Chevy Bison vs. Blizzard

"Driving Sports TV" (drivingsports) 01/21/2020 at 12:03 • Filed to: chevrolet, adventure time

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Last week we experienced our first winter storm of 2020 in the Pacific Northwest. So, naturally, we packed up our review car of the week — a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison — and headed to the mountains for an adventure.

M.T. Blake > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 12:25

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I’ve seen too many videos where the Colorado gets struck but the Tacoma works it’s way out with Crawl Control. You brought the wrong truck, unless you were trying to get stuck :)

jimz > M.T. Blake 01/21/2020 at 12:36

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Wrong tires. The A/T kind of tire just plain sucks on snow.

M.T. Blake > jimz 01/21/2020 at 12:42

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Anything short of studs and if things are really bad - chains - are subpar for me. I hate the snow. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > jimz 01/21/2020 at 12:45

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This, generally large lugged AT tires are not good in snow and ice. Also tire pressure plays a role like in sand. If they aired down to 15 psi it might do better. 

Driving Sports TV > M.T. Blake 01/21/2020 at 12:50

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We got a Tundra stuck last year. We do have a 4Runner coming up in our schedule (we don’t own any of these, they’re provided by the manufacturers) and will attempt a similar test with it, to see if Crawl Control  can get us out.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 12:54

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... at that point I knew you were stuck... there are however very few things that are as fun as driving a competent 4 WD rig in deep snow.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 13:09

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I took my girlfriend wheeling in a Jeep Cherokee years ago... in southern California near San Bernardino. It was A pril and most of the snow had melted but there were still large sections of this forest service road with old corny snow.

step 1: 4wd High range through snow bank , okay that worked still going.... not too bad and kinda fun

step 2: 4wd low range, okay that kinda worked but the snow drifts were getting deeper and the jeep was struggling. still going...

step 3: 4wd low, dif locked. Crap this is getting scary . I don’t know if I can go through another one of these snow banks. but lets try another.... oh and there is no where to turn around now...

Step 4: dig out rig with safety helmet, well that escalated, maybe I shouldn’t have hot- ro ded through that last snow bank.. but where do I go from here?

step 5: get hopelessly high centered and hike out to nearest town and call for a ride...

step 6: go back next day with shovels and chains to recover jeep.

Step 7: never ever do anything that dumb again.

Driving Sports TV > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/21/2020 at 13:23

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You just described my work week. Lol.

Cash Rewards > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/21/2020 at 14:00

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I feel like step 7 is negotiable

Brickman > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 15:05

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I t has a skid plate. Remove the wheels and push the Bison where you want it to go :P

HammerheadFistpunch > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 18:26

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This is why I don’t like snow wheeling.  Its the sideways action and the instant stuck with the joys of the stuff you’re stuck in being cold and wet

HammerheadFistpunch > Driving Sports TV 01/21/2020 at 18:30

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I love my front and rear lockers, but I’ve come to find they can be equal parts liability in the snow as asset. Traction management systems seem to do better because of their pulsing nature. I got myself into a lot of trouble doing something like this once, I was going down the hill sideway, until I caught a berm...which saved my butt.

Props to keeping up the show. the hardest times to film are the best times to film.

I also had brand new duratracs at the time.  Confidence > skill.

Driving Sports TV > HammerheadFistpunch 01/21/2020 at 19:04

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Ha, thanks for the video. That was fun to watch. We have 4Runner TRD Pro and Land Cruiser coming up on our schedule, so it’s only going to get sketchier before the season s change.