Snow pics

[Saito2]

Well, it seems as though some of us are seeing some snow now. I'm personally not a fan (brilliant coming from someone contemplating a move to southern Maine but I digress) but when the weather gives one lemons, its best to make lemonade. My first go around in the white powdery stuff was with the Big Brute. I wanted to give 2wd a shot and the Brute is both sealed better and slightly bigger than most 2wds in my fleet. It didn't go great. Probably better for more packed snow, but some shots nevertheless...

 

So, indeed, for this type of snow, I had selected the wrong tool. What to do? Select the proper tool. The answer? The mighty Clod Buster of course. The answer is always the Clod Buster...

 

Incidentally, it does bring me an odd joy to see little chevron tire patterns in my backyard's snow. See all those leaves and sticks on the ground? Those are from our squirrel family building a new drey this morning. Dreys are squirrel nest. Squirrels are messy builders who don't clean up after themselves as you can see. Still, its better to have the nest in the tree and not under the hood of my GMC like last year. We spent a day successfully (thankfully) reuniting the very young squirrel (eyes barely open) with their mother after they was found in a nest built on top of the GMC's 4.3 V6 . It took another day of rewiring to fix all the chewed wires underhood .

Here, the pair slowly defrost...

 

[Andreas W]

Rally cars has given me a new dimensjon in winter driving. Until I got my first XV-01 in 2022 this was buggy territory. The clear favorite is a thin layer of dry snow on otherwise dry tarmac or frozen gravel. This gives a slidable surface with homogenic grip, perfect for random sliding. 

 

I have deleted a lot of photoes lately, but can recycle a couple from Friday of my winter XV-01, which is brilliant for this kind of running. 

 

We can also put in one of my Terra and Grasshornet. 

[Kowalski86]

One of these days I'd like a Clod, or at least a 4x4 monster truck. 2wd just doesn't quite cut it in the snow.

[Hypoxic]

Looks fun! 

[Rinskie]

Can I play? 

 

[El Gecko]

On 1/12/2025 at 1:20 AM, Andreas W said:

The clear favorite is a thin layer of dry snow on otherwise dry tarmac or frozen gravel. This gives a slidable surface with homogenic grip, perfect for random sliding.

Exactly the type of surface I've been running on the last few months, and can confirm it's perfect for drifting

I think about snow depth in scaled-down terms. If my 1:1 car can drive ok in 10cm of snow, then my 1:10 cars should be able to handle at least 10mm. And as in 1:1 scale, bigger tires are always better, especially for the deeper stuff. I only use 2WD, even my monster truck, so it's just a matter of driving in snow that's lower than the bottom of the axles or skid plates so it doesn't get hung up.