Has anyone drove their trucks in the snow much or on slick roads? I was driving mine yesterday on a slick snowy road and when my right tire hit some slush the truck went sideways. I was able to get it under control and save it. I had it in 4wd and have the goodyear tires on it. I know I was maybe going a little fast about 40 to 45 and some was operator error but i am experienced and seem that the truck was a little squirrely.

 

in two wheel, its a bit squirly, but when on 4hi, its rock solid, cant break it
took it out yesterday for the first time in the snow- plus have my toyo mt's on and had to see how they would handle snow, hard pack or if i needed to find a diff. winter tire.

 

I drove mine all last winter in some pretty heavy snows, not to mention a lot of icy and blowing conditions without any real problems. The slushy conditions you mention can be real hazardous as the slush tends to grab the tire and can cause some ...

 

Hitting that slush is no different than hitting deep water on one side. Also the wider the tire, the worse it is going to be.

 

I had some pretty scary experiences recently with my KR coming over an unpaved mountain pass in a snow storm. It rained before it snowed and the mud-slush was DEEP. I'm stubborn, should've put it in 4HI a lot sooner than I did. Things improved pretty good once I did, but I crested the pass and came down the paved side very shortly after finally giving in and throwing it in 4HI, so I can't say I had time to notice if there was a huge improvement. I'm sure there was.

And like you, I probably needed to slow down a little. I was trying to beat the snow, so I probably had my foot in it a little more than I should have. Plus, you just don't realize your speed in these big, high, heavy trucks.

 

Yeah the slush was pretty hard and it probably slowed the right side down and the left side kept going. After it happened I started going about 30 to 35 mph and it felt really slow so I must of been going a lot faster than that. It was scarey to thin I was going to wreck it with 4k on it. Lesson learned.

 

I think it is your tires that have the biggest difference in how your truck handles in the snow. nine do great in snow and slush but it is a little scarry on black ice. I am going to get mine syped this year to hopefull help even more.

 

Yup, its all about tires. The stock Goodyears are pretty good though.
Those Rugged Trails however are pretty dangerous in the snow!

 

Snow driving is more of an art then a list of directions. If you got loose you were going to fast. 4x4s can't stop any faster than 4x2s so for the sake of others just slow down.

Adrianspeeder

 

Yeah, I'm waiting to see how mine handles the snow. I have four wheel drive but a regular rear end, no LS. I have the General tires....first vehicle with that brand so it should be interesting to see how good/bad the truck handles. I drive pretty conservatively when the roads are bad....quite the opposite of when they are dry.

 

I would recommed going to a BIG parkin lot that you have permission to be on and just get the feel of brakin and handlin in snow. Let it get loose and figure out how to bring it back in.

Adrianspeeder

 

I can't wait till It snow's here on the Big Island of Hawaii, so I can test out my new Bridgestone Dueler Revo's, they are rated pretty good for snowy conditions so I want to test them out.

 

Well I took mine hunting this weekend (Northern Michigan) and hit some water covered, muddy dirt roads. I thought the same thing. It was all I could do to keep this truck on the road. I did not want to spend 1K on new tires this year but one more trip like this and I will be putting on BFG AT’s. I have the Goodyear tires now, sorry to disagree but these things suck. I sure hope this is not how this truck handles in the snow.

 

gotshot, you wouldnt happen to have been going over snoquamie pass(sp?)? I was returning from elk hunting north of ellensburg traveling to olympia and the pass was slippery/slush/snow, at night with sleet falling. the next day the pass was closed due to snow and falling rocks. I was driving a friends non-ford product pulling an eight foot trailer about 30-35 mph. I didnt slip around with regular street tires that was on the little truck, but it sure was a white knucke ride for this southerner

 

I got the rear end of my truck sliding around one year hauling a snowmobile trailer. Scared the crap out of me and my sister at first, but once I put it in 4X I had no problems. Drove straight. We were up north riding and you could definitely tell where the county line was. Once county was nicely paved and salted, the next was bad roads and they didn't even bother with the salt - not good considering all of the pine trees which shaded the road during most of the day.