Posted by the tractor vet on December 10, 2021 at 16:16:27 from (108.220.145.239):
In Reply to: Re: Slippery! posted by jon f mn on December 10, 2021 at 15:40:31:
I will take my part time four wheel drive anyday over and all wheel drive . I have owned a 4X4 since 73 . I can tell you this that the OLD 4X4's handled a LOT different then the new ones . My 73 was and F 250 4X4 one of the first with a automatic . Like all my pick ups it had some SLIGHT mods done to it . That old truck handled the nasty roads like it was glued to them . That one had a 4.10 in the rear Diff . and a 4.09 in the ft. and on bad roads it was always pulling , ya just did not want to run it in 4X4 on dry roads and drive line bind up would occur . Fast forward to the NEW and IMPROVED 1978 F 250 Snow patrol basic same truck with a few improvements this one was sprotting a Dana 60 ft. axle and with the same gear as in the rear , this one was NOT glued to the road and IF you did not learn how to drive it it would put out in the pea patch fast . With me when the weather turned south and NORMAL people were hiding in there homes i was out in it as i had snow to plow with a list longer then your two arms with half the list 12-15 miles away . that little ride was a fun one on a bad early morning with hills and curves and a couple places that to get thru i had to do the states job of drift busting . The 78's and newer had lots there glued to the road . And yep ya step on the brake and lock up the tires son you is in a heap of trouble . Yep i know it is NOT in the owners manual and NOT ASE approved BUT sometimes we have gone the route of the D to R and STAND ON IT , sorta a trans test ya see for E stopping . You get a plow truck weighted down sliding you have a bunch of sliding going on . If it got real bad then the tire chains went on all four wheels . And i have had to use the plow a couple times as extra braking was required .
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