suggestion to begin off roading

dani · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:55 am

Hi, i live in lebanon, lots of snow, and off road snow in here. I just purchased a 2002 jeep liberty limited automatic, that comes equiped with part time, full time, and low four wheel drive. I equiped it with brigstone dueler tires. can't afford more for the moment. I tried it on heavy snow, and the performance of the tires are not good.

Im planning to purchase chains for the tire for the moment, and cant afford something else now.

Can you suggest if its a good choice? what kind of chaines? and whats the performance i will be getting?

And what kind of fourwheel drive i have to use?

Is my liberty can do offroad withought any tuning and ugrading?

Thanx a lot

Regards

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:40 am

My opinion is put it in Full Time 4X4. Even without chains you should be ok. You will be able to drive around in a normal manner. If you run into a real bad situation you can use 4lo. Some of the guys in COLD COUNTRY can answer better though. It doesn't snow here.

Welcome to the forum! You will read a lot of good information from a great bunch of people! And..........Merry Christmas!

Terry

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:45 am

Lebanon Ohio? Suggestion: go into "Profile" at the top of the page and add your town and state so it show up under dani.

Terry

dani · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:59 am

Hi and merry christmass to all. No the country is named lebanon, its in the middle east.

Thanx for all ur replies.

Just wanted to know more about snow and chaines.

dani · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:16 am

Any suggestions?????????????

fdems · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:47 am

Part-time or Full time for light/medium snow conditions, for really deep or slippery conditions use 4-lo and take your time truckin through, carry litter or rock salt for nasty stuff. As for chains try these sites.

http://www.xterraownersclub.com/cgi-loc ... 7;t=000322

http://www.tirechain.com/32X11.50-15LT.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Lib ... dZViewItem

dgeist · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:55 am

dani wrote:

Hi and merry christmass to all. No the country is named lebanon, its in the middle east.

Thanx for all ur replies.

Just wanted to know more about snow and chaines.

Ahh, as in "Cedars of Lebanon". That makes more sense

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:32 am

If you have ABS, make sure you get chains that won't mess with it.

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

Dje Ryu wrote:

If you have ABS, make sure you get chains that won't mess with it.

What type of chains will work with ABS equipped units?

dani · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:39 am

will i get good performance with chains on my dueler 694 tires? is it enough for heavy snow???????????????

By the way, yes it is the cedars of lebanon, hehe, you should come and see here guys, real offroad roads.

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:42 am

snowsport wrote:

Dje Ryu wrote:

If you have ABS, make sure you get chains that won't mess with it.

What type of chains will work with ABS equipped units?

I'm not real sure. I just know that the traditional chains create a magnetic field that messes up the ABS sensors.

MiniDevil · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:43 am

dani wrote:

will i get good performance with chains on my dueler 694 tires? is it enough for heavy snow???????????????

By the way, yes it is the cedars of lebanon, hehe, you should come and see here guys, real offroad roads.

You should get plenty of traction. Try it and have fun

Uffe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:03 pm

Dje Ryu wrote:

I'm not real sure. I just know that the traditional chains create a magnetic field that messes up the ABS sensors.

Just get them made from aluminium as this is not a magnetic material.

_UnLiMiTeD_ · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:51 pm

02's dont have abs anyways

MiniDevil · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:05 pm

Dje Ryu wrote:

snowsport wrote:

Dje Ryu wrote:

If you have ABS, make sure you get chains that won't mess with it.

What type of chains will work with ABS equipped units?

I'm not real sure. I just know that the traditional chains create a magnetic field that messes up the ABS sensors.

Are you being serious or was that like a Back to the Future joke?

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:22 pm

_UnLiMiTeD_ wrote:

02's dont have abs anyways

Mine does

spoonplugger1 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:38 pm

Chains have other uses. You can use them in mud and other slippery surfaces. A great way to climb out of a rut, cross rut, or to use a side bank to get around something.
Not much stops a chained jeep until you high center.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:24 pm

http://www.carmosaic.com/jeep-liberty/p ... cts_id=563

Use full-time for patchy snow and part-time for roads that are 100% covered in snow.

Use 4low in snow that is really deep.

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