Yeah, it IS a lot of fun. I was out Saturday in the Explorer and did a few 4 wheel drifts in the snow - just because I could. My wife drove the Suburban to work at the hospital early Saturday. When she got home, she said she did a few power slides around some corners on purpose. (I taught how to do them about 10 years ago, she thought it was fun.)
A few things to be aware of in the snow with 4x4s:
- If the vehicle doesn't have a skid pan under the engine, if you drive in DEEP snow (i.e. above the bumper), it can pack up under the engine compartment. The usual result is a broken fan belt, or overheating because the snow blocks air flow through the radiator.
- Breaking through icy crust on top of snow. I took a trip to our cabin in the mountains a few years ago in January. It was FRIGGIN cold, like +5 degrees. The snow was unbroken as no one had been back the long driveway. Everthing was fine and then all of a sudden the Suburban slowly DROPPED about 10 inches and the wheels started spinning! I was actually driving ON TOP of a 4" thick icy crusty layer and there was another 6" of drifted snow underneath. I later found out they had had a rain/ice/sleet storm on top of the snow. The underside of the truck was high centered on the crust. It took about an hour to dig it out and back out of the drifted snow. That sucked!!
