So snow goat mode was fine for general driving(packed roads) , but the deep snow it was a hinderance. To clarify I’ve been driving 6 Months of the year on snow since I was 19,(Alaska and the Maine). My ability to feather throttle on acceleration and feather brakes by feel is exceptionally well...
recovery was textbook, hooks, bungie rope.
Actual skid plates are next investment, the crusty stuff hitting the factory one was not making me happy.
Then Amber colored chase light and extra forward lights .(mixed amber and white) The amber shows up really well against the snow and makes...
So the local overlanding group did the annual trip this weekend. I obviously went. I was the only unibody vehicle there and the least modified. The largest vehicles would be a dodge power wagon (factory locking diff, winch and rock sliders??), and a Jeep gladiator on 37 inch tires. The snow...
So I have a fire extinguisher in my bronco sport.The jeeps I hang with on weekends usually have oil leaks, and exhaust manifolds, it seemed prudent (For the forests we drive through, lol).
The extinguisher basically bounces around, rattles, and usually isn’t exactly where it is supposed to be...
@Wolf256 , I was very unhappy with the Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S , (245's too IIRC.) on my Lifted Subaru Forester XT. Im driving a Bronco Sport now because they lost all traction on slushy snow in a curve and dumped me into the ditch at 30 mph(GIANT ice chunk through middle of radiator, breaking...
I had a lifted forester XT(2014) and it was a BEAST off road. I would hang with the jeep club off road (up until the 18+ inch deep snow with ice under it, didn't matter at that point, but multiple other people got stuck there too, including a modded land cruiser, 4runner, couple jeeps). If they...