Heavy snow (and my 33" tires, lack of lockers, and lack of a winch) has made driving the local 4x4 trails impossible lately. So today, I chained up and tried to drive up the snow-covered road to the top of the mountain.
Nice bit of lightening going on there - no roof lining, no front plastic valance. And you have resisted the temptation to add heavy duty front and rear bumpers (emphasis on heavy.....) I'm trying to lighten my '96 V8 as much as possible here in the UK and considered junking the rear seats. But now I see a perfect use for them - a vantage point from which to contemplate my many failures. Love it.
Для таких покатушек нужны хорошие зимние шины спущенные до 0.3 кГс. Цепи по рыхлому снегу пропиливают ямы и машина останавливается. Этой зимой навигатор завёл в овраг, и санг ёнг тиволи эйр моей жены на полном приводе по укатанной дороге выехал по крутому склону. А свой ленд ровер Дискавери 1 я ещё не отремонтировал. Просели гильзы в двигателе. 1996 год пробег 116000 километров. Удивительная машина.
I learned the hard way what wheeling all day in deep snow does to your swivel ball seals - Eventually the snow compresses into hard ice which then dents in your seals - Fun!! Rockware use to make swivel ball seal guards, but not sure if they still do?
chains are not suitable for driving in deep snow. The pressure must be reduced to at least 0.5 bar. The MT tire is also not well suited for snow, a winter tire is better.
Yeah, I figured that out this day, haha. I normally air down to around 10 psi in the snow. I was at about 15 psi with the chains on. The chains definitely helped me get up TO the deep snow, but they just cause me to dig into it when it got really deep.
