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People might want to know. All wheel drive means that ONE wheel, computer selected to give the best possible selection, has power to the road. Good on light snow (2-4 inches), or ice. But its not like 4 wheel drive that has 1 front wheel and 1 rear wheel with power to the road, which can handle heavy snow (4-12 inches). If you have posi track, like my truck, front and back, its the ultimate.
My 3/4 ton Chevrolet has 4x4 and a locking rear differential. The first time the rear end locked up I thought I blew the whole thing up.
My 3/4 ton Chevrolet has 4x4 and a locking rear differential. The first time the rear end locked up I thought I blew the whole thing up.
Mine is true locked posi. Solid, not just when I get wheel spin. It takes some getting used to,, but when you have some experience with it, there's nothing better. I've been in snow deep enough it boiled over the hood, I never even spuun a tire. Imagine what it does when I chain it front and back. I've even chained one tire front drivers side and one rear drivers side because it had rained and froze. I was having trouble staying on the crown of the road.
Mine is true locked posi. Solid, not just when I get wheel spin. It takes some getting used to,, but when you have some experience with it, there's nothing better. I've been in snow deep enough it boiled over the hood, I never even spuun a tire. Imagine what it does when I chain it front and back. I've even chained one tire front drivers side and one rear drivers side because it had rained and froze. I was having trouble staying on the crown of the road.
I read up on the locking differential in the owners manual. I tested it out last April above Deerfield. I buried that pickup on a gravel road. I spent about 45 minutes digging out. Then a couple of turkey hunters came across us. They pulled me out. Then they blazed through and and followed. Albeit soaked wet and cold, but no worse for wear.
If you will be driving a substantial amount of time on snow or icy winter conditions you might want to watch some Youtube videos of side by side comparisons of snow tires vs all season tires,then come to your own conclusion.
I live in Canada,we get lots of snow,Nov 1 every year i put on the snow tires,April 1 i put on the summer tires.
I'm usually carrying a very valuable cargo so i want as much safety advantage as i can afford.Winter tires arent that expensive.
I believe in Canada you are mandated to put on snow tires. I live in the Rockies and we have had winters where we got 500 inches of snow. I have a 4wd truck neither it nor my 4wd Yukon XL ever run on anything other than all season tires. They have done me well for 10 years. Now if I had a 2wd up here, I agree snow, tires for our conditions. That being said, my husband just weathered his first winter in WY and said it was a bit icier, but the amount of snow did not warrent snow tires.
I live in northern New England. We have has about 10 feet of snow this winter. I have Nokian snow tires on my Subaru and my Buick sedan in the winter. I use summer tires when the temperatures get consistently above 40 deg F. Higher road temperatures cause high wear rates on winter tires. As most driving, even in winter, is done on bare pavement the stickiness of the tires is the major factor in determining traction. Tread form is the rest.
Remember the tires are the only part of your car that touches the road. A few hundred dollars for Winter tires is cheap insurance for the times the roads get really bad.
My husband had all season tires until he hit ice. We now have studs on all our vehicles from October to May. Easier and safer for us old timers. Plus we live on a hill that gets so dicey the sand trucks won't come up when it's iced over.
You can't beat a set of Blizaks! (Made by Bridgestone). Used them in Alaska and my little 4cyl would break trail, and I kept them on my car year-round....BUT I learned when I moved to Rapid that they won't last in the summer heat here - the roads get too hot.
You can't beat a set of Blizaks! (Made by Bridgestone). Used them in Alaska and my little 4cyl would break trail, and I kept them on my car year-round....BUT I learned when I moved to Rapid that they won't last in the summer heat here - the roads get too hot.
I put Blizzaks on a FWD Civid and was able to easily get up the SD 44 hill westof Rapid City snow and ice. There is no way I would drive in the winter without snow tires. You never know when the storms can hit. Weather is very unpredictable there.
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