thejustin wrote:
ONe of the pits of having a dually.... more surface area in the rear = less traction on the snow. My 4x4 F350 DRW does OK here in Alaska but nowhere near as solid as my old SRW F250 was.
and the rear wheels breaking a new path adds to the squirmy feel especially in slush.
JumboJet wrote:
I got to traverse my first ice and snow in my dually a week ago. It is a 4x4, but I decided to "test" driving on snow and ice in 2WD. I made it all the way to work (10 mile up and down trip) with the anti-spin safety system only kicking in 3 times.
When I got to work, being one of the first ones in an empty parking lot, I got to "practice" some additional dually snow and ice handling techniques.
I love it when I get to "practice":B driving on ice and snow. It's almost like playing.:B
Sunday we had to get the Van out to go take Mom to lunch. She is 90 years old and we aren't comfortable with her climbing in and out of the trucks so we had to take the van it is much easier for her to get in and out of and Mom needs her trips out of the assisted living home she is in.
Our driveway was still very bad and so was our gravel road. The driveway is down hill to the road and windy but once you get into the ruts you will slip and slide all the way to the road and once you are on the gravel road you have a straight shot to the state road but it drops down a good hill and then you climb out up to the state hiway. it takes about 45 to 50mph. we just have to get a good fast run at the hill.
Coming home is the same thing except now we have to drive up our lane which is windy and there is no way to get a fast start. You have to make a 90 degree turn up into our lane and then uphill all the way to home.
With front wheel drive as you are still going about 20 to 25mph (sounds slow doesn't it) you turn the wheels towards the lane and keep some power going to them, at 1st nothing happens and then the wheels grab and finally the van turns ( it takes faith) into the lane and now you have to hit the power even more. The front wheel drive pulled us up the twisty lane and allowed me to keep steering with the help of the ruts. When we got to the top DW was laughing and said "we have our own Disneyland ride"
