Need advice for driving in the snow.

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Hello guys! Joey here. I have a simple question and I need a collection of advice for the trip I'm about to go on in a few weeks here. I'm going to Oregon and I like to be prepared more than anything. I don't know if there will be snow or not but I need to know this stuff before I head out there.

I have a 2017 Tacoma TRD OFFROAD 4x4 and I have never driven in the snow. I would like to know what is the best advice you can give me and what I should bring. I was already advice to bring snow chains disregardless of my truck being 4 wheel drive.

All type of advice is welcomed. [emoji106] [emoji300]
 
Lensquare said:
Hello guys! Joey here. I have a simple question and I need a collection of advice for the trip I'm about to go on in a few weeks here. I'm going to Oregon and I like to be prepared more than anything. I don't know if there will be snow or not but I need to know this stuff before I head out there.

I have a 2017 Tacoma TRD OFFROAD 4x4 and I have never driven in the snow. I would like to know what is the best advice you can give me and what I should bring. I was already advice to bring snow chains disregardless of my truck being 4 wheel drive.

All type of advice is welcomed. [emoji106] [emoji300]
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There will be snow. Haha.
I'm headed to N Ca this weekend and there is more snow on the way. Road closures last week and expected again this weekend.

Do you have 4 chains or 2?
I have chains that'll fit my tires but have honestly never used them on an open road. They're fun out in the forest after a good dump!

A few hunnit extra hundred pounds in the front of your bed and you shouldn't have any worries.

Always having stopping on your mind!

I like to leave 1/8 mile or so between me and any other humans on the road. Haha
 
Crawdad said:
Do you have 4 chains or 2?
I have chains that'll fit my tires but have honestly never used them on an open road. They're fun out in the forest after a good dump!

A few hunnit extra hundred pounds in the front of your bed and you shouldn't have any worries.
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I have 2 chains for my rear wheels. Should I bring another set just incase?

I have heard about trucks not doing so well in the snow because of the weight distribution. By front of my bed do you mean closest to the cabin or at the end by the tailgate? Thanks for adding a number to those pounds I need because everyone who has told me so far about the bags never tells me how much I should fill them up with haha
 
Lensquare said:
I have 2 chains for my rear wheels. Should I bring another set just incase?

I have heard about trucks not doing so well in the snow because of the weight distribution. By front of my bed do you mean closest to the cabin or at the end by the tailgate? Thanks for adding a number to those pounds I need because everyone who has told me so far about the bags never tells me how much I should fill them up with haha
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Well, obviously 4 chains are better than 2, 2 get you through better than none. But like I said before, I've never needed them on an open road, like hwy traveling. Extra weight close to your backglass, not by the tailgate, is what everyone recommends. This trip I'll have suitcases wrapped in a tarp across the front of my bed because puppers is taking up the back seat. Haha
 
Drive slower than normal.
Keep a good following distance.
Throw some extra weight in the bed of your truck over the rear axle.
Bring a shovel and some cat litter.
Bring a tow chain/rope.
Warm clothes, food, matches/lighter.

In all honesty though man, you’ll be fine. Drive like you have some sense. You have an OffRoad Tacoma with crawl and terrain select. If you get hung up than everyone else is probably hung up too.
 
Crawdad said:
Well, obviously 4 chains are better than 2, 2 get you through better than none. But like I said before, I've never needed them on an open road, like hwy traveling. Extra weight close to your backglass, not by the tailgate, is what everyone recommends. This trip I'll have suitcases wrapped in a tarp across the front of my bed because puppers is taking up the back seat. Haha
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Get a tonneau cover. lol.
Where you planning on going that you need four chains brother?!? Lol
The only time I’ve ever used them was on two wheel drive trucks, logging and mining roads, or storm of the century type snow and ice.
 
Lensquare said:
From the 16th to the 24th
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This is the weather for the next week. There might still be snow and ice by Saturday the 16th. 03C92B24-4E9B-4BFF-95C8-29F3D522FDD1.jpeg
We are suppose to get 14” on the valley floor Sunday to Tuesday.
The things @Bogunn and @Crawdad said are good. Drive slow give plenty of time to stop between vehicle leave the truck in 4h as needed use 4L or the rear locker and crawl control.
If you haven’t practiced putting it into 4h 4L and engaging crawl control and your locker I would read up on those in the owners manual and go practice activating them on a dirt road or field somewhere.
Bring a shovel, chains probably won’t be needed but if you have them cool. Are you coming in on I5, I84 or another route? What part of oregon are you going to? Bend? Portland? Eugene?
 
OR17TRD said:
This is the weather for the next week. There might still be snow and ice by Saturday the 16th. View attachment 23937
We are suppose to get 14” on the valley floor Sunday to Tuesday.
The things @Bogunn and @Crawdad said are good. Drive slow give plenty of time to stop between vehicle leave the truck in 4h as needed use 4L or the rear locker and crawl control.
If you haven’t practiced putting it into 4h 4L and engaging crawl control and your locker I would read up on those in the owners manual and go practice activating them on a dirt road or field somewhere.
Bring a shovel, chains probably won’t be needed but if you have them cool. Are you coming in on I5, I84 or another route? What part of oregon are you going to? Bend? Portland? Eugene?
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This is great advice! So far I'm thinking the 5 or 101 for the beautiful scenery. Going to Portland [emoji3]
 
Best advice I can give is carry weight in the bed. Also if it’s real slippery and your turning don’t hit the break it will cause you to continue to slide just let off the gas and let the tires eat into the snow to regain traction. If you break there’s no way for your front tires to continue forward and gain traction again IMG_0928.jpg
Just some advice from experience lol
 
jacob13 said:
Best advice I can give is carry weight in the bed. Also if it’s real slippery and your turning don’t hit the break it will cause you to continue to slide just let off the gas and let the tires eat into the snow to regain traction. If you break there’s no way for your front tires to continue forward and gain traction again View attachment 23949
Just some advice from experience lol
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That sucks. You can throw it into neutral to help slow down so there isn’t load on the transmission.
 
Find a parking lot when you’re up there and practice seeing what happens in diff situations.

It’s best to have fun and know yourself and the truck so you don’t freak out when it happens on the real road
 
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