bobobama
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- Bob
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- St. Louis Missouri
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- 2021 Ranger FX2
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- Retired (and loving it!)
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Well we finally got a decent snowfall here in St. Louis, the only real one of any consequence in quite a few years, maybe 5-6 inches (now don't you guys out in Colorado laugh). So this was the my first experience in snow with my 2021 Ranger XL with the FX2 package and locking rear diff. Still wearing the original 265/65/17 Hankook ATM's, which are pretty good all around for my driving, mostly around town and some forest roads. Nothing crazy.
Suffice it to say, things didn't go all that well. I had parked the truck in my small garage, which the Ranger just fits in, to keep it out of the snow. I tried to back it out just to see how it would handle. I used some new traction boards I recently bought from on-line vendor Vevor, which carries an interesting array of products at reasonable prices. The boards themselves worked pretty good. This was the first time I ever used any since I'm not really an off-roader, at least yet. I treated it as a learning experience. They held up well, and even took a bit of rubber off my tires.
The tires. They're an older model of all-terrain tires, which I think they've discontinued and upgraded to a better design. They were not up to the task and couldn't handle the snow, even with the traction boards pitching in. I know they're not snow tires by any means, but I thought they could of at least gotten me out of the garage, but no. Halfway out I gave up, pulled the truck back in and went inside for a nice hot cup of coffee.
Since we don't really get much snow here and if we do it's usually gone in a couple of days, I don't have and normally don't need snow tires, so I guess I'm socked in for a while (we're going to be near or below freezing for most of the rest of the week).
Suffice it to say, things didn't go all that well. I had parked the truck in my small garage, which the Ranger just fits in, to keep it out of the snow. I tried to back it out just to see how it would handle. I used some new traction boards I recently bought from on-line vendor Vevor, which carries an interesting array of products at reasonable prices. The boards themselves worked pretty good. This was the first time I ever used any since I'm not really an off-roader, at least yet. I treated it as a learning experience. They held up well, and even took a bit of rubber off my tires.
The tires. They're an older model of all-terrain tires, which I think they've discontinued and upgraded to a better design. They were not up to the task and couldn't handle the snow, even with the traction boards pitching in. I know they're not snow tires by any means, but I thought they could of at least gotten me out of the garage, but no. Halfway out I gave up, pulled the truck back in and went inside for a nice hot cup of coffee.
Since we don't really get much snow here and if we do it's usually gone in a couple of days, I don't have and normally don't need snow tires, so I guess I'm socked in for a while (we're going to be near or below freezing for most of the rest of the week).
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