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ldrego

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Hi all. I am new to 4 x4's is there anything I need to know about driving this thing in the snow? Is it possible to knacker something by allowing the wheels to spin? How do you avoid that?
Anything I need to know if I am pulling my other car out of the snow?

I have a disco 2 2003.

All help welcome.
 
Your new to 4x4s but u have 262 posts how's that then? understand how TC works and have a strong rope/strap when pulling a car out of the snow.
 
ldrego said:
Hi all. I am new to 4 x4's is there anything I need to know about driving this thing in the snow? Is it possible to knacker something by allowing the wheels to spin? How do you avoid that?
Anything I need to know if I am pulling my other car out of the snow?

I have a disco 2 2003.

All help welcome.
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with that much knowledge about your 4x4 if i was you just stay indoors when it snows :rolleyes::rolleyes::p
 
OK so you're north of the border up in SNP land. biketeacherdave has got it about right, but if you do have to go out, don't go looking for trouble or cars to tow out.
Your Disco has permanent 4 wheel drive, stay away from the transfer box.
When there's the slightest risk of loosing traction, stay away from low ratio gears.
Use the highest practical gear to prevent high torque starts which can lead to wheelspin. Keep your speed down and don't make any sudden moves, changes to direction or braking.
Think ahead and regard every other driver on the road as an idiot; expect the worst, that way it won't come as a surprise when you get it.
Let the traction control do its job if it's needed.
 
discool said:
Your new to 4x4s but u have 262 posts how's that then? understand how TC works and have a strong rope/strap when pulling a car out of the snow.
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I am learning from this car. The posts are me generally asking questions or trying things out. I'm learning loads of new things discool so I can pass them onto my children. I'm making lots of expensive mistakes along the way but it's all good as each learning curve is amazing. Not too fussed about putting out my mistakes too as it is all work inprogress. Every little thing I do on this car is a triumph for me but i would never be able to do it without hand holding.
I am on here more or less every night plus reading stacks load of the internet too around the subject. My knowledge is still nothing compared to what others know on here and I appreciate the help.
 
The reason why aim asking this by the way is after reading about a guy trying to help a disabled chap near Hebden Bridge. He broke his diff trying to pull someone out of a tricky situation. I was wondering how to avoid situations like that occurring. If course, the obvious is not to pull anyone out hut say, you have to....
 
You could always fit a winch for recovery purposes

For driving in snow. Smooth smooth smooth!
 
Get used to your 4x4 and when bad weather strikes you can make a few bob towing eco friendly motors up hills and out of ditches and such, it's fun. But you must get the eco drivers to repent if they don't, refuse the tow.:D:D:D
 
ldrego said:
The reason why aim asking this by the way is after reading about a guy trying to help a disabled chap near Hebden Bridge. He broke his diff trying to pull someone out of a tricky situation. I was wondering how to avoid situations like that occurring. If course, the obvious is not to pull anyone out hut say, you have to....
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it would be likely to break with constant slip, high revs and a load on the back especially if accompanied by shock loads ie intermittent traction if you cant get traction instead of standing spinning reassess and try another tack
 
My take on driving in snow is that tyres are everything. My old Saab with decent M+S tyres on would go past Range Rovers stuck spinning their 'rubber band' slicks. Obviously a 4x4 with decent tyres will be better still.

The other thing to bear in mind is that while you have 4 wheel drive, you have the same 2 wheel steering and 4 wheel braking as everyone else so don't expect to turn and stop better than anyone else unless you have better tyres...

And this...
Gordy88 said:
For driving in snow. Smooth smooth smooth!
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When it was working! Mine was great on snow up in Scotland in March this year.
I have General Grabber AT,s with a decent amount of tread on them.
Just follow the advice, drive smooth, also dont use to lower gear to slow down, it can lock your wheels up.
Ideally of course, fit winter tyres, they dont cost that much and if you want you can leave them on all year round (not studded ones!), we do it on our cars in Estonia.
Mark
 
markomate2 said:
When it was working! Mine was great on snow up in Scotland in March this year.
I have General Grabber AT,s with a decent amount of tread on them.
Just follow the advice, drive smooth, also dont use to lower gear to slow down, it can lock your wheels up.
Ideally of course, fit winter tyres, they dont cost that much and if you want you can leave them on all year round (not studded ones!), we do it on our cars in Estonia.
Mark
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ihave new general grabber ats fitted. All looks pretty similar to driving a regular car.
 
My Saab convetible also used to go through snow with ease. Wonder why that was. I think it just had regular tyres though.
 
Thanks for all the opinion guys. There are just far too many people on there to thank but all is taken in .
 
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