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Postby 12valve350 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:27 am

that 2wd diesels dont belong in the snow, and soot STAINS good clothes! X.X dupadurr
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Postby PToombs » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:05 pm

I got news for ya, soot stains ANY clothes! ;)
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Postby 93_Fummins » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:34 am

And 2wd diesels with bald rear tires and looooog wheelbases are a blast in the snow! Until you get stuck...for the third time that day...on the way to school... :mad:
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Postby peobryant » Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:32 am

You guys must drive just like Jeff. He NEEDS a 4wd for the snow, just like a woman. :roll: :lol:


My truck doesn't leave the driveway when it snows, or if it is "supposed" to snow. If the news mentions salt, a couple hours later, you'll see 10 salt trucks within a two mile radius of eachother. Makes me sick...
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Postby RumbleFish » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:42 pm

my truck generally doesnt leave the driveway in more than 3-4" of snow, unless i need a truck. last winter i had to haul a car with 6"+ on the ground, and back it into a narrow unplowed driveway. im sure you would have gotten pissed at your girly automatic truck when it got stuck in somebody's yard.

my W100 will cure this of course...after i can get it running reliably that is.
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Postby 12valve350 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:01 pm

Well i live up in the rust belt, we get a foot at a time and my 2wd is my only truck, 2 inches or 2 feet i gotta drive it
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Postby redneckroot » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:46 pm

Buy yourself a set of chains, always good in a bind.
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Postby dpuckett » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:31 am

I told him to put some tractor weights in the bed. When we got 4" of ice, I loaded Jeff's bed with firewood for 2 weeks, and did just fine :roll: Of course, the tires werent bald then......

4x4s can get stuck in the mud, too. Had a client who has his barn out in the pasture. Halfway through the second horse, the sky opened up. Pasture was slick as cow crap on concrete. The 4020 almost didnt get me up the hill. I wasnt sinking, it was just SLICK.
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Postby RumbleFish » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:50 pm

the tires arent bald now either. i dont have any firewood, and tractor weights are hard to come by around here. anythough, i do have an idea to build a rack to fit in the gn rails i put it for said tractors weights. i bought a 4wd truck instead, and i don't have much in it. and that way, when the wiring acts up on the green goober, im not out of a truck.
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Postby 1STGENFARMBOY » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:27 pm

We had 3in of ice last year and my 99 24v 2wd was in the barn behind my little girls 99 Z71 and i tried to back it out, down hill mind ya and got it stuck, so i let the tire preshure down to 20psi and it went ok, sold the 99 after i got my 93 ;) ;)
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Postby Redneckintraining » Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:49 am

Oh come on.4x4 is where is at.They have so much weight on the front end with the diesel that as long as somewhere down there there is firm ground, you can go. Ive had my W250 in snow up the transfer case.Did just fine,was kinda cool seeing "snow rooster tails" off each tire...
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Postby 1STGENFARMBOY » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:40 pm

Not everyone has a 4x4 and some people drive what better suits the rest of the family, that beeing said from about 21yrs to 42yrs old i was in that catigory :thatsucks: :notfair: but not any more, :rock: My wife tells me i can drive whatever i want she is the CFO and i would be broke without her , :roll: and i choose a coal rollin 93 TCD
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Postby Ace » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:41 am

I used to take my old '68 RT out on the back roads of western PA after a good snow just for the fun of it, to practice what they call "drifting" these days. Did wreck it once, tho. :oops:

So I guess I learned how good a driver I'm "not."
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Postby TWorline » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:47 am

Oh yeah, nothing like an old B body with a good LS in the snow! That brings back some good memories for sure! Long live L60 15's. :rock:
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Postby doublel89 » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:11 am

i had a 4 wheel drive that changed into a 2wd when i swapped a 47rh into it. funny how the driveshaft won't clear that fat transmission. tire chains work good in snow but i was a little emberrased that i had to get pushed up a hill by a skid steer when i was hauling a 305 CAT.
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