If I ever think about buying a 2wd truck again I want someone here to b**** slap me hard.

This late season snow caught me by surprise and now my truck is parked at one of my uncles vacant houses down the street. But in trying to get up my hill I almost slid into a rock wall and took out the side of my truck.

Typically I carry 600 pounds of sand bags, a shovel and a bucket of lose sand. But today all I did when I left home was throw in 300 pounds of sand bags because I figured it was just flurries, yeah that worked.

I'm pretty sure a Corvette ZR1 on racing slicks would do better than my truck!

If I have my truck for another winter I'm buying chains.

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

Eww. Would a LSD been of any help? Would the 2WD been OK if you had had 600# of sand in the back?

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Yeah don't have that either, I'm shocked you can still buy any truck without an LSD but even today its a $400 option.

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

I got LSD in my Duramax, and my new one will have it too... (well, will also have 4wd).

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

LOL

this reminds me of my sidways trips around town in my 92 automatic van in even the slighest snow.

Its snowing down there right now?

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You can't give away RWD trucks in my area. I haven't had a RWD vehicle for almost 25 years. This morning I drove my AWD Taurus SHO to work, driving on slippery, snow-crusted hills, and it didn't miss a beat.

LSD is great if you are driving on a soft surface in which the tires sink a bit, minimizing the truck's lateral movement. On a smooth, slick road with a pronounced crown, having two wheels spinning at the same time means the truck will slide sideways under power, planting the right rear corner of your rear bumper into the door of that Chrysler 300 parked at the curb.

Limited slip with good m and s tires and 600# in the back gets me through all the slippery stuff. I stay out of the mud though. limited slip with no weight in the back is no fun on snow or ice.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Does Connecticut allow the use of studded snow tires?

I gave up on RWD only trucks about 15 years or so ago. We had a hell of a snow storm hit us, and I couldn't go anywhere, no matter how much weight I had (over 1200# of steel in the bed at the time). Since then, it's been 4WD or AWD. I'm old school in my thinking, and would prefer manual locking hubs mainly because they are easily replaced, whereas automatic locking isn't. However...the wife's Tahoe has the button to press instead of the shifter on the floor.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Upgrading the brodozer?

Yeah this will be my last RWD truck, they are good in CA or FL where it never snows other than that, forget about it.

Next winter I'm either getting snow chains or a 2014 Silverado with 4wd, problem solved!

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

What shocks me is how good modern AWD cars are. Other than the ground clearance they beat the pants off of trucks in the slippery stuff. The modern traction aids really work some magic as well.

The traction difference between my old W126 and my attorney's E350 4Matic is as large is it is between my truck and a Mog.

Trucks and SUV's really only have an advantage if the snow gets very deep, but in light snow or ice a good AWD car will run circles around them, especially if equipped with modern snow tires.

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

That's my problem, I live on a side road and in snow over 4-6 inch's my truck just won't go. I got stranded a number of times this winter. I ran with 1k-1.3k in the bed sometimes and it was only a marginal improvement over my 600 of sand.

Than my buddy comes rolling up in his G wagon like its a summer day...

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

Yep.

Buying a 5th wheel, with a pin weight that exceeds my current truck.

Solution - DRW Duramax.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.