Splorg
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As you may remember, I purchased my 2001 Yukon (SLT 4WD 5.3L, 260K) in May of this year, and for the first time in many years I've been itching for it to snow. As an additional layer of challenge a few months ago I was transferred by my company to work in a facility about 22 miles from my home in rural central Pennsylvania. Last night on my way back from work, the roads weren't really too bad, but it did snow and ice somewhat, Auto 4WD all the way home, no trouble at all.
The problem I had came when I tried to back into the parallel parking space in front of my house. I live on a fair hill (about 28° as I recall), and in auto, giving the thing just enough throttle to move at all caused it to lose traction. I switched to 4HI, thinking that having the front pull from the outset may have been helpful, and no dice. Wheels straight, wheels turned, didn't matter. Still spun. I did manage to get it parked more or less, but it was a loud, spinning affair that was less than graceful to say the least.
Is this my lack of experience driving such a vehicle? Or has anyone else had this sort of issue? Oh, and this one is equipped with the Eaton locking rear end, code G80, 3.83 rear gears (if memory serves) and has a nice set of Hankook DynaPro AT M tires at about 70% tread.
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The problem I had came when I tried to back into the parallel parking space in front of my house. I live on a fair hill (about 28° as I recall), and in auto, giving the thing just enough throttle to move at all caused it to lose traction. I switched to 4HI, thinking that having the front pull from the outset may have been helpful, and no dice. Wheels straight, wheels turned, didn't matter. Still spun. I did manage to get it parked more or less, but it was a loud, spinning affair that was less than graceful to say the least.
Is this my lack of experience driving such a vehicle? Or has anyone else had this sort of issue? Oh, and this one is equipped with the Eaton locking rear end, code G80, 3.83 rear gears (if memory serves) and has a nice set of Hankook DynaPro AT M tires at about 70% tread.
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