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There were times I was going home and one side of the road where my tires hit was pavement w/ some dusty snow blowing across it. The other side where my tires were hitting was hard pack snow. The same for some of the turns I was taking. Was I good to just keep in in 4H?
I was only doing 25 mph or so, maybe 30 (obviously not in the turns).
You were probably fine, but it's still not a good idea to run in 4H unless the entire road is snow-covered.
I think this is partially why Ford introduced the 4A transfer case to the F-150 lineup.
That said, I have the stock Goodyear Wrangler Adventure w/Kevlar tires, and I find them more than adequate for dry, wet, snow, and mud. Sport mode + rain = tail-happy truck, but other than that, I haven't lost traction unless I wanted to.
You were probably fine, but it's still not a good idea to run in 4H unless the entire road is snow-covered.
I think this is partially why Ford introduced the 4A transfer case to the F-150 lineup.
That said, I have the stock Goodyear Wrangler Adventure w/Kevlar tires, and I find them more than adequate for dry, wet, snow, and mud. Sport mode + rain = tail-happy truck, but other than that, I haven't lost traction unless I wanted to.
-John
I've got the OEM Goodyears on it. I've read they're pretty bad, tire rack says they're pretty bad, and my experience out in the snow was pretty much what I expected out of a truck w/ a light back side and tires that are routinely considered pretty bad.
you are not going to hurt anything leaving it in 4wd in the dry. You can even take pretty tight turns without axle wind up. You can feel it. If you don;'t feel it you aint doing anything that can harm anything.
you are not going to hurt anything leaving it in 4wd in the dry. You can even take pretty tight turns without axle wind up. You can feel it. If you don;'t feel it you aint doing anything that can harm anything.
Agreed.
I don't purposefully drive 4wd on dry pavement, but anyone who lives where it snows knows that it can go back and forth a lot. I mean like a hundred times on my commute to work. I think that is far more harm going back and forth that many times, also chances of error forgetting it in 2wd or 4wd and causing you problems unexpectedly.
Just take it easy and you will learn when you want to use 4wd or not.
There were times I was going home and one side of the road where my tires hit was pavement w/ some dusty snow blowing across it. The other side where my tires were hitting was hard pack snow. The same for some of the turns I was taking. Was I good to just keep in in 4H?
I was only doing 25 mph or so, maybe 30 (obviously not in the turns).
you are not going to hurt anything leaving it in 4wd in the dry. You can even take pretty tight turns without axle wind up. You can feel it. If you don;'t feel it you aint doing anything that can harm anything.
Hmm, don’t know that I agree here. It’s pretty hard on the driveline locked in 4H on dry pavement. As long as pavement is wet and I can get some wheel slip all is good, but dry pavement I flip the switch back to 2WD or in the case of my new truck I just stick it in AWD.
Had our first snow of the year the other day in Central PA area, so I stopped at lowes for 5 60lb tubes of sand. It was 26$~. Truck is a lariat so it has 4A, which I generally use. But I still felt the rear end could use a little weight.
I've got the OEM Goodyears on it. I've read they're pretty bad, tire rack says they're pretty bad, and my experience out in the snow was pretty much what I expected out of a truck w/ a light back side and tires that are routinely considered pretty bad.
Perhaps I wasn't specific enough. My truck has the 20" PVD wheels, so I'm running the 275/55/20 GY Wrangler A/T Adventure w/Kevlar tires, OWL.
I have driven in 18+" of snow in this truck. I stand by my experience that I haven't lost traction unless I wanted to.
There are other stock Goodyear tires, which do NOT have an A/T tread pattern, and I wouldn't expect them to do that well in the snow. My last truck had GY Wrangler SR-A tires on it, 275/75/18 IIRC. That truck did OK in the snow, but nowhere near as grippy as this one.
Question: why do people put sand bags in the middle of the truck bed? Is the goal to transfer the COG more to the rear? Wouldn't they be more effective at the back of the bed?
Out of the way.....
Easier to load stuff in and out of the back without having to lift it over the sand bags.
This is what i use for weight when it snows......Lol
And add 2-3 50 lb bags of salt
