Bad day for no 4wd!

[Denisefwd93]

My truck has an open 8.8, got caught in an early winter slushy wet snow storm. omg zero traction! The 93 I sold had limited slip so even when not in 4wd drive it was great in snow.

Anyways...Haven't even gotten around to troubleshooting the electric shift motor, I think it's time to take it off and put a pair of what did y'all use? vice grips ?

Keep it in 4H until I get around getting it fixed. (I have manual hubs)

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Yeah, vise grips work. Don't leave them on there, they can fall off.

 

[bobbywalter]

yeah...6 over here was a train wreck.


at 3:00 when i went in there were 2, 2wd rangers whomped at the bottom of the hill in meshoppen....


fuggin idiots.


that shit just kept coming too....get some chains if you have to drive around over here.


que the 2wd retards that say you dont need 4x4 in winter.


you did today if you were here. gaurantee you would not have made it up mile hill even with chains with no 4x4...it banks hard and dumps ya where the semi was laying.....he didnt need 4x4 either....


.....fawk this place...i want to go home where its flat.


you guys are nutz.


4 inches of snow here is like 2 feet in detroit... and its still easier to get around in detroit...

 

[adsm08]

In the 6 years I have owned it I never needed to put my B2 in 4x4 for more traction.

Yesterday I went to pull it into the garage to fix a brake line. I needed 4x4 to make it up the little slope to my garage door.

 

[Denisefwd93]

I was watching SEPTA buses lose traction and slide sideways yesterday it was bad! On the plus side I can say my little truck even without 4wd did get me home and ran a good 6 hours of road time without skipping a beat. It kept me warm and the defroster worked so I can't complain too much about one wheel spinning every time I tried to move. but now I know there is a very big difference between limited slip and open differentials,. I guess I'm spoiled a bit my AWD van was really really good in snow.

 

[bobbywalter]

i was referring to 6 between tunk and towanda... thats a road i expect anything to go down...

nope....3-6 hr strandings if you did not have awd/4wd. i was surprised...

the back roads and lease roads otoh....not happening in the conditions present yesterday. 4wd chained up to move the snow where i was..we shut down for the night and called off our crews.


everything is passable now.

 

[Denisefwd93]

Bobby I actually know that part of route 6, I used to have a piece of land outside of dushore PA and I sold quite a few years ago.