2024 Tacoma TRD Sport handling snow storm like a champ... how about yours?

[frosty4x4]

Pretty typical for a rear wheel drive truck with no weight in the back. When there’s snow and ice you’re probably going to need 4WD

Yeah agreed. Even with 300lbs in the bed it still didn’t handle nearly as well as my 5th gen 4Runner in 2WD. 4WD is always on now in the snow. I’m not messing around with switching between 2WD/4WD.

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[Dansflhti]

I put bridgestone Blizzak dm-v2’s on mine. Had them on my F150. Great truck winter tires.

Waiting to see how much I have to use 4wd

Blizzaks for me too.

 

[Photo_Nerd]

Pretty typical for a rear wheel drive truck with no weight in the back. When there’s snow and ice you’re probably going to need 4WD

Yup. My old Ranger was the first and last 2wd pickup I’ll ever own. In any limited traction situation, a sedan would out perform that truck. Those rear tires would do nothing more than slide around and dig holes unless I had a significant amount of weight in the bed.

 

[Lando]

Yup. My old Ranger was the first and last 2wd pickup I’ll ever own. In any limited traction situation, a sedan would out perform that truck. Those rear tires would do nothing more than slide around and dig holes unless I had a significant amount of weight in the bed.

Decades ago, I’d put 400 lbs of old concrete curbs and blocks in the truck of my 1980 Dodge Aspen and drive anywhere in the snow. Front wheel drive cars would be stuck and I’d drive by.

 

[Kielly]

Still waiting to find out

These Duratracs absolutely surprised the hell out of me when we got some freezing rain and I decided to climb a steep dirt hill. 3rd gear in 4 low and she had zero issues.

We had minor snowfall, mostly icy roads and she handles herself well, in 2WD she's near useless like any truck with a light rear end lol but the stability control is top notch, hard to get her to slide with TC and SC on, but if you turn it off, this truck is the funnest vehicle I've ever drifted, coupled with the manual transmission.

In 4WD I've had no issues. Stable as could be.

I'm a menace, if I'm not sideways during the winter season I don't want it. This truck is going to be so fun this winter.

 

[Datrane01]

I have the offroad version, and oem tires gave me no problems with the snow this past week as long as I was in 4hi. 2hi is a bit sketchy as others have mentioned. I also have a front wheeel drive sedan with Michelin crossclimate 2 and while those are amazing in the snow, the taco oem tires and 4hi performed better for me it seemed.

 

[john877]

We've been getting dumped on as well. Running 285/75/17 K03s with MT (no A-TRAC/MTS) and runs like a champ as long as 4HI is on. 2WD, even in light snowy/icy roads was extremely sketchy.

I haven't been through slippery/snowy conditions so far this year, but I'm a little concerned. In previous trucks I had auto mode which switched between 2 and 4 wheel depending on the conditions. I failed to do my homework and when the dealer advertised AWD I assumed auto. So one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the 2/4 knob switching back and forth. This a with the lack of a limited slip diff may make this a 1 year and done Tacoma for me.

 

[NewtoToyota]

From my understanding the TRD Sport 4x4 has A-Trac and an Auto LSD and the two wheel drive variant has just the Auto LSD. My truck does not do one wheel peels but spins both tires.

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