Americas Grenadier on snowy roads

[Marmota788]

Hi!

New user here, very nice to meet you all.

So sorry if this has been asked before but i couldnt find it. I am a new owner (also totally new to the 4x4 world)

I am planning to drive in east coast winter and i am confused about what would be the correct gear when the paved road is partially covered by snow (1 inch or so), slush, icy conditions etc etc…What would you reccomend? Stick to 4H? Central differential lock in high? I usually dont speed up more than 30mph on those conditions

Sorry again for the “dumb” question, as you can see i am pretty useless at this

Thanks a lor in advance

 

[anand]

with just 1" of snow or slush, just driving in a normal manner (high and unlocked) will be fine.

If there is a loss of traction between axles, you can lock the center diff while moving

 

[Marmota788]

Thanks a lot for you reply! That makes sense

 

[rur42]

I agree with anand, you shouldn't have to do anything. I was just up in some light snow a few weeks ago and just left it in high, center unlocked. Sometimes in snow I'll lock the center, but not often on a regular road.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Wisconsinite here - 4H unlocked is fine in those conditions - no worries. Just one bit of input - the K02’s aren’t great on ice. I swapped them out last winter for dedicated snow tires - made a world of difference. Then swapped back in March when it got too warm - had a blizzard a couple of days later and immediately noticed the difference

 

[Tinerfeño]

If there is a loss of traction between axles, you can lock the center diff while moving

Actually not in the moment traction is lost! But when it is restored, yes.

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

Wisconsinite here - 4H unlocked is fine in those conditions - no worries. Just one bit of input - the K02’s aren’t great on ice. I swapped them out last winter for dedicated snow tires - made a world of difference. Then swapped back in March when it got too warm - had a blizzard a couple of days later and immediately noticed the difference

North Scotland here, 58°N and I couldn’t agree more. With a set of quality winter tyres/tires the grenadier is the best snow car I’ve ever had

 

[Marmota788]

Wisconsinite here - 4H unlocked is fine in those conditions - no worries. Just one bit of input - the K02’s aren’t great on ice. I swapped them out last winter for dedicated snow tires - made a world of difference. Then swapped back in March when it got too warm - had a blizzard a couple of days later and immediately noticed the difference

Thats my idea really. I have the all season tires (not the KO2) and most likely around december i will be getting winter tires for the season. Love the winter tires

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Thats my idea really. I have the all season tires (not the KO2) and most likely around december i will be getting winter tires for the season. Love the winter tires

The Dueler’s will probably be fine - probably a little better than K02’s for this one run. Then do winter tires next season. I run Blizzak LT’s (E rating) - the other one people like are the Hakkapeliitta LT3’s from Nokian.

 

[ECrider]

I lived in Quebec a little over two winters sometime ago and I had my first experience of proper snow driving and good sipped winter tyres - an experience I'll never forget. I could not believe some of the grip I got out of them. Oh, the rear wheel drive and manual handbrake was a great combo. Salut

 

[mcdoogs]

Tires are the main determining factor in winter driving, followed by drivetrain (awd/4wd > fwd > rwd). Toss dedicated winter tires on the Grenadier and it’ll perform as well as any well balanced car with fulltime 4wd on winters.

I may consider dedicated winter wheels to swap on, if Ineos makes the tpms programming less awful.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I lived in Quebec a little over two winters sometime ago and I had my first experience of proper snow driving and good sipped winter tyres - an experience I'll never forget. I could not believe some of the grip I got out of them. Oh, the rear wheel drive and manual handbrake was a great combo. Salut

All the Blizzaks are manufactured in Quebec - so are my snowshoes. They know snow and ice - and apparently like it so much that they refuse to shovel their sidewalks. I would not want to be a postal carrier in Quebec.