Dirtman
Former Middleweight Moss Fighting Champion
- Joined
- May 28, 2018
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- Location
- 41N 75W
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Lift
- It's up there.
- Total Drop
- It's down there.
- Tire Size
- Round.
- My credo
- I poop in the furnace.
I've lived in the northeast all my life so I'm no stranger to snow and have been driving in it for 25 years in all sorts of vehicles.
My current truck (09 regular cab 2wd automatic) is as expected pretty terrible in the snow. It surprisingly steers and stops quite well but take offs are always a dicey maneuver of feathering the pedal and correcting dog tracking. My general snow prep is to load some driveway snow in the bed and 2, 5 gallon buckets of sand and drop the tire psi to 15-20 psi. This does a decent job to a point but I'm weighing the benefits of dropping some money to A. Upgrade to a LSD rear and B. Get some real snow tires for at least the rear. Both are about 400-500 dollar upgrades a peice.
Chains are legal here and I do have a set but they are pretty annoying and only work when the roads are heavily snow covered and not simply icey or slushy.
Which do you guys think would benefit the most since I can't really afford good snow tires AND a LSD at the same time. So should I get the LSD to get both wheels spinning or go with snow tires first? Right now Im leaning towards the limited slip since the one wheel spins are the biggest issue and cause all the dog tracking.
My current truck (09 regular cab 2wd automatic) is as expected pretty terrible in the snow. It surprisingly steers and stops quite well but take offs are always a dicey maneuver of feathering the pedal and correcting dog tracking. My general snow prep is to load some driveway snow in the bed and 2, 5 gallon buckets of sand and drop the tire psi to 15-20 psi. This does a decent job to a point but I'm weighing the benefits of dropping some money to A. Upgrade to a LSD rear and B. Get some real snow tires for at least the rear. Both are about 400-500 dollar upgrades a peice.
Chains are legal here and I do have a set but they are pretty annoying and only work when the roads are heavily snow covered and not simply icey or slushy.
Which do you guys think would benefit the most since I can't really afford good snow tires AND a LSD at the same time. So should I get the LSD to get both wheels spinning or go with snow tires first? Right now Im leaning towards the limited slip since the one wheel spins are the biggest issue and cause all the dog tracking.