Loving the SNOW!

[nychot]

are you guys who are enjoying the snow using stock tires? if so, which ones and how do you feel about them? i took my 07 out in the snow this afternoon. a couple of inches over ice. the h3 had to be handled gently and at low speed, under 25 mph. i just stayed in normal 4wd. seems i did better with my 03 toy 4runner. the h3 just didnt feel as stable. but i was only out for about 10 minutes.

Originally Posted by marin8703

Man i completely agree with you, im in chicago too, and its been hard the last couple of months, basically no snow, but now I'm loving it. Its only 6-8 inches which is nothing for the 3, but with the wind we got, you can find snow "dunes" as high as 2 feet or more. Thast what I did and the 3 still did great in snow. Im gona post so camera phone pics later today or tomorow. The old days of shoveling the snow to get outa the garage are over, i just drive out no problem. My garage is the only one on the block that has the snow up agains the door.

Im completely happy with my decision to go with the H3 rather than that prius (thats supposed to be a joke, even if its not so funny), they seem to be having a very difficult time.

Cant wait for more snow!

[marin8703]

I have my stock tires that came with the base package, which are teh 31 or 32 goodyear wranglers. Personally i havent had a problem with the 3 on ice, seems to handle pretty well. If im on ice i keep it in 4Hi Lock donno if it make sa difference.

Heres some snow pics, no action shots and nothing wild but its snow so its cool. These are cameral phone pics, so quality isnt the best:

[marin8703]

heres some more, by the way the snow at that place was about 5-16 inches. Thats 5 inches of actual fallen snow but there were snow piles and dunes of over a foot. And its in a lot, the best place i could find.

[MountainBlue]

I swaped the goodyears from the 3 to my Xterra and put on Nitto TerraGrappler 295/75/16. They plow through anything NOT deep enough to high center the truck

[Beonly1]

I'm running the stock tires with the off road suspension package. I haven't had any issues with the ice. I've felt the occasional slip, but nothing like my previous cars.

The deepest amount of snow that I've driven through is about eight inches. Was a little suprised about the previous post about the H3 handling two feet of snow. But, looking forward to the challenge.

[marin8703]

I wouldnt say two feet, maybe more like foot and a half i think the 3 wont have a problem. With the 35 toyos im gona be putting on mine it will be able to take 2 feet.
I bet you can take on 2 feet stock with a running start, doubt it will high center on that, especially if the snow is fluffy.

From my experience i couldnt get the 3 stuck, that was the whole point of going to the lot and driving, i wanted to find its limit, but it wouldnt get stuck. It might get stoped and spin the tires, but you just flip into reverse and it slides right out. But then again if you drive into a ditch it might get stuck.

its alot of fun, i asked a toyota to join me but they declined, just watched me from the side. It was one of the smaller toyota suvs.

SNOW + HUMMER =

Edit: Now that i think about it you can probably make it through 2 feet of fresh snow with stock tires and in 4low locked, and if you got a rear locker thenm it'll be no problem. I dont have a locker.

Well, I'm sorry to report that I really hate the winter, and think I will retire somewhere warm. I don't care at all for the snow either,
But...

Yesterday, in our ice/ snow event, the H3 did extraordinarily well. Much better than I could have ever hoped. Every dope who shouldn't have been out driving was.
So while they were clogging up the main roads that were sort of plowed, I took the not so well plowed backroads to do my errands ,and it felt like nothing would stop me.

I even needed to pass by a stuck tractor trailer that didn't leave enough room to pass in the lane.

A shift in to Low Lock did the trick, as I climbed right over a big snow plow dump pile. Good thing it was ice. If it was soft, it might have given me a problem.

[MountainBlue]

I wouldn't try 2 feet with the stock 265 goodyears. My lifted X will do about a little over a foot with those tires but that's pushing it. The adventure 285's might have a better chance. 35's w/ torsion lift, no problem.