[JTPass]

I have an '08 F350 SuperCab, Long Bed, 4 wheel drive with 3.73 Limited slip rear end. In 2 wheel drive it has horrible traction in the snow. It has trouble getting out of its own way. 4 wheel drive is much better but still not great. The tires are the original Continental (18") with about 25K miles. (Not worn bad at all). I had a '97 F250 7.3L with a limited slip rear end and it had much better traction in the snow..even with bad tires.
Any ideas or is this something I need to get used to.

Jim in NH

 

[Stymie]

add weight to the bed, air down, or just use 4wd

 

[lowerd96]

Adding weight to the bed like stymie said makes a night and day difference. I always head down to the local water company and get some free sandbags before I head up to the high country...

 

[dieselmankane]

I have also noticed that adding a little weight in my old 03, helped it ride smoother as well as help with traction.

 

[desertwheeler]

those tires suck too. I have new ones on mine and they just flat out suck in snow and offroad.

 

[6.4Mike]

Those Continental's REALLY suck in the snow. My truck and tires were new last winter (I'm in Canada, so yeh we get SNOW) and the truck was horrible in 2WD. I bought winter tires for the first time in my life a few weeks ago, and it drives like a completely different truck in 2WD now. I think even a decent A/T tire would be better. I went with winter tires simply because the truck was so bad on snow and ice.