I had some fun in my TE today. Due to lots of recent snow and high winds, driving has been horrible outside this city where I live (Regina, SK). Major highways have been shutdown, and many people got stranded out on roads overnight due to big drifts and zero visibility. I needed to get just a few miles out of town on a gravel road this morning and got halfway there in whiteout conditions but when I tried to find my turnoff I couldn't see it (kind of like being in heavy fog). I knew I was at the right spot as there is a railway crossing opposite the turnoff. I got out and inspected and realized that there was a snowdrift as high as the truck blocking the road. Not happening, so I headed to work.
Tried again to get in this afternoon, taking my wife along. The turnoff was more visible and enough of the snow had blown away to be able to plow through. Still, this road was covered in drifts, and the snow was blowing fiercely across the vehicle. Think snow piled on each shoulder up to 6-8 feet, then snow that blows over the top across your windshield. Drifts were as deep as 3-4 feet but mostly tapered enough to be able to plow through. Alas, I beached the thing in one massive drift. Some serious shoveling later, I was able to rock it out of there in L4 and then get turned around. We parked it and walked the rest of the way in on foot, took care of business and then headed home. I did have to shovel a path through one other drift but otherwise the TE powered through the snow like a beast. Love that truck!
Once we were home, we reminded ourselves that it is for conditions like today that we bought the T4R.
Plenty of adventure for one day. Now, off to buy groceries.
