Ground Clearance

[Don Ro]

This particular body style is one that will be gorgeous forever.
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[RWebb]

what does that have to do with ground clearance?

[onewhippedpuppy]

My S8 is unstoppable in the snow until it gets too deep, I think 8-10" is about the max before stuff starts to drag. We had 14" this winter and I drove my wife's F150. I don't know how people in the NE get by driving cars year round, even AWD ones.

[RWebb]

a Sube wagon has pretty good gnd. clearance - and any thing will take the first extra inch or two and shovel it in front of the vehicle

I've had vehicles float on high snow; you hear the scrapes then see the flattened area behind you; next is the float feeling while you still have some suspension droop to let the wheels grab - time to start figuring out if you can reverse out of it...

[Jeff Higgins]

Mine has about 14" of ground clearance. Hardly ever gets stuck.

[romad]

turn on bravo contact ground 121.9....

[vonsmog]

I've got about 21" if clearance at the diffs. on my truck, and yes that is with the stock tire size that I have on it!

[Seahawk]

2003 Toyota 4Runner:

Front diff: 8"
Angled crossmember: 8.5"
Body seam: 16"
Transfer case: 10.5"
Gas tank: 9.5"
Rear diff: 9.25"
Front fender: 33.25"
Rear fender: 35.75"

[RWebb]

compare that 8" (F. diff.) with

'92 Toyota 4Runner had 9.1"

new Jeep Grand Cherokee has 10.7"

2010 Subaru Forester has 8.7"

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by RWebb

a Sube wagon has pretty good gnd. clearance - and any thing will take the first extra inch or two and shovel it in front of the vehicle

I've had vehicles float on high snow; you hear the scrapes then see the flattened area behind you; next is the float feeling while you still have some suspension droop to let the wheels grab - time to start figuring out if you can reverse out of it...

Around here it's not so much the snow, it's the hard packed ice boulders that accumulate as a result of the plows. I don't worry about plowing through some fresh powder, I worry about a big chunk of ice taking out my front bumper.

I miss my FJ80 during the winter, it was big, old, tall, and cheap. I just drove through/over all obstacles.