Nate, I absolutely love the balance of shop videos and getting outside videos. Great work! Your efforts have not gone unnoticed. 👍🏻❤️🇺🇸

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it!

@strykerentllc

5 ай бұрын

@@DirtLifestyle How much fuel do you typically have with you? This trip as an example. Thanks and keep sharing both the how-to-build and the outdoors videos which are totally awesome

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

@strykerentllc I've never carried extra fuel. And I mean not once in the last 20 years of wheeling, lol. This was the first time it became a problem. The Tacomas are really bad on fuel, but under normal trail riding, it's never been a problem. That said, after this trip I'm going to figure something out. Either a bigger tank or some small gas bags to keep in the bed on big trips.

@strykerentllc

5 ай бұрын

@@DirtLifestyle Thanks for responding. Often wondered if you did carry additional fuel as some of the outdoor adventure videos you shared were quite remote.

@Casteeyo...

5 ай бұрын

​@@DirtLifestylehola 👋

Chains are great for the hard stuff like frozen hard pack, ice, or when you can dig through the snow down to the ground under it otherwise they chew through the soft stuff and leave you hanging on the frame... You are very fortunate to have friends to go with in the cold of winter, great video as always 👍

@VoyagerOverland

5 ай бұрын

It's -40 here this morning and I suggested to my wife that we should grab the tent and go do some snow testing for Nate. She used language that I don't want to hear again and that can't be repeated here on KZread 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@armslength2618

5 ай бұрын

Once you punch down through this snow to something the blocks might grab onto, you want chains to be able to pull you forward. The blocks will be packed with snow by that time and just spin on a half inch of never-ending little ball bearings. You don't want wide tires like these guys are using as those just turn into toboggans that drift around forever. This is not sand or rock or mud or wet coast cement. You'll never build up a compressible base on it. A particularly heavy vehicle with tall sharp tires and chains is the best way to get through it.

@TheDoug625

5 ай бұрын

Yep. Without enough ground clearance and not enough floatation chains are useless.

@armslength2618

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDoug625 If you want 'floatation' get a ski-doo.

@greasemonkey4god

5 ай бұрын

Haha. Just typed this exact comment… lol. We are finally staying above 0 after a week or so of bitter cold

I'm from scandinavia, the idea of using chains on loose snow is alien to me, especially in cold powder that doesn't compact very well. They're only ever used on ice, or hard packed snow with a vehicle heavy enough to get traction.

Chains have their place, but only when you are trying to reach the bottom for traction.Love your videos

*_RGB's under the truck lookin' like a 🛸UFO out there in the wilderness!_*

Idaho is not the only place that has dry, cold snow. Pretty much the entire length of the Rockies is the same. I lived at 9,000 feet in Colorado for 32 years and I never owned a snow shovel. I just used a broom to get the snow off my deck.

@freeridin12345

5 ай бұрын

agree i lives in colorado for 20 years and you could have snow that was fluffy on warmer snow day or if was real cold it was like this snow we called it sugar anow it would be like a top crust with sugar under it takes lot to break threw

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Definitely! But the list is pretty short of places you can wheel, with elevation like this in the lower 48.

@peterf.4268

5 ай бұрын

North Dakota doesn't have any mountains for wheeling (and I was too you to drive when I lived there - for nearly 6 years) but the snow there is so dry you can't effectively make snowballs or snowmen.

@peterf.4268

5 ай бұрын

North Dakota doesn't have any mountains for wheeling (and I was too you to drive when I lived there - for nearly 6 years) but the snow there is so dry you can't effectively make snowballs or snowmen.

@peterf.4268

5 ай бұрын

North Dakota doesn't have any mountains for wheeling (and I was too you to drive when I lived there - for nearly 6 years) but the snow there is so dry you can't effectively make snowballs or snowmen.

One tip I have, when resorting to the big full throttle huck when braking trail, keep your hand on the shifter, grab neutral as soon as you are stopped or even just before. This negates the spring effect of the torque converter which kinda unloads as you spin out causing you to dig in and need to get pulled out.

@NAPAuniversalJoints

5 ай бұрын

thats the funniest thing i have heard in a while. the spring effect in a torque converter

@harrisaxer2651

5 ай бұрын

@@NAPAuniversalJoints maybe not the greatest choice of words, but I get what he's saying. Its that with the box in D the thing is always trying to rotate the tyres and since you will be using very little (if any at a ll) brake to avoid creating snow ramps, torque will find its way through the converter. Great tip Scoobie!

@Scoobienorth

5 ай бұрын

@@NAPAuniversalJoints I’ll break it down differently. If you spin to a stop in sugary snow with smallish tires and deep snow, you stuck. By shifting to neutral you let the last bit of rotation without power so the tire will roll on top of the snow vs digging in under power. If you got plenty of tire on a lighter rig it’s not necessary.

@montemaguire4596

5 ай бұрын

Wouldn't that mess with the transmission??

@harrisaxer2651

5 ай бұрын

@@montemaguire4596How do you mean?

The wide variety of different vehicles you have on this channel makes it so enjoyable to watch. I am a Jeep guy but I like seeing all off-road vehicles

Such a fun Trip... Learned a lot, tested a ton of gear in such cold temps... so glad I had you guys to break trail... and pull me out.

Sub-zero snow = best snow. Even ice starts to get some traction back the further below 0 you get. As a trucker, I'll take super cold temps all day. Second best only to Summer conditions. I run Montana twice a week every week, spend more time there than at home. Not uncommon to be pushing fresh snow without a plow in sight. Snow/ice near that 32f mark just becomes nightmare fuel.

We're watching as a family from North Dakota and we are laughing our butts off at you guys complaining about the cold and the sugar snow. 😂 Keep putting out the entertaining videos and we will keep watching.

@doughaven-rf8id

5 ай бұрын

I'm an old Nodiak with the last 40 years in MN. Both states don't have the elevation climb as Idaho. In ND add a 20+ mph wind across the snow at -25 degrees and there gets a hard crust with sugar snow below. That's a bad mix. Break through the crust and you get to spend some time with the business end of a shovel.

@valleytractorservices9310

5 ай бұрын

Ya no kidding I'm in Fargo and nothing compares to the cold and wind. Idaho sounds pretty warm.

@WTFMIKE

5 ай бұрын

@@valleytractorservices9310 sounds like a tropical paradise almost 🤣

@cbeer9824

5 ай бұрын

We experience the same stuff over here in West Dakota 😂

@WTFMIKE

5 ай бұрын

@cbeer9824 exactly right but add a lot more cold 🤣🤣

The more of these four-wheel drive in the snow videos that I see The more snow I end up with in my yard for some reason

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Lol

Real v bar chains are a godsend when used properly

Huge thanks to @muddybeards and @outdoorauto for camping with me in -5 F. It's tough to find friends willing to do this stuff 😁. Also, ALL of the trails we run are found using ONX offroad. If you are interested, click on the link webmap.onxmaps.com/account-purchase.html?app=offroad&product=offroad_premium_year&fpr=nate12webmap.onxmaps.com/account-purchase.html?app=offroad&product=offroad_premium_year&fpr=nate12 Use Coupon code "dirtlifestyle" to save some extra money on the app. This makes ONX like 27 bucks for a year 🤘. Stay safe out there.

@QuarterLifeCrysis

5 ай бұрын

I would love to see how the taco does with tracks. I've always been curious how much of a difference they really make compared to big tires

@jeremyfake1612

5 ай бұрын

Hi Nate, I've just recently subscribed to onx off road, I'm curious to know if you have a basic onx tutorial video? BTW, I'm in Montana and wheel this type of cold snow often, and believe me it's always a challenge. Wet spring snow works the best for us. Thanks

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

@QuarterLifeCrysis me too! I think a good comparison would be on my Samurai. I'm planning on getting some BIG tires, and with it being 8 on 6.5, I could probably find a set of tracks to compare against 👍.

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

@jeremyfake1612 I don't have any instructional ONX stuff on my channel, but I did 10 or 12 for the ONX KZread channel. I would hop on your PC and play around with it. Check out some areas you are curious about and click around. Once you get a feel for it, the app is super simple.

@michaeljacques616

5 ай бұрын

Hey Nate what walki talki do u suggest ? Ones I use for my groups when we go snow wheeling seems to die pretty easy, I did get them from Walmart … that’s says it all

Dang I was freezing my balls off watching this! I have never wheeled in that kind of Idaho snow but it's amazing on snowmobiles!

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Lol it was cold bro. I feel lucky to be in climate where 20F is pretty typical in the mountains and not sub zero 😁.

No dirt was hurt in this episode. # Snow lifestyle

I’m consistently impressed with your ability to merge eduction with entertainment. And now I know to stick to the stick PNW pow. Thank you!

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Please bring the Disco on every adventure until it breaks. That’s my favorite of all these vehicles!

I definitely do my fair share of snow wheeling, but the more I do, the more I’m like it’s time to add a snowmobile. The more I watch others snow wheel just reinforces that (Shaun on tracks, your stuff). Don’t get me wrong, snow 4WDing is fun, but let’s be real, we always want to get to the top of the mountain. Going inches while burning lots of gas isn’t that much fun. I keep seeing these guys with a snowmobile in their truck bed. That might be the way. Go as far as you can with the 4WD truck, then pop out the snowmobile and take it to the amazing camp spot. I want to see that camp spot yall were trying for 😉

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

I totally get it. My father in law has a bunch of snow mobiles at his cabin that we ride. Super fun but they are definitely for a different kind of trip. Lots of folks are trying to get me to get tracks for my Taco lol. Maybe...

Hope you upload these type of videos a bit more often. You are one of the very best in the genre, great job.

Thank you for providing content at 2160 and not having it behind a paywall THANK YOU

We in Norway call it sugar snow. Pure hell to drive in

Great video. I know these take a lot of work to create, great job. Love to see that orange beast in good hands.

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I just got my first truck so I'm not gonna pretend I know anything about off-roading, but I will say this video is very entertaining and well produced. Any information I gain beyond that it's just a bonus. PS: I love my Thule Tepui tent! 👍👍

I feel like chains would benefit in icy conditions. Side thought, if you want mirrors with blind spot convex mirrors, get 2017/2018 RAV4 mirrors for in 3rd gen Tacos. They have heat elements and are a direct swap. I was super happy with them on my taco.

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Nice!

Great video Nate! From my experience using chains up here in Canuck land, I found chains to be good in snow conditions where you had a hard base to gain traction under powder. Plus chains are great for stopping a vehicle from sliding sideways. A few guys used to use them in Bog as well, But it's very easy to get into trouble using chains in Bog. All the best in 24 Nate & family and friends!

@gulu-cat

5 ай бұрын

Chains can come off and kill the brake lines

In my area in NM, we run chains a lot, but it's hard pack underneath the powder. We have sub zero weather. Elevation 72k. Run more chain in the mud for control. Deep power with chains will stick you quick.

Yes. Trailer bigger tires with you. Absolutely.

We have the same kind of snow around Mt.Hood now with the weather that came in. With the winds on top of 2deg temp, the drifts are huge! If you are getting poetals then you can fit 49s without chains.lol

Great stuff Nate, I love how Kelly is always there rock steady.

Awesome adventure. Definitely inspirational.Your videography is unparalleled 👍

Thanks For The Ride !!❤👍

Those portals are going to be game changing all by themselves. For snow the wides tire possible, think 1990’s four wheelers. Balloon tires. Chains I think are more of an ice thing. Like with sand float don’t dig. I just got back today from an amazing Duck hunt in 9 degree and “feels like” temp of -2. Literally walking in waste deep water to break ice for the hunt. Those temps for this Texas guy are no joke!

Great video Nate 👍👍

Let's go!! I love your videos

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

We've got over 10" here in Idaho in the last day, and are currently sitting at 12 degrees, -1 by tuesday. Love the Idaho wheeling vids!

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Damn! Sounds rad! Glad you enjoyed the video 😁

Looked like lots of fun! I still remember my uncle taking me on a snow wheeling trip when I was young. He tragically passed away, but I will always remember that trip. It was waist deep and we all had a really good time. That snow in your video looked like the kind of snow there is in areas of Colorado. It is a dry snow like you said.

BTW, I really love your content, it is well balanced, you talk and show actual off road photoage and not sugar quoute things. Keep it up

Great effort lads, cannot offer advice as snow driving was never a part of my 4x4 experiences. Happy to watch and learn from your personal efforts, always enjoy your vids

If this man isn’t the baddest Snow crawler on the planet. You have some crazy knowledge when it comes to what you do. It’s impressive to watch

Seen you pulling your tacoma past chehalis the other day. Asuming coming home from this trip

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Yep!

Those cameras on the axles are awesome! Cool to see that view. Snowy Idaho is beautiful …. +1 for chain video 👍

This is so Awesome. I want to move there.....and DO THIS ! just the Adventure of it all 🤘

Hearing you talk about how clearance helps makes me wonder how the Samurai would work in the snow. Love the happy mix of wheeling vs fab videos!

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

I can't wait to get the zuk out in the poweder!

Northern BC. We call it Crystal Snow when it is that cold. No traction unless you can get underneath it. If there is something under it

Living in Eastern Oregon we have the same powdery light dust that is snowfall out here. Chains don’t do much besides dig yourself deeper, just like mud or sand flotation is best.

This is why I'm so glad I left my homestate of Montana. Grew up with this shit, don't miss it at all

Your videos are part are so good. I look forward to them every week.

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you!

You havent been cold till you spend a winter in ND. Coldest dam place i ever lived. Neg 47 in Bismarck ND today. Was neg 58 yesterday. Great video guys. Be safe and stay warm

Thanks for sharing. I’ve lived in Wyoming, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. I’ve had my fill of snow ❄️ lol I’m in Arizona retired hope that explains my snow over load. lol

Yay sounds just like Colorado snow. We’re dealing with same conditions here right now.

Thank Nate, I snowmobile in those conditions, dry snow is great for that activity.

Man I love snow wheeling. I used to do with my dad when I was a kid. We would with the four wheel drive club he was a part of. The sierra nevada mountains make for some great snow wheeling.

Airing down to 2-2 1/2 psi on a big tire is approaching track attitude in the snow. Nice work out there. Some good trail-breaking.

If you think of logging world and a skidder, they run chains and seems to work pretty well. Just a thought. Bigger tire and chains would definitely help. Either way, great videos! Keep up the great content!

Riding the struggle bus 😂 ... I got me a new term on the trails now !! Dope video sir 👌

So I drove Tractor Trailer for a logging company in the Adirondacks. Chains and full lockers were everything to be able to get around. But, we also had the weight of the truck. I’ve plowed through 3ft of snow at -30* pulling a 48’ van trailer(empty) with full locks and full chains on the rear axels; weight does help in some instances.

That extra four inches really helps to plow

I love it your comment I've never seen snow like this before well look how young you are you haven't seen much of anything before

Straight to the point, Snow is like sand.. Almost like doing a mud run without the mud😜

I live and hunt and wheel in this type of snow in Mt,In a Jeep LJ 05,6'' lift, on 37'' Iroks.They out due my 35 BFG MT 2 with chains.You want to be biggest tire and low weight and higher HP.So yo can float more.Chains when ice under.Speed to ride on top ,stay in rut,get out of track and usually sink.Spring is harder and can stay on top more.I could probably run a 39", but would loose some turning.Ive been east where Ive had 1/4 mile plus wind packed drifts and had to go for sage and more traction

It's a good thing the cameras are chained up so they can always be a block ahead of you 😂😂 c'mon man

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

Huh?

@MR-bp3in

5 ай бұрын

Ya got somebody running ahead planting cameras or did you drive it ahead of time to plant them.

@DirtLifestyle

5 ай бұрын

@MR-bp3in gotcha! I'm a licensed drone pilot. Most of the footage I'm getting on snow trips is from a drone. But every once in a while, I talk Kelly into walking ahead to get a shot of me driving by 😁.

I am glad you finally got into some snow like I have to deal with in Northern Wyoming! I only have 35's on my locked up TJ but I have found many times where 3 psi works and others where chains with ice bars on all 4 is the only way to make progress. The worst snow is usually mid January and the snow is impossible to make a snow ball. Sometimes we go play with our ATV's on tracks and give up because all we do is get stuck. You know it's bad when you can't walk over the snow with snow shoes because you just fall through. Back to the 4x4 stuff, once the temps warm up a bit the snow changes and you can get some floatation again. Go prepared for everything and maybe something will work! I am sitting in my recliner thinking about a snow day in the Jeep, but yesterday morning was -33F with a high of -6 and this morning was -24F, so I think I will throw another log on the fire and wait to get out of this polar vortex. I really want tracks for my Jeep!

I love that quiet powder

13:20 If you need to float start dropping some weight and start throwing things overboard! 🤣🤣🤣 Another Great Video!

This is the kinda snow I learned to snow wheel in. Me and my buddies were all on 31s and it was a mess of recoveries. Got maybe 200 feet from the pavement. Had a ton of fun, but definitely under built for the Idaho snow.

Dry snow is like sugar these rigs did good

Super awesome!

I love seeing people experience southern Idaho/northern Utah snow. That’s actual powder. Best luck for me was always “XJing it”. Low psi, no lockers, & skinny pedal. Good times.

Thank you for showing the difference. Eastern Oregon has the same type of snow. I wish we had your snow

@Snow_Blazer

5 ай бұрын

Come down and snow wheel with us sometime and we’ll show you how we do it

@Snow_Blazer

5 ай бұрын

Btw 1.5 psi and low low gears makes it a lot easier.

Great video!

Love the under glow lights.

Thanks for the flippin awesome video Nate , we finally got about a foot of snow up on the mountains here in PA , went snow wheeling and had a blast , been 3 times already me and my wife and cousins and some friends , love playing in the snow.. for me chains get you from being stuck , to being really super stuck 😂😂😂

Yes I would like to have a video on chains having said that I have basically only 4 wheeled in the northwest in the cascades. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

idaho looks amazing

I am SO jealous. I live in Michigan's lower peninsula and we don't have any challenging trails unless you are on private property, at a park, or get a bunch of snow. I've been waiting months for some good snow, and it just showed up on Wednesday. And... I immediately sprained my ankle wed afternoon. So, I'm riding crutches, and dont dare go wheeling because I couldn't recover myself. Thanks for another awesome video to watch while I can't do any wheeling of my own.

Nate snow like this is why so many people disagree with your views on all terrain tires in snow.

Farmers generally run the chains on the front if your front end parts and drive line are strong enough. Works quite well.

That's my favorite kind of snow. We usually get that on the Rubicon. Its so much fun to Run the Rubicon in winter when we can get to it lol

great video.. great information

you just got to experience the garbage snow we have here in colorado. super super hard to stay on top of!

Nate my name is Eric. I live 7.3 miles from Rubicon trailhead. Anyways if you go to a 42 I recommend the mtr if you can find it. It is far superior for snow wheeling than any other 42 out. It is lighter and way for flexible and works waaay better than a Toyo or nitto. I'm on toyota running gear also and it's purpose built snow rig. I went from a 42 mtr to a 44 sts. And now it's unstoppable. I have never seen a tire work so good in the snow ever. It's light it's flexible and dosnt dig no matter if it's powder or Sierra cement like we have here most of the time. I went to kelowna and wheeled with a big group of big tire rigs as it was a bucket list trip . Thanks Joel. Anyway I herd you say 42 for the snow . Don't make the mistake of going with anything other than a mtr. I would highly recommend the 44 sts as it's similar in weight and just slightly bigger than the 42 mtr but it's way more flexible and works x2 or more in every situation. Just my 2 cents from a snow wheeler . Keep up the cool vids and if you go with the sts your snow wheeling capabilities will x10 itself.

Awesome content!!! This is crazy, something I don’t see myself doing 😆.

From Alberta Canada We were -43°C before the windchill last week. I have a Tacoma and a woodstove. I am laughing. Thanks, guys. I appreciated the video. Lol

I said in your tire video that I prefer an MT style tire for snow wheeling. Here in N. Idaho, we get the sub zero temperatures. MT style tires to me help push you through the powdery snow where losing traction just sinks you. You probably either didn't read my comment, or thought I was an idiot, but you should try that instead if chains. We can always tell a beginner up here when they start throwing chains on, because they are either too loose and fall off, or they act like a set of MTs. Usually, beginners don't know to go slow and let the tires bite, si they shoot roosters and dig, where as my MTs pull me up onto the snow as my rear tires are biting traction to keep forward momentum. Just a thought for future sub zero snow wheeling. Great video. Oh, I use one if those q50 watt heaters for my camp setup in my truck run off of an isolated deep cell battery. They work good until the Temps get closer to zero. 27° is my closest recorded night, with a mattress and a heavy blanket in the bed of my truck with a camper shell and twin matress.

We are hanging out in -40 right now. It’s a Really good Time!

As a Michigander, I've dealt with frozen mustache/nose in the cold a few times. Today was one of those times. Haha

Awesome video! I feel the cold.. it's negative 8 here in Chicago

Doesn't matter I'll watch your content I've been here since day one and will be here until the end brother.

Nate, One of the bigger reasons full sized vehicles are not liked by snowmobiles is that the tracks and ruts you leave are exceedingly difficult to negotiate with a snowmobile, especially after 24 hours when your ruts have set up. In fact, most novice and many intermediate riders find these ruts unmanageable. I’m not passing judgement, just telling it.

@jameswarlick3311

5 ай бұрын

Late fall wheeling sure does cause havoc for the snowmobilers. Especially true for those towing gear sleds like I ofen do.

Subscribed to see the future chain video! This is the first video of yours that I've watched. Good work.

I love your videos, thank you

"only 37's" haha. East Coast snow is like that. We usually get a few months that are impassable until April.

Nice footage brother from Canada!!

As soon as I saw that there's an old snowmobile tracks, I knew you guys were in for a struggle. You need to bust the crust/old packed snow in that sugar unless you have the magic floatation of tire size and vehicle weight, I've never found it. March and plus temperatures are the best snow wheeling conditions for me. 😉

There’s plenty of videos of the Idaho guys all with 49 to 60 inch tires and 1000hp+ running in mountain snow like that. Even those guys struggle but it’s entertaining to watch

That Tacoma with a set of 42” Iroks would be wild

I live in Colville wa close to Idaho and Canada. Yesterday I woke up to -16. So that’s cool… luckily my rusty but trusty 86 runner started. Got to love Toyota.

Absolute crazy snow, we got it here in Oregon too. Felt more like sand than proper snow!!!

Love your snow videos. Just subscribed.