How do you guy find the traction of your F150 on ice with no weight in the back? The other I was taking off form a red light and there was a sheet of ice that formed from freezing rain being frozen on the snow and I have blizzak dm-v1 winter tires and I wasn't going no where. Actually I ran the red light because by the time I moved far enough ahead to grab traction the light already turned yellow and the car behind me was pissed lol. Now this was in 2 wheel drive of course but does it do that for everyone or it's because of my blizzaks or no weight in the box?

Of course in 4WD I would moved alot faster on the ice but the sheet of ice was in a parking lot and the main road was dry pavement so while turning onto the main road the driveline would of bind because the surface wasn't slippery so I didn't want to use 4WD.

 

Yup, that's the way it works, weight somewhat works, studs work better unfortunately they are illegal in my parts.

 

Traction on ICE? Its ICE you will always have slow take off even with wieght, the tires will break loose easy on most situations.

Studded tires might do better.

 

Ya I guess ill look into some studded tires. Adding weight might help but I have to find a way to do it safely so that if I get into a collision it won't come flying through the cab and injure me or the passengers.

 

That's why they put a convenient button right by the steering wheel to shift into 4X4 on the fly. No getting out and locking hubs.. no fumbling around for a hard to reach floor lever.. click and go, then, click and slip..

 

Ya but you can't be on the throttle when you shift into 4WD? So taking off is easy because you have enough time to engage 4WD waiting at the light but removing it while turning on bare pavement is a bit harder it takes a few seconds for the message to go away that shows that the shift to 2WD has been completed. So take off at the light let go the throttle shift to 2WD and continue turning on a traffic light that last like 7 seconds is hard to do. I mean that might not happen often but it does from time to time.

 

You ain't going to break your truck with the occasional turn on dry pavement. I wouldn't be running 4hi and pulling sharp turns into parking spots in the mall every day, but the odd traffic turn here and there isn't going to hurt anything.

If you're not comfortable using the 4 wheel drive then winter rated tires and studs make a world of difference.

 

agreed with the 4H comment... just put it in 4H if you know it's snowy / icy. Intersections are always worse than the main stretches as that's where ice forms the most.
and turn off TC, it helps to get moving.

 

Studs or 4wd. I run around with over 1000 lbs in the bed of my XLT at all times.... enough to sag the truck to level or a wee bit of Cali Lean (lol) and with decent rubber it will still always spin. It's much better on other surfaces but ice is ice.... basically a "0" on the coefficient of friction scale.


My trucks both take forever to get into 4hi so you always have to be prepared from the get go. Going down the road, even slowly, gets me a nice clunk when shifting from 2wd to 4wd if I apply the throttle in anything less 10 to 15 seconds from flicking the ****.

 

That's the way it is on ice. Studs will help tremendously but you still have to be cautious. here in the NE, we had about a quarter inch sheet of ice on all roadways. Literally could have skated down the highways the other day. Truck moved, stayed off the brakes and somehow made it home with 4 wheel and lots of downshifting.