The SnoBall-2014

[WRCRaptor]

Pushing or under steer is causded by to much speed at corner turn in. Maybe the duratrac allows you to go faster so now you need to adjust the braking points and get some weight transfer to the front.

That would be my guess. My duratracs are way better then the stk BFGs.

 

[MTUH3]

BTW:

Double check all your tire mounts and other goodies before you go. IE welds and things.

Yesterday I noticed that the welds on my tire mount tore out, so nothing was holding the tire down. They were not my welds, but the welds that came from the manufacturer.

This only had 1 Snoball Trip, HitHs, and a few rallycross events. I usually don't have it bolted in the truck so it did not seem to take much.

 

[Ms. MI Raptor]

Pushing or under steer is causded by to much speed at corner turn in. Maybe the duratrac allows you to go faster so now you need to adjust the braking points and get some weight transfer to the front. That would be my guess. My duratracs are way better then the stk BFGs.

The Duratracs are much better for my daily driving for sure, but I've gone through more much faster with the stock tires then what I did last week. Just throwing up my experience so anyone unfamiliar with deep snow driving will know to possibly anticipate some issues when cornering. I think the Duratracs are a touch wider than stock which may contribute to this sled affect too...

I've been trying to find excuses as to why these tires wouldn't have performed as well and I'm going to chalk it up to slightly warm conditions (before this mass freeze - it was pretty warm the weekend of the prerun when I was out downstate) making the snow a bit melty/slushy/icy.

 

[beemerman]

Would lowering tire pressure have helped


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[Yukon Joe]

Would lowering tire pressure have helped


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I ran 44psi.

Yukon Joe
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[shooterAMG]

Same here. Ran my M/T MTZ at 44 and cut way more of Dishno than I thought I'd get to. Those damn tires kicked ass.


And I felt they pushed in the corners too on Saturday. Less so on Sunday. I agree with MS. MI.

 

[Hockster]

Joe, how deep was the snow at the pre-run?

 

[WorldTour]

IRONMAN & I ended up dropping the tire pressure down to 28psi in my truck, but I'm running more of a mud/rock tire that doesn't have any siping.

Mark

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Joe, how deep was the snow at the pre-run?

more than the SnoBall 500!

 

[wraptor]

I found that when I lock the rear axle the truck pushes much more.

 

[MTUH3]

I have noticed the same thing Miranda.

In warmer weather there is a big more understeer, in the colder, deeper snow we have last week down here the truck ran like it was on pavement