My friend and I decided to take my truck out for a little spring mud/snow bogging and got stuck a little easier than I tought I should have. My 4 wheel drive seemed to work more like a 2.5 wheel drive. I went up a little hill and when I got to the top I knew I wasn't going any farther. There was about 1-1.5 feet of snow and a 3 foot high drift on front of me. I decided to back up and go back down the hill but the snow was very slippery and I managed to slide into some loose snow upagainst some trees, and that is where I stayed. I was on a little side hill at this time and only the passenger side wheels were the only ones spining in 4low, until I turned the steering wheel to the left then the drivers front would catch a bit then stop. The end of the story was that we had to walk for about 2 miles get my friend to come pick us up and then I was pulled out by a GMC.

 

which pic are you stuck in? it dosent look like your stuck

 

Looks like you need tires... I think that is the biggest thing people forget about when they have a 4x4... doesn't much matter if all 4 are spinning if they have some p*&^sy a$$ tires that belong on the street. If you had chains you would have been perfectly fine...

 

were ya high centered?
spring snow can be decievingly hard to get around in cause its so heavy

 

That sucks man. Just about 2 weeks ago here in NE, big snow storm etc., and the following day I go out muddin'/snowin' around the nearest new housing development.

I too, was faced with a hill, but I made it up. ROFL. Sorry man, but it looks like at least to me that you shouldn't have gotten stuck. My only guess would be is that your tires are worn considerably. Also, it looks as if in your last picture that you posted, that you are in 2WD. If not, I'd be kicking and screaming to the dealership. You back is shooting up mud but your front isn't moving at all.

I mean, I got a '05 4.6L STX.....with 3.55 and an OPEN diffenetial! So when I am in 4x4 it's really 4x3! I was in some serious sloppy mud (like 8-10") with wet snow on top and didn't get stuck. The hill was as steep as me barely bottoming out when the front wheels got on top and about a truck length and a half long. IMO, the only thing that helped me were my tires (only 4500 miles on 'em) even though they are Generals.

I really coulda used the Fx4's skid plate up front as the cleaning afterwords was a nightmare.

Either way, I feel for you, and thanks for posting the pics.

 

Nope wasn't high centered at all, but yeah it was 6 above and the snow was really wet. I think my next tires will be the Cooper Disoverer SST. i have the BFG Rugged Trails on with about 37000Km on and the tread has about 75%. The last pictues where I wan't stuck I was in 2wd trying to get my buddys GMC all muddy. HAHA

 

I just thought that you HAD to be in 2WD. Did you get his azz!?!?!

 

Go with BFG All-Terrain's on the stock wheels!

You will find it very hard to get stuck!

I have the 285 65 18 BFG AT's on my truck for the winter, and have been very impressed with the ability of these tires!

Picks will be up soon before I go back to the 20's for the summer.

 

The moral of the story is: Don't go 4-wheelin' where cell phones don't work.

 

If you have an open rear diff with no limited slip, you really have 4x2 - the only thing "locked" is the front driveshaft and the back driveshaft (through the transfer case, so you can spin one front wheel and one back wheel and go nowhere fast.

With limited slip or a rear locker you have 4x3. With a non-4x4 truck and no LS rear you really have a 4x1.

 

don't go 4 wheelin' where GMC guys will find you.

 

Alot of guys I know have had really good luck with the BFG All-terrains, but I think I want something different, I really like the look of the Coopers and they come in a 275/65/18.

Yeah i got him a little muddy but the funny part waqs he got really pissed when his rear diff hit some hard packed snow and bottomed out a little bit where mine didn't when he was trying to pull me out.

 

I was thinking about that, Lee. The only this is, I was throwing mud at the same time from both tires up front....also, if the front diff. is open, then why on the pavement you can feel the tires "skip" whilst turning? Shouldn't 1 "slip" so that doesn't happen?

And if the front diff. is indeed open, WTF? Obviously when a person engages 4x4, said person needs more traction. Is this yet another way of Ford saving money? OMFG! I gave you some reputation points though.

 

I do not believe I have ever seen a 4X4 pick-up from any manufacturer with anything but an open front differential and even if they built one it would definitely be an option. On everything but the FX4, even the rear limited slip is an option! Besides cost, the additional drag and potentially unpredictable torque steer with a front posi of some type would probably send the majority of drivers in a ditch; even a factory air locker would probably send corporate lawyers into a fit.

 

Fronts are definately open. You should drive a truck with a front locker. Hard to turn and scary on ice or snow. The reason you feel the slipping or whatever while turning is because you got your back tires trying to push you forward and then your fronts trying to turn. Really not the best thing to do on dry pavement.

Both front tires spinning probably because both had the same resistance. If one of them would of had more than the other, the one with least would of spun. That is why open diffs suck for off roading. When you need the one with the most resistance to spin it won't. Having a front locker that is not selectable like ARB up front is dangerous for a daily driver who uses 4x4 a lot for snow.