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 Rubicon stuck in the snow
#775028
12/24/06 08:15 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 52
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I was a little disappointed in how poorly the Rubicon handled the Denver snow. Got stuck twice, it seems to high center easy. Axle lock just made it worse. Would have been nice to have tire chains but the manual says don't use them. Probably tear up the plastic fender flairs. My old Toyota PU did better in the snow than the Jeep
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 Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: DarkWolf40]
#775029
12/24/06 09:44 PM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,768
Web Wheeler
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Jesus dark! I couldn't think of a better snow ride than a rubi.. All I can say is TIRES! I'm sure that living there you do know how to drive in the snow. Do you have them goodyear knobbys on it? Big JIm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
professional bovine relocation specialist
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: BigJim]
#775030
12/25/06 01:30 AM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 326
Mudrunner
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i have yet to get stuck in the snow, but yet i dont have a rubi. i wouldnt think locking it up would help in the snow driving on the roads. think 4wh and taking my time would be the best way. hey bj what nobby tires are you talking about? the MTR's cause i would be curious on how they handle the snow. i have a set but have yet to see snow with them.
99 wrangler sport, auto. 2.5 inch lift, 31 MTR's
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: tcoff]
#775031
12/25/06 03:16 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,768
Web Wheeler
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All of the rubies that I have seen at the dealers had the same goodyear knobbies on them.. if mtr's is what them are then that is what I mean. They look like they would be quite good in the snow. Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
professional bovine relocation specialist
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: BigJim]
#775032
12/25/06 03:44 AM
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Anonymous
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yeah, all new rubi's come with 31" Goodyear MTR's
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
#775033
12/25/06 07:13 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,088
Body Damage is Cool
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The JK Rubicons I have seen had 32" BFG Muds, it was actually a hight selling point the guy at the dealer tried to sell me on. Even though I wasn't the one there looking for a Jeep, I had given a buddy of mine a ride up there looking for a new vehicle. He saw I had 31's on my Raider and made a point that the Rubicons have 32's yada yada yada. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by DRaider90; 12/25/06 07:16 AM.
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: DRaider90]
#775034
12/25/06 05:57 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 52
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Yep, got the stock set up plus a few extra skid plates is all. Seems to get high centered easy. Once stuck, locking up the diff's is the wrong thing to do, it'll just dig you down in. We're talking 3 plus foot deep drifts here but full size trucks didn't seem to have any problems where I got stuck.
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: DarkWolf40]
#775035
12/25/06 06:40 PM
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Anonymous
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Get some of the air out of the tires!!
Hard full pressure tires won't float or conform to the road. Whenever I go snow wheeling I drop my tires down to 6 PSI. Whenever it snows out here and I am driving on the road, I run my tires at 14 PSI. As long as you arn't doing 60 miles an hour, all the excess heat the tires generate from being underinflated will be absorbed by the snow.
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
#775036
12/27/06 01:49 AM
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 105
Wheeler
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See now that is a good post and I have never had mine rubi stuck in the snow.
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Re: Rubicon stuck in the snow
[Re: DarkWolf40]
#775037
12/27/06 01:54 AM
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 105
Wheeler
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Oh and all stock TJ's and JK's high centering it is do to the shovel under the fricken thing. I would say if you don't want to lift it do like alot of us get something like a flat belly pan kit and you will not have this problem anymore.
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