Hello,
I actually just picked up a new '04 Z71 WBH, Dark Blue about 10 days ago. I have done a few forum searchs on the topic and haven't really seen the answer I am looking for. I live in Vermont and it's pretty much a daily occurence between Dec and April something frozen is coming out of the sky.
I do about 65 miles of highway driving each day. Pretty much every morning the road is wet with something. At -10 who knows what it's wet with but it's damp with something nonetheless.
Here's the question I have had the AV in Auto4 for about 8 of the last 10 days because most of the time the roads is wet, I live on a dirt road that is now hard snow pack and the side roads are usually in some state of snow covered or wet.
Is the Auto 4WD made for that much use? Friday night driving home we had a thin layer of snow - howling winds and a deluge of freezing rain all the way home. With the way the AV catches the wind and the freezing rain and light snow cover it made for an interesting drive - which caused me to go to 4HI and keep it between 45-50mph.
I am trying to find out if this kind of use ok or am I asking for trouble with the drivetrain. When roads are dry it's in 2HI. But with the winter we're having those dry days are few and far between.
The good news is the AV hasn't slipped, skidded, spun out once. Which puts it light years beyond the 5 month old - old style Durango it replaced.
If you have the answers to these questions or a good opinion I would to hear about it.
Thank you and I have found this forum to be a incredible resource.
I actually just picked up a new '04 Z71 WBH, Dark Blue about 10 days ago. I have done a few forum searchs on the topic and haven't really seen the answer I am looking for. I live in Vermont and it's pretty much a daily occurence between Dec and April something frozen is coming out of the sky.
I do about 65 miles of highway driving each day. Pretty much every morning the road is wet with something. At -10 who knows what it's wet with but it's damp with something nonetheless.
Here's the question I have had the AV in Auto4 for about 8 of the last 10 days because most of the time the roads is wet, I live on a dirt road that is now hard snow pack and the side roads are usually in some state of snow covered or wet.
Is the Auto 4WD made for that much use? Friday night driving home we had a thin layer of snow - howling winds and a deluge of freezing rain all the way home. With the way the AV catches the wind and the freezing rain and light snow cover it made for an interesting drive - which caused me to go to 4HI and keep it between 45-50mph.
I am trying to find out if this kind of use ok or am I asking for trouble with the drivetrain. When roads are dry it's in 2HI. But with the winter we're having those dry days are few and far between.
The good news is the AV hasn't slipped, skidded, spun out once. Which puts it light years beyond the 5 month old - old style Durango it replaced.
If you have the answers to these questions or a good opinion I would to hear about it.
Thank you and I have found this forum to be a incredible resource.