Anxiety in the snow

drunks or impaired drivers, head into the lights.

i was always told, they actually GET you into more trouble, cuz you're too confident you can get thru anything.

 

and then, there is this as well, i never heard of it..

 

All you can do is drive safely, and pay even more attention to what is happening around you.

Also, if the conditions are actually 'terrible' then stay shut down.

If your idea of terrible is a thunderstorm and a bit of lightning, that's a problem. Black ice? Nope. Heavy caked snow on unplowed roads? Nope. Whiteout conditions due to dry snow and high winds? Nope. 60 MPH crosswinds and a light, high profile trailer? Nope.

Even if you are confident YOU can drive safely in bad conditions, remember that other people are not you.

 

Snow isn't bad it just takes a little time to get used to. Your confidence will go up with more experience

 

This is so very true. Another problem is with most 4 wheel drives, you have to get out and lock that front axle to get the full benefit of the 4 wheel drive. In my lifetime I have seen more people with 4 wheel drive get into trouble than not. When off-roading I rather have a positive drive and a front-mounted wench! You can keep that expensive 4 wheel drive!

 

i think on the bigger F-250's and 350's, you still have manual locking hubs?

but that might have been 1 to 2 model years ago, when i was seeking a new truck.

 

You couldnt pay me enough to tow truck or do roadside repair.

 

2019 f-250, new, with locking front hubs.



i got this from some ford owners website

The reason why the 'super duty' ford trucks have manually locking hubs is by design....for a vacuum actuated hub to work, the wheel needs to spin min 3/4 of a turn. SuperDuty trucks are 'work trucks' so they are often off road, plowing snow etc...if you were in 2WD and got stuck in a vacuum actuated system it would be near impossible to have those hubs lock in if they truck cant move. Ford recognized this and put the manual locking hubs on all trucks (except the F150). Plus, if you had a vaccuum acuated system and that vaccuum fails then what? manual locking hubs wont fail like an accutated system.