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To be honist, I expected my deuce to do pretty bad in 30in of snow with the NDCCs and no chains. But to my suprise they did amazing. Last night we went snow wheeling up on Mt. Hood as they got over 30in of snow in 2 days. I had my deuce, my brother brough it his Suzuki Sidekick(which is very good offroad), and his friends Chevy 2500 on 35's.
We spent almost an hour driving around the mountain trying to find a service road that was bermed off by the snow plows. I tried to mow one of the berms over with my deuce. Didn't go so well. Ended up getting high centered and spending aprox 10 minutes with a shovel to get it out.
Eventually we found a untouched road that wasnt bermed off, so we took it. I opted to lead since I figured I had the highest ground clearance and we had enough chain and 5ton come alongs to pull the deuce is nessasary and a full set of tire chains. The road was untouched and worked its way up the mountain. The first 5 miles or so are paved then it turns into maintained gravel roads.
At first I was going slow and cautious until I realized the deuce wasnt even struggling to go. I ended up bumping the speed up to about 35-40mph and as far as I could tell handling wise, It was like driving on dry pavement. After going for about 15 miles we decited it was getting late (about 1am) and decited to turn around and head for home. Since the deuce did so well on the way up, I purposly stayed out of the ruts to help widen the trail on the way back down.
I found plowed roads to be the worst to drive on. I could easly put the truck into a slide if I wanted. But at the same time, It was very easy to recover from a full sideways slide. Little tap on the brakes and the some gas and the truck would straitin right out.
Also, Deuce do amazing donuts on ice covered parking lots. If ya start at the high side of the parking lot(make sure its huge, at least 150ft x 150ft) and get up some speed, Put it in 3rd high and stab it, the truck can maintain a pretty decent drift when in 6x4. It was more difficult to put the truck into a slide then it was to pull out of one, only vehicle I've ever driven like that. I think my cousin got some video of the deuce in the parking lot, but we didnt take a whole lot of pictures. I took a few from after we made it back to plowed roads of the amount of snow that built up on the underside of the truck. The pictures do it no justice, it was at least 3-4 inches thick.
Based on what the truck did in the deep snow with out chains. I can only imagine what I could drive through with them.
I would not suggest going balls to the wall on a road you are not super familular with. Ive been driving around on these road since was 15 on snomobiles and sno-cats durring the winter when they do become impassable to trucks. Also durring the summer I spend a good chunk of my time up there.
Like all vehicles in the snow. Know your personal limits. If you vehicle exceeds them, dont do what the vehicle can do, do what you feel safe doing. I've traveled this same road at 80mph on snomobiles before, so 30 mph in a deuce wasnt to difficult![Rolling on floor laughing rofl rofl](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
We spent almost an hour driving around the mountain trying to find a service road that was bermed off by the snow plows. I tried to mow one of the berms over with my deuce. Didn't go so well. Ended up getting high centered and spending aprox 10 minutes with a shovel to get it out.
Eventually we found a untouched road that wasnt bermed off, so we took it. I opted to lead since I figured I had the highest ground clearance and we had enough chain and 5ton come alongs to pull the deuce is nessasary and a full set of tire chains. The road was untouched and worked its way up the mountain. The first 5 miles or so are paved then it turns into maintained gravel roads.
At first I was going slow and cautious until I realized the deuce wasnt even struggling to go. I ended up bumping the speed up to about 35-40mph and as far as I could tell handling wise, It was like driving on dry pavement. After going for about 15 miles we decited it was getting late (about 1am) and decited to turn around and head for home. Since the deuce did so well on the way up, I purposly stayed out of the ruts to help widen the trail on the way back down.
I found plowed roads to be the worst to drive on. I could easly put the truck into a slide if I wanted. But at the same time, It was very easy to recover from a full sideways slide. Little tap on the brakes and the some gas and the truck would straitin right out.
Also, Deuce do amazing donuts on ice covered parking lots. If ya start at the high side of the parking lot(make sure its huge, at least 150ft x 150ft) and get up some speed, Put it in 3rd high and stab it, the truck can maintain a pretty decent drift when in 6x4. It was more difficult to put the truck into a slide then it was to pull out of one, only vehicle I've ever driven like that. I think my cousin got some video of the deuce in the parking lot, but we didnt take a whole lot of pictures. I took a few from after we made it back to plowed roads of the amount of snow that built up on the underside of the truck. The pictures do it no justice, it was at least 3-4 inches thick.
Based on what the truck did in the deep snow with out chains. I can only imagine what I could drive through with them.
I would not suggest going balls to the wall on a road you are not super familular with. Ive been driving around on these road since was 15 on snomobiles and sno-cats durring the winter when they do become impassable to trucks. Also durring the summer I spend a good chunk of my time up there.
Like all vehicles in the snow. Know your personal limits. If you vehicle exceeds them, dont do what the vehicle can do, do what you feel safe doing. I've traveled this same road at 80mph on snomobiles before, so 30 mph in a deuce wasnt to difficult
![Rolling on floor laughing rofl rofl](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
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