Loving the SNOW!

[marin8703]

I have my stock tires that came with the base package, which are teh 31 or 32 goodyear wranglers. Personally i havent had a problem with the 3 on ice, seems to handle pretty well. If im on ice i keep it in 4Hi Lock donno if it make sa difference.

Heres some snow pics, no action shots and nothing wild but its snow so its cool. These are cameral phone pics, so quality isnt the best:

[marin8703]

heres some more, by the way the snow at that place was about 5-16 inches. Thats 5 inches of actual fallen snow but there were snow piles and dunes of over a foot. And its in a lot, the best place i could find.

[MountainBlue]

I swaped the goodyears from the 3 to my Xterra and put on Nitto TerraGrappler 295/75/16. They plow through anything NOT deep enough to high center the truck

[Beonly1]

I'm running the stock tires with the off road suspension package. I haven't had any issues with the ice. I've felt the occasional slip, but nothing like my previous cars.

The deepest amount of snow that I've driven through is about eight inches. Was a little suprised about the previous post about the H3 handling two feet of snow. But, looking forward to the challenge.

[marin8703]

I wouldnt say two feet, maybe more like foot and a half i think the 3 wont have a problem. With the 35 toyos im gona be putting on mine it will be able to take 2 feet.
I bet you can take on 2 feet stock with a running start, doubt it will high center on that, especially if the snow is fluffy.

From my experience i couldnt get the 3 stuck, that was the whole point of going to the lot and driving, i wanted to find its limit, but it wouldnt get stuck. It might get stoped and spin the tires, but you just flip into reverse and it slides right out. But then again if you drive into a ditch it might get stuck.

its alot of fun, i asked a toyota to join me but they declined, just watched me from the side. It was one of the smaller toyota suvs.

SNOW + HUMMER =

Edit: Now that i think about it you can probably make it through 2 feet of fresh snow with stock tires and in 4low locked, and if you got a rear locker thenm it'll be no problem. I dont have a locker.

Well, I'm sorry to report that I really hate the winter, and think I will retire somewhere warm. I don't care at all for the snow either,
But...

Yesterday, in our ice/ snow event, the H3 did extraordinarily well. Much better than I could have ever hoped. Every dope who shouldn't have been out driving was.
So while they were clogging up the main roads that were sort of plowed, I took the not so well plowed backroads to do my errands ,and it felt like nothing would stop me.

I even needed to pass by a stuck tractor trailer that didn't leave enough room to pass in the lane.

A shift in to Low Lock did the trick, as I climbed right over a big snow plow dump pile. Good thing it was ice. If it was soft, it might have given me a problem.

[MountainBlue]

I wouldn't try 2 feet with the stock 265 goodyears. My lifted X will do about a little over a foot with those tires but that's pushing it. The adventure 285's might have a better chance. 35's w/ torsion lift, no problem.

[JAYB1RD]

We've been getting lots of snow here in my neck of the woods in the past few weeks. My driveway has piles of snow much larger than my H3. But I wouldn't even plow at all if it weren't for the fact that I need to plow the neighbors drive too! I've even gotten the chance to pull a couple trucks out with the Hummer. After, I showed them how it's done and went through right where they got stuck!

I have also played in 2 feet of snow with the stock 265s. It wasn't a piece of cake, but it did it just fine. You really don't need a locker in snow, the limited slip will work almost exactly the same, I've seen it in action with my own eyes. I've got 33" BFG ATs on now, but don't notice any difference at all in the deep snow. The traction control system works very well in snow, and on ice, if you're nice to the throttle and let it do the work for you.