Originally Posted By: supton
No thanks. It has 4wd, why not use it?
I had brand new LTX MS2 on it, and with a camper shell, eight tires, four rims and 120lb of sand it would slide around at moments notice. Putting it into 4wd would tame it, but I never trusted it after realizing how skittish it is. Four snow tires later and it feels much better, but I still use 4wd when it seems called for.
I've driven my fwd cars with bald tires in winter, and those are fine. Well, I'd rather have good tires, but I'm used to how they handle, save for the snap oversteer my car is developing. RWD though is kinda scary in snow.
I probably have too much vehicle, but I keep it for other reasons than it's snow ability.
Well every pickup I have ever driven always did better with a bit of weight out back, from a 1/2 ton up to a dump truck. 4x4 or not didn't matter. Trucks unless they have a utility body or something very heavy in the back are always very front biased in terms of weight distribution.