Rangers on snow

That and I lived in Alaska for 8 years prior, which is about 50 months of driving in snow.

More traction for putting the power down, and maybe less likely to oversteer, but won't that also make it harder to gather back up once the rear starts to come around?

bw

well, Newton's First Law will come into play, and the more mass there is back there, the more it will tend to stay in motion

but in all things, there are trade-offs, and given a choice between the God-awfully light rear end and difficulty in recovering from an arse-about, I'd go with the extra mass..............you can drive to avoid the arse-about's, but no amount of driving skill will overcome the lack of weight back there

My Ranger did just fine, although "Gus" wanted to throw his ass end out at every turn, he still got me to my place of work in one piece.

Anyway, I'm writing this post to see how others handle the rather light rear end found on Ranger pickups in snow. Personally, I've secured a couple concrete blocks in the bed over the axle, and that seems to help.

Plasyd