SeaGeo
Well-Known Member
Professionally speaking, I agree this is a concern for me as well.Getting back to Rivians, I think with off-camber loose and muddy surfaces the biggest issue is the ~7,000 lb. weight of Rivians. I say that coming from a ~6,000 Land Rover where the weight was enough to cause a rubble shelf road with a downslope outside curve to start collapsing as we drove on it.
So, I'm not sure this is entirely due to the quad configuration, but I haven't put much thought into figuring out the "why."because the Rivian just flat goes sideways under certain conditions and as a death trap.
Small sample size, and somewhat anecdotally here but the trucks seem to want to slide sideways on slippery surfaces more than I'm used to even when not moving. I've seen at least a few people describe their truck sliding sideways while basically parked on a road, and I've been in mine when it's shifted on an ice surface when I wasn't moving. I obviously couldn't do an A/B comparison with another vehicle at the moment, but it surprised me. I very quickly ditched the ATs in winter because of concerns about the inertia of the truck on ice in general, but the desire to move when stopped on a relatively flat surface surprised me a bit. I'm sure it's weight related, but whether it's also cog and/or camber isn't something I've fully thought though yet.
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