Heavy snow is falling across the U.S., leading to delays and road closures, not to mention a whole mess of headaches as motorists cope with the icy conditions. Unfortunately, this lifted Chevy Silverado is among those vehicles that can’t quite get to grips, seen in the following brief video clips fighting for traction on a snow-covered street.
Recently posted to Twitter, the first video clip is just 10 seconds long, and shows a customized Chevy Silverado spinning its rear wheels as it attempts to climb up a snowy street. More snow is falling, and the pavement is completely covered with the stuff.
While less-than-ideal, we’ve seen worse conditions. Nevertheless, this Chevy Silverado doesn’t quite have what it takes to claw its way up the hill. Although the truck has been customized with a considerable suspension lift, a vinyl exterior wrap, and new running gear, the rear tires can’t find a foothold to get the large pickup moving.
Lol some dude in his ridiculous tonka truck can’t make it up the little hill on our street. pic.twitter.com/qm9OJO5ORf
— that cheap guy (@troylf) January 6, 2022
Notably, the vehicle owner elected not to remove the snow in the back of the pickup, which in theory should help with traction, but unfortunately, it’s simply not enough to get the Chevy Silverado successfully up the hill.
In the next video clip, we see the Chevy Silverado at the bottom of the hill, where, according to the user that posted the video, the driver “surrendered” and instead elected to find a new way to get where they were going – presumably without any hills.
He surrendered and drove in reverse back towards Broadway. pic.twitter.com/5SNkI5H72s
— that cheap guy (@troylf) January 6, 2022
While this custom Chevy Silverado certainly looks impressive, it clearly doesn’t have what it takes to tackle the snowy conditions. The fact that it’s rear-wheel drive, rather than four-wheel drive, is part of the issue. However, the most impactful part of all this are the tires, as whatever rubber is fitted to those custom wheels isn’t up the task of winter driving.
For those 2022 Chevy Silverado and 2022 GMC Sierra owners looking to avoid a similar fate, check out GM Authority’s previous coverage of which Silverado tires and Sierra tires are compatible with snow chains.
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Lifted 2wd?, 😆
Surprising since it’s a High Country. But many southern trucks don’t opt for 4×4. And in this case it would’ve had 4hi 4lo and 4Auto. It should still have a G80 rear locker though.
Those tires don’t cut it, AT tire blocks want to shed mud to claw traction, winter/snow tires want to hold snow in the blocks as snow-on-snow traction is good.
Even if an AT tire has the ‘mountain peak’ rating, that rating it very easy to get and in no way come close to a dedicated winter tire.
This guys stopping would be as effective as his attempt to get up that hill. Not good.
Most AT tires have some all season snow capability, note the small grooves in the tread block. Mud tires no they’re crap
“Even if an AT tire has the ‘mountain peak’ rating, that rating it very easy to get and in no way come close to a dedicated winter tire”
I’m in the south and we got a lot of snow Thursday I saw this time and time again that day. All the goofs with there lift kits and huge rims just spinning out then abandoning there vehicles. I blew right past them in my sedan. Oh well at least I got some new rims now.
#1=those ain’t no winter tires I’ve ever seen.
#2=a 2wd truck is practically useless in snow.
No, they’re not. I live in the north and drive a RWD truck every day for work. They’re fine if you have common sense.
This guy doesn’t have that. He was too concerned with wanting to look like a D-bag in his bro dozer.
Same, even when I had a the old floor mounted shifter I often wouldn’t put it into 4hi since every other street would be paved. But with the automatic transfer case I have now, that is the single best feature I recommend to people and it’s amazing it is now standard on ALL Chev and GMC 4×4 trucks.
Put the truck in 4 wheel drive it will go any were
Not really
I used to own a 2wd S10. Living in Michigan, I put snow tires on it. As long as I had snow tires on it, I could get through anything provided I had the ground clearance. I ran P235 75 R15 which increased clearance over the stock tires.
RWD Sonoma I drive in MI every winter…makes it fine as long as I have ground clearance…same size tires.
If you’re going to go rwd truck, at least get the locking rear. But yeah the D bag bro dozer lift and swamper tires aren’t going to help you here. That truck stock probably would have faired better.
I would just feel like an a-hole being seen in that truck.
To me that would be an AWESOME ride if it was 4wd and a long bed!
LMAO. I’ve never heard the term Bro dozer, love it. Anyway, I’ve had both 2WD and 4×4 models. It takes about 3 feet of snow to stop a 2wd stock Silverado. The 4×4 you might be able to get through about 4 to 4.5 feet with good snow tires.
4.5… feet?
4.5 feet!? That would be boring the axels and even lots of the body, google says a 4×4 can go through 9 inches of wet snow.
I’m not saying it’s a good idea or that you should drive 10 miles in those conditions, but it can be done. The front end tends to plow the snow a little though. 9 inches is just ridiculous. If the conditions are right, you can drive a regular sedan without snow tires in 9″ of snow.
Again I say: 4.5 FEET??!
No.
Instead of the bro dozer, how bout the douchebag dozer! These goobers look like a bunch of dooches!
Nadda said the eskimo.
Nooo your way off. A 2wd Silverado is good for at least 40” of snow up hill both ways and a 4wd Silverado? Ha 72” of snow. No problem…
It’s 2wd and his rear end is not functioning properly. I’m pretty sure even 2wd come with the g80 locker, but he’s doing a one wheel peel. If that was functioning he’d have much less trouble. Another issue might be if he put mud tires on there. They have little traction in snow. I own 3 Silverados. I could drive any of them in this in 2wd. Two of my trucks are lifted and on mud tires and this is a non issue even with that setup. I have 4wd on both if needed but I don’t see a need for it here. Even my classic 93 step side would get through this in 2wd.
Thats why i drive a quadrasteer an never looked back!!!!
🧊 ICE WHEELS …….🤣😂
No traction is no traction no matter how many wheels have power. I’ve owned 4×4’s all my driving life. All it does is get you farther before you get stuck. Then you’re twice as stuck. Pickups even 4x without additional weight in the box are horrible on ice.
I had a 2wd S10 with posi-trac rear. Had a set of 4 studded snow tires. Thing was amazing in packed snow and ice. Had a few times went around 4wd that just had no traction. Owner of tire store showed me his 2wd van with 4 studded snows. The width of snow tires contact patch is key, too.
Me too on the Aveo.
Now you would think that regardless of what part of the country you live in… If you get SNOW where you live INVEST IN WINTER TIRES FOR THE WINTER MONTHS! This reminds of where I live in Sussex County NJ… All these people buy BMW X5’s, And other expensive luxury crossover CUV’s and they struggle in the snow because they keep the summer tires on the vehicle for winter driving! Besides if I went out and bought a pickup truck it have 4WD I mean this isn’t 1985 where not every truck was offered with 4WD in modern trucks you just push a button for four wheel high and normally your all set if you don’t need 4WD in the summer just turn it off dummy. Besides a two wheel drive high country with mudders is… A POSER he probably has made in China RICE PARTS ON THAT TRUCK! LMAO 🤣😂
You all miss the point – see how COOL he looks spinning his tires at will in his toy truck! Zoom in mentally and you can also see his awesome mullet!!
LMAO at 2002tii… I bet if his toy truck where still stock with winter tires on it… It would do just fine in the snow. Makes me laugh I my Equinox with AWD and all season tires does better then this ROLLING ABOMINATION in the snow! Lol 😆
Not functional and butt ugly. A bad combination.
Materalman I agree 👍…. That is a bad combination. And in my opinion he totally destroyed the looks of his truck.
Tires are definitely something you need to consider for winter weather. True winter tires might solve his problems but two wheel drive will only do so much.
Chains, not for that.
It’s the right foot that determines traction. Well… that and grey matter. The lift isn’t the problem. Matting it with “ribs” not “lugs” will work like slicks on a top fuel car in the rain. I remember driving through Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Snow freezing rain in Georgia, Snow up to 6 inches in Tennessee, and about 3 inches in Kentucky. It was so bad (for the locals) that the National Guard was called out to help. I kept driving in my 2wd 86 chev wrangler until I got past it all. But I’m from Canada and it was a light snow fall for me. I grew up with it and knew what to do. Experience Always matters.
Why is this a topic of discussion.? Waste of time.
I imagine the topic was Chevy Yahoo burns off tires trying to get it “up”. up hill that is. But I’d rather talk recalls, lifter issues, shifter issues, EVs etc. But a nice change from the reg b……ch fest.
I don’t have this issue with my super swampers. Even in 2WD.
Not sure why anyone would waste money to lift a 1 and a half wheel drive truck. My much more stock looking Z71 would have got up that hill just fine. This man should be embarrassed.
If you own a 2 wheel drive-in the Winter like i do… pull out the ABS fuse, which doesn’t let the rear wheels spin freely unless you have a pozi rear end and throw a few 50 pound sand bags in the bed right over the rear axle, then don’t let off the gas till you get to the top.lol
Not the truck’s fault. It’s the idiot that built it. This isn’t a Zamboni.
The funniest part is he has swapped the rims… meaning he has a perfectly functional set of stock rims he could have put winter tires on for the snow. A 30 minute job in his own garage and he would have been ready for this storm.
It shows that these douches know nothing about the trucks they supposedly worship.
Heck, an un-lifted two wheel drive truck probably wouldn’t make it up that hill. He could put a little weight in that truck and it probably would have made it.
Nothing quite like snow to bring all of the needle dicks out. Gotta show everyone what their $1200 a month truck payment is good for besides posing at the bar after whatever name tag wearing job they just left from.
Haha that’s one of my old mans lines! Everyone is a needledick. There’s a second part to it too.
I live up North, my first truck many years ago only had two wheel drive, it was worthless on a icy snowing road. The light rear end make the matter worse. If you dispute this, it probably means you’ve never owned a 4×4, and you just don’t know any better.
Well I probably live north of you. I’ve owned 4X4s 2wd front wheel drives etc. For my money 4X4 is just an excuse to spend more money. Cost to purchase, fuel mileage, maintenance etc. Yes 2wd pickups with summer tires and no weigh in the back coupled with few working brain cells can be a hand full in the winter. But by using that uncommon common sense you can usually avoid getting stuck. Some folk just never learn (or can).
I drive a different make pickup with Pirelli Scorpions and have driven in plenty of snow in 2wd. Sand tubes work wonders.
That was a sad display as someone who is no stranger to snow his tires should have been able to do better than that at the least, but otherwise who has a jacked up customized truck without 4wd. And somewhere with snow to boot, more money than brains situation……
Sounds to me that she not engaging in 4wd. Why would someome lift a truck with 2wd