Limited slip differential

So it's been a bad winter in 2019 here in Omaha, my 13 tundra is 2wd and I'm hearing that this LSD can do wonders? Omaha is pretty hilly town so there are lots of opportunity to get stopped and then not be able to get moving again. I've read something about pressing the VSC button for 3 seconds and that this may help you get going better? So does this mean the rear end acts like a posse track?

Seems confusing to me

 

Members of Tundras.com hate confusion:
https://www.tundras.com/threads/traction-control-everything-you-want-to-know.21697/

Hmmm...If I had a 2013 2WD Tundra in snow or mud country, I would definitely upgrade to a new or new to me 4WD Tundra. With global warming, it's not like your winters are going to be improving.

Welcome to the forum.

 

Pickup trucks with an empty bed are inherently light in the back. That lightness allows the rear wheels to spin easier in snow. A limited slip differential, whether real or the fake one Toyota provides on the new Tundras, will help, but not nearly as much as having power to the front wheels where more of the weight is.

 

True statement. The is no comparison of a 2wd with limited slip to a 4wd regarding traction

 

Thanks one and all I’m fully aware what everyone is saying just was wondering if anyone had any real experience with the 2wd using those different settings. I’ll admit I’m kind of looking around for a 4wd

 

I had a couple of rear wheel drive pickups many years ago and I found that by putting weight in the bed I could get around in the snow. One time I filled the bed with the snow that I shoveled out of my on street parking space. That worked fine until it froze into a solid block and then, once it warmed up and started melting I had a giant block of ice sliding in the bed and banging every time I braked.