How to Offroad and Snow Driving Land Cruiser

[Marinna]

Apologize if this is too basic for you. I am coming from a 2nd gen Xterra, which comes with 4WD and rear differential lock. LC is a big leap to me that I am honestly not quite sure how to really drive it with all the MTS, two lockers, and sway bar detach on the car. I only have some basic knowledge about the system but to be honest havn't been able to actually drive offroad and deep snow with it.

I have been checking on YouTube about all the 4Runner videos but feel many of them are just exaggerating the conditions and showing settings and skills I wasn't sure it's accurate. Could you guys recommend some tutorials that I can learn driving LC in a more challenging situations like offroading and deep snow on slope, trail, mountains... etc? Thanks

 

[NoMe cruiser]

I’m a hands on type of learner. My suggestion would be to take your owners manual and the better part of a day and head out into snow to practice. Snow is good to experiment with all these bells and whistles cause it provides slip which is more forgiving on drivetrain components. It is suggested to not use the SDM in temperatures below -22F so keep that in mind. I’ve had several generations of 4Runners so I’ve been able to “evolve “ with these 4wd systems. It must be intimidating for someone who has to learn all this tech in one big leap. It really sucks to get stuck in snow, I usually bring a shovel, coal ash, and a tow rope when I’m out in it.