Went out to do a little snow wheelin yesterday. Haven't gotten any significant snow accumulation since we were last out a month ago. It was pretty much like wheelin in the spring time. Even though though there wasn't much snow, it was still fun to get out. No one else had been up there since our last trip...just our old tracks. We were able to explore down a road normally buried by a massive snow drift. Before we turned around I peaked around the next corner and there was going to be some nasty sidehilling.
Sweet snow drift. The peak of the drift is actually about the center of the road.
Around the corner it turned into a double drift.
About a 1000' drop on the other side
Nobody got stuck
Discovered that snow balls do NOT grow bigger when rolled down a hill....shucks..
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:51 am
by Mherriford
Nice, I went wheeling last tuesday, but we found little to no snow, I did get to show up a few toyotas and jeeps with the bronco though, that was fun :)
Looks like you guys had more luck finding snow than me, Great pics!
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:54 am
by Mumblewood
Looks like fun, those drift's are pretty cool looking.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:46 pm
by EBSTEVE
That picture of you standing on the peak of the drift is cool. I hope we get more snow soon, I have time off and I want to go wheeling in walker, up in the snow a few times in the Bronco as well as a trip with snowshoes.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:25 am
by Nobody
Here's one of the videos from last week.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:48 pm
by dbhawthorne
Great video! What kind of setup is on the Samurai? I bought my Samurai this year but I haven't seen many guys running them on snow wheeling videos or talking about what they are running in the snow.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:52 am
by Nobody
I don't really know anything about the Samurai. He was the brother-in-law of one of the other guys in the group. In general though, they should do fine. Just got to get that air pressure down!
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:48 am
by dbhawthorne
Thanks for the info. I think my biggest concern was the ability to run tall tires. I just don't have the horsepower/drivetrain to go much bigger than what I am already running (33x12.5). I didn't know if this would be a huge disadvantage. My rig only weighs 2,100 so perhaps the 33's will do just fine when aired down.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:24 pm
by Nobody
With 33's you should be able to follow along in most conditions and break trail when the snow is just perfect. 35's and above will let you break trail in most conditions but it will be slow at times. That extra bit of tire helps a lot. You don't need a lot of power. In fact under powered rigs generally do very well.
Snow Wheeling is also pretty technical driving. You constantly have to adjust to the ever changing snow conditions.
Re: Snow wheelin 12-19-2009
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:26 pm
by kfinney
Great pics and video. . . I love finding drifts like that, it's like. . .well. . . Christmas.