You won't be able to go very fast (if at all) in 18" of snow. Unless it is real fluffly.

 

This question has been asked many times since I have been a member here and these are all the typical responses. What I dont understand is I only use 4wd when there is a good amount of snow on the road and my tires are breaking traction frequently enough to warrant my 4wd use. Now that being said, in these conditions, I don't understand why the hell people would want to go 80 MPH. Obviously if you are driving this fast you are on a highway or interstate and if you feel it necessary to be in 4wd, then obviously traction is an issue. Why then would you be traveling this fast if traction is limited? If you think it is safe to run 80 MPH then it would appear that the pavement is visible therefore eliminating the need for 4wd use. Just seems like pure stupidity to me if there is a snow cover on the ground hence you felt it necessary to use your 4wd, yet you still are running 80 MPH. Just my .02

 

What about really heavy rain?? we get really heavy down poors and the roads are sometime flooded a little. will this hurt my truck in 4X4 are should is stay in 2wd.??

 

Rain is useless because you can hydroplane, and 4wd cannot stop that.

 

How fast can you plow in 4X4???

 

Seriously, most of the folks generating these sorts of questions, or replying with said ridiculous comments, are for the most part just kids with no real time under their belt. They will either continue to drive this way and get lucky and live w/o killing anyone, or ….well we know the answer to that one.

 

In my job, we drive chevys. I dont have a choice. Every day requiers<spelling?< highway travel, off road travel, and 4wd use. Sometimes I forget to disengage the ol' 4x4, and these trucks wont go a mile over 90mph. its a useless post but, oh well. Thats maybee 1 reason youd be going that fast on a highway. BTW, The speed is justified.

 

This thread is about the F150 operability in 4x4- it is not about your opinion of the driving styles of those posting- If you wish to discuss personal driving methods, do so in an email or in a PM. Without firsthand knowledge of the vehicle conditions, road & weather conditions, no validity is carried hereforth.
9 yrs of experience both stateside and international, not a single accident, one improper passing violation. Yup, I'm just a kid (23) with no "real time" under my belt.

 

If you can do 70mph while plowing your driveway, more power to you!

 

I was not telling anybody HOW to drive or telling them that they are wrong for doing such, I simply asked a question as to WHY if they were able to drive this fast would it be necessary to have it in 4wd. IF you are able to go 80MPH, then no matter who is driving, traction must be adequate to do such. It is clearly understood that having 4wd engaged on pavement that is not slippery does harm to the truck. Therefore I said I did not understand why 4wd was engaged as it has the potential to damage the vehicle. You peope are so ****ing quick to jump down people's throats it's annoying. I didnt tell him hey slow the **** down. I asked why 4wd was necessary going thus fast because obviously you ****ing don't understand that if you are capable of driving 80 MPH then you shouldn't need 4wd cause you can see the god damn road. Now since you have annoyed me, yes you are a dumb ****ing moron if you are doing 80 MPH in a snowstorm and there is snow on the ground therefore breaking your traction making you want to use your 4wd.

Edit: you will notice in my first thread that I did inquire about road conditions being adequate for traction. Hence I was trying to gain more information about the "vehicle conditions and road & weather conditions" to adequately reply with information regarding said situation.

 

look-it bud- that post of yours is a great way to get this thread shut down- talking about jumping down people's throats! did I expressly question your comment? did I expressly attempt to answer your question? NO. my post was more in response to RMS8's post, and in all reality didn't raise my blood pressure to the nearing point of bursting a vessel as it obviously did you. I've got nothing against YOU, or RMS8, no harm no foul. I'm sick and tired of people making assumptive, broad stereotypical posts without any support. cool off man. If you've got such an effing problem with me, and wish to continue to make personal slams, PM me and we will have another discussion, off the boards. dear lord.

 

thats exactly what I was doing when I was asking why it was necessary to use 4wd doing 80 MPH because in my opnion the roads would have to be dry for me to want to do 80 MPH so I was simply asking him if such was the case. Then you go into some rant about it not being a forum for people opinions on his driving habits when that is exactly what this is. He wants to know how fast you can go with 4wd and people are saying do 80 MPH therefor directly relating to driving habits. That being said, doing such a thing on dry payment will damage the vehicle hence the reason I inquired about conditions.

EDIT: and since you were directly responding to RMS8 post, you were responding to me since he was directly quoting what I had stated above his response and it was a direct response to my post.

 

So what facts could use guys use to dissapprove FORDS current statement about the use of 4wd on pavement....

No where in there says you can damage the t-case...

 

fine, whatever. lets play childish school games.

I dont think anyone here has yet to tell BrokeJoker to go 80+ mph. those of us who did post, shared our personal experiences with our trucks. I have taken my truck up to 85 mph before in 4hi. My truck suffered no ill-effects from such driving. This driving was done on a highway, where the driver is essentially driving in a straight line. The binding and other 4hi problems that may be experienced by driving on dry pavement have more to do with turning. in such situations the front tires would move at different rates in relation to the radius of the turn being attempted, and are designed keeping in mind that one or more tires is slipping. If you were driving the French or Swiss Alps on dry pavement, you may very well expect some binding damage to occur as these roads are seldom straight, however when going straight, such as you may be doing on a typical US highway, your front tires are moving at nearly the same speed- thus reducing situational damage to the 4x4 mechanism. It is also common in drag racing that 4x4 vehicles use 4hi. due to the increased traction provided.

 

I don't know who mentioned a T CASE but it wasn't me. I just simply stated it could do damage to the vehicle. BUT if the t case IS difficult to disengage, wouldn't that be stating that it wasn't working 100% properly??? I would consider that doing some damage.