Chest hair for my F250 4x4.

[FordGuy100]

my friend has a 99 chevy 2500 4wd CC. everytime they go to move the gooseneck horse trailer or even the small garbage trailer from their places i get a call. in about six inches of snow the chevy couldnt even budge the full garbage trailer as he spun them as fast as he could. called me, got hooked up, and let off the brake and we were movin! the trailer even had one flat tire! with the gooseneck, if it has to go off road we dont even try it with the chevy. saves more time and effort to just put it on mine!

I dont get why mine is soo crappy when it comes to that. Maybe its that my truck is pretty light, and I have a manual, but I cant tow anything when it gets slick.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

I dont get why mine is soo crappy when it comes to that. Maybe its that my truck is pretty light, and I have a manual, but I cant tow anything when it gets slick.

what tires are you running? tires have ALOT to do with slick traction, weight helps too!

-Jon

 

[FordGuy100]

what tires are you running? tires have ALOT to do with slick traction, weight helps too!

-Jon

285/75/16 BFG A/T's. I let out of the clutch and I just spin. I have a hard enough time getting me going. Maybe it would be better with some skinnier tires?

 

[smokin69]

My 86 is pretty much set up like Justins except C6 and stock engine with a lot less power and with my 285/75/16 Discoverer STT's I can pull our 35' gooseneck 3 horse slant load down our muddy driveway. I think it's because they are kind of a meaty tire and clean our really well in everything except real sticky clay, but nothing does then.

 

[BigRigTech]

Skinny rubber is the key, more pressure per square inch on the ground....I hauled that F120 uphill on a snow/ice covered parkinglot as there was no bare pavement.....My truck is heavy with the cap, junk in the back, D60 and plow gear all on or under the truck.

 

[sootman73]

weight is a big big issue! like Bigrigtech said its the psi you exert on the ground. bigger tires means you need more weight to exert the same psi. i had to drive a chevy 2500 around from work a couple weeks ago in the snow when my tranny was down. couldn't keep a straight line in that truck with the different depths of snow across the road. my truck would go straight no matter what was there. thats the difference between having a 444 diesel and a 350 gasser up front.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

Skinny rubber is the key, more pressure per square inch on the ground....I hauled that F120 uphill on a snow/ice covered parkinglot as there was no bare pavement.....My truck is heavy with the cap, junk in the back, D60 and plow gear all on or under the truck.

yea mud or snow the skinner tyhe better, it'll dig through and bite vs. float and spin on fat tires. i ran 29x8.50 swamper tsl's on my bronco II....in the snow i rarley ever needed 4x4...

-Jon