

There is an inside and outside to chains. Put them on correctly or you can damage your tires. I cut my chains to fit with 1 extra link, no floppy bits wagging about. Make sure one of the bungie hooks is threw the chain lock so it can't pop loose. Put your chains on at least once in a nice place so you understand how to do it.

Have a several gallon bucket or bag to put them in. I have like 8 pr of cotton jersey gloves in the bucket. I pair for each wheel to put on and 1 pair to take them off.

 

[sogafarm]

Once in a lifetime snowstorm for South Georgia. I’m getting first tracks on the snowboard in the morning!

 

[B y r o n]

I guess this is all the result of Global Warming!

 

[charliemeyer007]

It snowed for Christmas at Ft Gordon Ga (Augusta) back in 74. Was comical watching people try and drive

 

[sogafarm]

Took Montina on a snow cruise around the neighborhood

 

[cims1970fj40]

Global Warming Gretta strikes agai

Once in a lifetime snowstorm for South Georgia. I’m getting first tracks on the snowboard in the morning!

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Can’t believe you guys ended up getting snow. My brother lives just outside Pensacola and they received some as well.

 

[sogafarm]

Can’t believe you guys ended up getting snow. My brother lives just outside Pensacola and they received some as well.

This never happens down here. I lived in Colorado for over a decade and I always wanted to see snow down here so this is something special

 

[Pighead]

New rear door speakers, both sides!

 

[igotta40]

Looks great. I've read she doesn't do them anymore!!?

I only know what I read here in a thread, maybe she had a fire or something, and she has a backlog of orders. Not sure what’s happening with Real Steel.

 

[cims1970fj40]

It snowed for Christmas at Ft Gordon Ga (Augusta) back in 74. Was comical watching people try and drive

Still is comical

 

[MatthewMcD]

Yes. And you want ice breaker chains with a hardened V bar. Get the octopus bungie cord tensioner. Chains work in mud too,
If you think you might need 4WD then turn the hubs in now. It is 10 times easier to drive onto the chains when you can still move than to put them on when you are stuck. I can chain up the front axle of the 40 without getting wet/muddy and that's usually enough.

There is an inside and outside to chains. Put them on correctly or you can damage your tires. I cut my chains to fit with 1 extra link, no floppy bits wagging about. Make sure one of the bungie hooks is threw the chain lock so it can't pop loose. Put your chains on at least once in a nice place so you understand how to do it.

Have a several gallon bucket or bag to put them in. I have like 8 pr of cotton jersey gloves in the bucket. I pair for each wheel to put on and 1 pair to take them off.

You mention chains on the front so I think that means buy two pair so I can run chains on all four corners in the worst of it.