well here in central pa we got 20 inches of wet heavy snow with a ice bottom layer







i drove down unplowed streets with ease

i don't know why some who say tc would not let them drive in deep snow, i had no issues with it on and with it off it will let you spin the tires with ease all the way till the rev limiter if you want

now i did notice that since i drove though alot of deep snow, i got the bumper engine and skid plate pack with snow

 

Good pics. I live about 8 miles north of you in Tipton, and my 2010 XLT CC 4X4 also blasted through the snow well too. I measured 17 inches at my house. My brother in Northern Virginia has about 30 inches....... I wonder how those F150's made out!

 

30 inches is tough for any truck. lol I got stuck in my driveway twices so far. We have 30+ here in MD, but F150 is trying its butt off. Not enough clearance.

 

I was also very pleased with the t/c performance. It helped alot going up icy hills as it would not let you lose traction and slide back down. It seems to work about the same as my old land rovers, just give it a steady throttle and let it do its job.

 

I just can't believe how much snow you guys on the east coast are getting, its freakin nuts

 

Climatologists say we can expect larger snow dumps in many areas due to global warming. The warmer temperatures cause more evaporation from the ocean surface but the warming is not enough to keep normally cold areas above freezing.

More moisture=more snow!

Yeah, I admit it, when it comes to snow I'm still a kid at heart

 

Well right now I'm in chambersburg pa with is almost in md and is deep

Also since it windy here some snow drifts are about 3ft deep

 

had a lot here in VA and truck is working a dream. I was out early on friday morning before the plows hit the malls and i was drifting the truck around on the snow and as i have staed before zero T/C issues. I can get them wheels spinning as fast as i like with no t/c cutting in. But it sure does help having it on when i was on bad parts of road. The thing cuts in before you are even aware you are slideing.

 

Great pics, red. We also had about 20 inches of the stuff today, and drifting, and the F150 handled it all with ease. This truck is a lot of fun in this stuff. I just had to take it out in this stuff to see how it handled. Found a couple of unplowed roads and had snow flying everywhere - it was a blast.

The last big snowstorm in December, I was out in Butler Pa. Drove down US422/US22 to the Interstate just outside Altoona, and then took the turnpike back home. No problems then, either. This truck handles the snow as well or better than any previous 4WD truck I've ever owned.

 

Too cold for me! So much for global warming. Great photos!

 

And just think, we have 6 more weeks of this adventure. Thanks Phill!!

 

Dug my truck out today and it handled the roads just fine. We received around 24 inches of snow. Only time I needed 4wd was when I was backing up into my driveway (icey).

 

Not much snow here but it was icey here this morning. No worries with the TC.

 

Very awsome handlng in this stuff with the tc!

 

A lot of F-150 owners have very recently experienced a lot of snow and have already reported in from the field about how well the traction control works to get up the slippery stuff. That's good news even though I was already aware of how well this system works after driving 4,000 miles through some of the most slippery winter conditions I've ever encountered out of my home state. Half of those miles I was towing a two-horse trailer.

It seems the only people having problems with the traction and stability control systems either changed key parameter outside the expected norm (tire size or lift kit) or they simply don't know how to drive on the slippery stuff.:o

A few will wonder how a lift kit could affect traction adversely. Here is a quote from autoblog.com who tested the F-150 on and off-road (and was impressed with the off-road performance in a mud bog):

"Ford is also the only truck maker to include a roll sensor in its stability control system. In addition to body, the roll sensor helps detect banking in the road so that offsets can be calculated for lateral accelerometer and yaw rate signals, which enhances the behavior of the stability control."

Now if that sounds like gibberish to you I would suggest you have no business changing the vehicles lift height or wheel size or other basic chassis parameters without making proper programming adjustments to the traction and stability control systems.

Lifting the truck will raise the center of gravity and exaggerate the signals sent by the roll sensor and also the lateral accelerometer. These systems are finely tuned to work as unobtrusively as possible while still providing more traction and preventing the vehicle from getting past the point of no return in as many situations as possible.

I can think of an old addage that applies here:

Bad info in, bad info out.

In case I lost anyone, that means chassis, wheel and tire modifications can adversely affect the tuning of the traction and stability management system. Is this really any surprise?