M936A2 Fun in the Snow

[70deuce]

Got a pretty good storm here south of Denver and decided to check out the CTIS settings on the wrecker in the snow. Found out at the highway setting which is about 90 PSI on this truck the tires acted almost liked the military lugged tires on most older trucks, terrible in just a few inches of snow. Slight incline and the truck slowed and started to spin all tires in high range. Hit X/C and let the pressure stabilize and tried some real deep snow as seen in the three YouTube videos listed below. Totally different story. Tires dug in and this thing was plowing through over 20 inches of snow with no problem. Even up some decent grades the tires were griping and pulling nicely. The video shows the truck driving through a snow covered ditch with about 2.5 feet of snow covering it. Yeh I had driven through in once before taking the videos but you can see how it does with the tires aired down. The run is uphill also. Never did try the sand setting since it was doing fine in the X/C mode. Also got the Grand Cherokee stuck while plowing when it broke through a layer of ice covered snow and high centered. Hooked a nylon strap to it and pulled it backwards 10 feet with the Jeep in neutral and the truck in low range. It pulled it out almost at idle.

https://youtu.be/E3vHP_RxRcY

https://youtu.be/hln5B9pvcK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYiUOlgaDM

 

[Trailboss]

Very nice truck! Need to put the plow on the truck.

 

[70deuce]

Could put a huge plow on this truck. Another cool thing the tire sidewalls get cleaned nicely. Look new right now.

 

[SLOrazorsedge]

No love on the Utube links ;-0(

 

[srodocker]

Your video links dont work. Cant wait to see them. Good pics and get the plow on the big girl!

 

[bikeman]

all of them worked for me. Nice Go Pro. Looks like fun. glad the CTIS works well!

 

[70deuce]

Let me check on the links. Try these or copy and paste. The original links are working here on a different computer and my IPAD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vHP_RxRcY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hln5B9pvcK0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYiUOlgaDM

 

[70deuce]

Looks like they may work now.

 

[70deuce]

Yes always lucky on the CTIS. It works perfectly and it's surprising how fast the system reinflates to highway pressure.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Very nice!

 

[dmetalmiki]

That looks like fun..good to see the CTIS works on your truck (as most do not seem to).

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

That's awesome dude Our first snowfall dumped 10" on my truck Friday night/Saturday. Had to work Friday, Saturday, and today, so no 5 ton fun in the snow for me Snow is already melting pretty good. Thanks for the info about the CTIS setting.. I'll have to give that a try

I wonder if my tractor will work as well in the snow with my significantly lower overall weight. Anyone care to chime in with experience?

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

I found the same thing with my A2's, get stuck in very little snow, lower to sand/snow rolls through a **** of a lot more.

 

[Tracer]

So far in North West Nevada it's been cold enough, but we've only had a couple inches of snow.

 

[simp5782]

My old M61 tractor was junk in the snow till I added an ecology block then it would go anywhere, well except over the mountain to many trees and stuff.

 

[therooster2001]

Funny what a difference 20 miles can make. We got the same storm, the south got whacked, north of Denver, we got rain and maybe 1". No fun in the snow with mine, yet... Great video shots of all sides. GoPro's? Another guy down by you just got a wrecker that I am going to get to play with. You guys have all the fun...

 

[therooster2001]

Aha, there is the silhouette. Great job on the 3 views.

Wreckers, goPro's, I told ya, all the fun...

 

[ODFever]

Cool pictures and great video!!! I didn't have any fun toys to play with when I had to deal with all of that cold white stuff. I guess that's one reason I think of snow as a four letter word with negative connotations (if you get my drift)!

 

[AZK9]

Enjoyed watching the vids!

It's fun to play in the snow!

 

[70deuce]

ODFever, I have another four letter word for you COLD Temp Thanksgiving morning here will be around 0 degrees along with some of the previously mentioned four letter word. Was just in down in Tampa. Not near 0 to say the least down there.