stevenal
Nov 21, 2023Nomad II
Autosocks
I have new 3 peak mountain snowflake AT tires on my four wheel drive F350, and am travelling to Utah the end of December. I carry a set of cable chains I've never used, and am considering picking up ...
An update. I travelled to and from Utah with both the socks and the chains stored. Some areas were slow with vehicles that had slid off the road, but our traction was good at the slower speeds. The slowest part was not due to traction, but with visibility. A white out in the dark limited us to 20 mph going up one pass. This was with low beams and fogs on, and the headlight glare off the falling snow was blinding. I sometimes wonder about the move away from sealed beams to the style over function we apparently get today. Maybe I'll put the headlights on a switch so I can travel with DRLs and fogs only when conditions dictate.
stevenal wrote:Maybe I'll put the headlights on a switch so I can travel with DRLs and fogs only when conditions dictate.
don't need to do that, you have a newer ford like me, so just download auto enginuity and ge the adaptor off amazon and go into your computer and change your daytime running lights to your park lights. that way you don't have the wear and tear on your expensive headlights. as for running the driving lights with out the headlight I would have to see if you can engage them in the park light setting if you can thats all you need to do, if not you might need a switch to cut out your headlights but I suspect that will bring up a check light and warning.
I wouldn’t get overly ambitious and try cutting into the lights circuit. Not like the old days. Just put some billybadass stand alone fog lights on it if you need more low visibility driving light. Will be orders of magnitude better and won’t mess up anything else.
I saw a slick light setup that slipped into a 2" receiver and used quick disconnect power for a winch along with a wireless remote.
No need for a switch unless your truck is different than every other truck of the last 20ish years. Turn your lights to parking lights only and you can use the oe driving lights without the headlights on.
Glad you didn’t need the arsenal of traction devices.
Grit_dog wrote:No need for a switch unless your truck is different than every other truck of the last 20ish years. Turn your lights to parking lights only and you can use the oe driving lights without the headlights on.
Thanks, I confirmed this last night. No way to get the DRLs on as I suggested, but I can have parking lights and fogs on together. I'll keep this in mind for the next whiteout in the dark.