Found the limits of my 4WD Denali with all season tires in snow

[PG01]

I despise the ACC. I wish you could turn that shit off like I can on my wifes car. Mine slams on the brakes when going around a curve, if a car is in the opposite lane. Mine also kicks down like I'm passing someone when the slower car moves over

Yeah, you’re right. Driving home from laura, in the middle of the night it was fine, when theres no traffic its fine..

 

[already in use]

All Season Radials are NOT truly ALL SEASON.

Unfortunately, most people fall for this ‘ALL SEASON’ misnomer.

All seasons do not perform (grip) well in cold temps ( rubber does not stay soft at low temps). Besides staying pliable in cold temps, real winter tires have extra sipes to aid in grip.

 

[swathdiver]

All Season Radials are NOT truly ALL SEASON.

Unfortunately, most people fall for this ‘ALL SEASON’ misnomer.

All seasons do not perform (grip) well in cold temps ( rubber does not stay soft at low temps). Besides staying pliable in cold temps, real winter tires have extra sipes to aid in grip.

Maybe they should say, All Southern Seasons!??!

 

[Garandman]

The O’Neil Rally School has a winter driving course. They require Severe Snow rated (Mountain/Snowflake icon) to take the class.

They refer to A/S as “No Seasons” or “No Reasons.”

We have Nokian Hakka R2’s on 18” rims. We also bought chains for the rears.

 

[Doubeleive]

That’s an insane amount of snow lol.

My OEM all seasons (continentals) were absolute garbage in the snow. Blizzaks do the trick but road feel is still really low so I just take it slow.

we have probably got another 5-6' on top of that since then and more coming, right now at Donner there is at least 145" or much more

 

[Fosscore]

Fantastic pictures.
Living vicariously from afar...lol

 

[jmm121783]

That second picture is AWESOME, wish I lived out there to ride that snow on my Shaggy Ahmeeks (fat body skis). I have never owned chains (this is my first 4wd vehicle) but when I got my Tahoe, the first winter was a blast. Couple times we got hit with 14" of snow in Detroit proper, I was plowing through any and everything. Started fine on a morning when it was -23*, and this winter has been a lot more about ICE than snow here outside of Detroit. The ICE is the one downfall of a big, heavy truck.....you just have to drive slow cause inertia is a ***** lol.

For standard ALL SEASON tires, I've been told by tire people that it actually is better to leave the tires fully inflated, rather than the old trick of dropping 5lb of PSI out of the tires. That way their is no catch of damaging the tire, plus the much lower gas mileage.

Either way, I have been PLEASANTLY excited and surprised at the capability of these big trucks!! I have yet to get it stuck.

 

[adventurenali92]

Fantastic pictures.
Living vicariously from afar...lol

Living vicariously.... whatevs.... lol come play in the snow!!

 

[PG01]

Either way, I have been PLEASANTLY excited and surprised at the capability of these big trucks!! I have yet to get it stuck.

It can happen, believe you me, it definitely can happen.......lol

 

[already in use]

The O’Neil Rally School has a winter driving course. They require Severe Snow rated (Mountain/Snowflake icon) to take the class.

They refer to A/S as “No Seasons” or “No Reasons.”

We have Nokian Hakka R2’s on 18” rims. We also bought chains for the rears.

'Severe Snow rated'? that's cute, here in the upper midwest, we just call them winter tires

unfortunately, most nitwits around here still think all season's will do the trick.

 

[already in use]

Maybe they should say, All Southern Seasons!??!

that would be more accurate

 

[already in use]

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How many people think you actually shoveled all that show with that little shovel?

 

[grouch]

They’ve had Auto4WD and 4WDH/4WDl for at least 2 gens I think? If not 2 gens then since 2015.

I've got an early 2000 Escalade (just a Denali or Tahoe with fancy trim) which is basically a 1999 and it has the automatic setting for 4WD. After 50 years of driving I know when I need 4X4 or not. I went upstate a bit and went through 14 inches of snow on unplowed back roads as well as the ice we get around here and also some mud thrown in for good measure. I have a tree farm with some major granite outcrops and it even handles those better than a Jeep I had a few years back. Not the best ride with those nasty Firestone Discoverer MT2's but I haven't found anything it can't handle.

 

[Boatguy]

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How many people think you actually shoveled all that show with that little shovel?

After shoveling out my car, I did this . This was the berm opposite the cabin.

 

[Tonyrodz]

After shoveling out my car, I did this

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Holy shit!! Now THAT'S SNOW!!

 

[Garandman]

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'Severe Snow rated'? that's cute, here in the upper midwest, we just call them winter tires

unfortunately, most nitwits around here still think all season's will do the trick.

Its a performance standard. Quebec, and some mountain passes in the west require them.

To be a M+S Tire, there is only an open tread requirement, but no performance rating. Winter tire has no legal definition. The SS rating is a performance standard developed by the Canadians and NIST. SS tires don’t have treadwear ratings.

There are a small number of light truck tires and one car tire with both the 3-peaks icon and UTQG treadwear and traction rating. To my knowledge the only passenger car tire so rated is the Nokian WRG3/4.

 

[BG1988]

There are people who live in the cabin next to us with 4WD pickups with very aggressive tires and I have pulled them out of the fresh snow twice.
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over confident driver maybe the issue

 

[Boatguy]

over confident driver maybe the issue

I’ll take a SUV with weight on all 4 wheels over an empty pickup any day. A million years ago, I got snowed in after skiing at Big Bear. I was driving a 1976 Silverado. Had no traction at all until I asked a guy driving a loader to give me a scoop of snow.

 

[adventurenali92]

I’ll take a SUV with weight on all 4 wheels over an empty pickup any day. A million years ago, I got snowed in a after skiing at Big Bear. I was driving a 1976 Silverado. Had no traction at all until I asked a guy driving a loader to give me a scoop of snow.

I had a pickup, then two SUVs since then. And I agree I love having the SUVs in the snow way more than the truck I had. Though I loved that little truck and went everywhere in it. We had 6 feet of snow over the course of one weekend, back in the beginning of 2011. It was wild to see that much snow here in big bear. And my little 4x4 99 dodge Dakota took me through it all haha.

 

[grouch]

I remember one car I had that hammered the snow great. A 1966 Chevy Biscayne with snow tires. There's just something about the weight distribution on those cars where grippy snow tires would go through many inches of snow.